Hill Beast Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I would've done this on Geek.com but the system refused to post it coming up with stupid errors. Anyhow, I recently did a BIOS update on my Gigabyte P35-DS3R board (a brand I now no longer trust because of their slack BIOS update utilities) because the LAN wasn't working. I got the BIOS from Gigabyte and used their @BIOS utility. I know I should've used DOS, but I would've thought that if and issue occured it would tell me, but no it went through 100% and never complained. I turned the computer off and when I turned it on the BIOS was dead. The motherboard isn't covered by warranty because it's a BIOS issue and apparently I caused it. I know how to fix BIOSes and all that because I've done it before, but the problem I have is the motherboard that died uses an 8Mbit flash ROM and the only other motherboards I have are 4Mbit which means I can't use them. My question: is there any was I can fix the BIOS without hotswapping. I read an article (http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/Reading_Xbox_Hdd_key.htm) which does it for the Xbox, but is there any way I can do this for the computer, or alternatively is there any way I can use my other 4Mbit motherboards to do it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142102-can-i-fix-my-bios-without-using-a-hotswap/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 On older ASUS boards, you could put a BIOS image on a floppy disk and if you turned on the power while holding F1, it would grab the image from the floppy and flash. See if Gigabyte boards have that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142102-can-i-fix-my-bios-without-using-a-hotswap/#findComment-1008701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hill Beast Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 On older ASUS boards, you could put a BIOS image on a floppy disk and if you turned on the power while holding F1, it would grab the image from the floppy and flash. See if Gigabyte boards have that? Well Gigabyte go on about their DualBIOS and Virtual DualBIOS. My motherboard has Virtual DualBIOS, but they never mention what it does or how to use it anywhere, not even on the web or the manual. I went onto tons of forums and they all are complaining about how Gigabytes support for this technology is {censored} poor. I would like to do that, but unfortunately I, a) don't have a floppy drive, and don't know how to use Virtual DualBIOS. Gigabyte told me 'It should just work'. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142102-can-i-fix-my-bios-without-using-a-hotswap/#findComment-1008989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 My DS3P has this feature as well. But this feature is basically a scam. It makes a hidden copy of your BIOS in a section of your main hard drive but the funny part is that you have to do this backup yourself, probably using the Xpress Backup thing on the Gigabyte driver CD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142102-can-i-fix-my-bios-without-using-a-hotswap/#findComment-1009883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hill Beast Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 My DS3P has this feature as well. But this feature is basically a scam. Yeah. I've read alot of forums saying Virtual DualBIOS is s**t. I returned it under warranty (which I hate doing, makes me feel like I failed). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142102-can-i-fix-my-bios-without-using-a-hotswap/#findComment-1016514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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