[RESOLVED] Need help trying to run Flash Utility

[Sabersoul]

Could anyone help me with the AMI Flash utility for a PCChips M748mr Motherboard?

Their webpage support and email support are a joke and I'm NOT going to make an international call to try and talk to someone.

[kgmz]

This is from PCChips website and file names modified by me because they had old file names listed.
You need to make a bare boot disk, to do it in windows just format and check the add system files box. In DOS from the command prompt type( format a:/s ), copy the bios flasher, AMIfl807.exe, and the new bios to the floppy disk you just made, make sure your computer will boot up from A: drive first, go to bios and change if you have to, insert floppy in A: drive, start computer and follow the directions below.

The requirement of flashing BIOS
To flash the BIOS, you neeed the following program and BIOS code:

1. Latest version BIOS code
2. BIOS flash program
3. All of these two items can be downloaded from BIOS area of our web site. Check the BIOS date code to see if they are the same as before. If so, it's not necessary to flash it since BIOS does not have newer revision. Before flashing it, make sure the BIOS manufacturer and the model number of your board.

There are two kinds of BIOS Flash program as below.

AWDfl52b.exe: a specified BIOS flash program for AWARD BIOS.
AMIfl807.exe: a specified BIOS flash program for AMI BIOS.
If your mainboard use AMI BIOS will be required the BIOS flash program of AMIfl807.exe. Otherwise, you need AWDfl52b.exe flash program. You can find out the source from BIOS area of our web site easily.


The procedure of flashing BIOS
Below is an example of using AMI flash program to flash the BIOS.

1. Under Dos mode C: or A: , key in the name of BIOS flash program that downloaded from our web site. e.g.:C:\AMIFL807<Enter>
2. Being executed, the BIOS flash program will request you to give the file name and path for back up the existing BIOS. e.g.:C:\BACKUP.ROM<Enter>
3. After BIOS backup, key in the file name and path which to be flash programmed. e.g.: C:\0605s<Enter>
4. Restart the system.



[This message has been edited by kgmz (edited August 05, 1999).]

[Sabersoul]

Thanks for helping. It worked, but it didn't help with what I was trying to do. I am trying to overclock my Celeron 300A. It boots into windows fine, but I can't run any programs and I can't adjust the core voltage on that board.