Hey there,

Have some problems with my system clock; "CMOs checksum error - Defaults loaded" is the error i get whenever i boot. Since CDROM is not in default boot devices - i'm not able to boot from the CDROM.

Tried changing the battery but in vain. So, finally had to make a tough decision to flash it.

Tried flashing with award utilities (awd66.exe and ctflashc.exe) and the update file being vkb0524b.bin

My bios ID is 02/23/2001-KOB-815e-FSX-KOB815eC-00

Bios version : Award 6.00PG

I booted up using a win98 bootdisk. when I ran the utility for the first time (ctflashc.exe) nothing happened. so i re-booted the comp and ran the utility (awd66.exe), it showed a checksum and then an error "Unknown Flash Type".

Then I rebooted again and ran "ctflashc.exe", but nothing happened - except for showing up checksum and blinking cursor.

So, I got some important questions here:

1)Can I use AMI bios flashing utility for Award Bios?
2)How much time does flashing generally take?
3)Please guide me how to flash successfully.
4)Tell me if the update (.bin) file is the right one.

waiting for your replies... Very unhappy
praDDy