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New MessageBIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) El Barto
AGH! This sucks! It still will NOT flash my BIOS. I am using awd761.exe and newbiosm.bin which is 262,144 bytes, and it keeps giving me this "The file size does not match!" error. What could be wrong? I gotta flash this damn thing.
06-06-2000 17:25:21

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) HiRez
HOLD YOUR FIRE.....

You might not need to flash... I thought I needed to, did so, and now I wish I didn't ... I's locking up, freezing, and just .. AAAARRRRGGGG!!!!! And Stupid Me, didn't backup the original !!! AAARRRGG!!!

06-07-2000 14:31:37

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) Checksum
El Barto, Check the MD5 checksum for newbiosm.bin this is what I get.
0ff8d692b5b1b45f71a985d28e1f1ef8
06-07-2000 14:56:14

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) Steve
You're booting directly into DOS, not a DOS window within Windows, right?
That's the same bin and exe that I used with
no problem. The only thing I can think of
if you're already booting to DOS is to
download the zip file again and try a fresh
copy of the bin.
06-07-2000 15:30:06

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) El Barto
Yeah, directly into DOS...and excuse my ignorance, but exactly how do I check the MD5 checksum?
06-07-2000 19:00:08

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) hoyter
I updated my bios last night without a hitch.
Did you issue the command as follows:

awd761 newbios.bin /py/sn/cd/cp

Things seem a whole lot more stable since I updated the bios. The websurfer splash screen is gone, replaced with a real bios startup screen.

mike

06-07-2000 22:24:22

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) El Barto
Tried it many a times, no luck.
06-08-2000 07:31:38

New MessageRE:BIOS Flashing Blues (modified 0 times) bu11et
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I'm having the same problem as the original poster. When flashing the bios, I get the error message "The file size does not match!". I made a backup of the original bios, and I even get the error message with it. I tried all three of the bios files in the zip from diversity's site. Same error message. I'm trying to use a pci ethernet card instead of a usb adapter. Windows installs the pci nic ok and everything, but it just won't work. From reading other posts I think I need to flash w/ the oem bios (I'm not using onboard IDE, yet) but I keep getting that stupid error message "The file size does not match!" No solutions for the original poster were given, nor has he/she posted any status updates. Help, please...

Thanks,

bu11et
joshhighley@hotmail.com

02-21-2001 22:37:55

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