well the dos flash tools are needed, unless winflash can force the flash :\

not sure

for AWDFlash the guide here should help
Flashing AWARD BIOS's

i usually used

/CC = clear cmos data after programming
/CD = clear dmi data after programming
/CP = clear PnP (ESCD) data after programming
/PY = program flash memory
/F = use flash routines in original BIOS for flash programming
/WB = flashes the BIOS Boot Block

I found myself having to reinstall windows when i did the flash to update several of the mem ranges

once the bios is on, Ctrl+f1 or f2 unlock additional menu's

 

Thanks for the tips! I am not new to computers by any means but this would be my first bios flash. When you said you had to reinstall windows does that mean you couldn't access your hd or it was wiped?

 

nah, it just started bsodding during startup (though that might have been caused by something else)

only a few things should need reinstalling between the Iris 8 bios and the Abit bios.

 

Okay well that's good, but is the fact that I don't have a floppy drive a big problem?:???:

 

If you have nero you can make a bootable cd (and of course including the files on the CD), that's how i pretty much how i do my bios updates since i gave'd up on a floppy years ago.

 

Okay, and that's needed unless winflash will do it from my desktop correct?
P.S. What blocks do I choose to update in winflash?

 

all.

the bootblock of this version is slightly changed to hold several extra settings for memory and cpu adjustment.

 

Hey thanks for all your help squall. I managed to winflash your bios and it worked. Fans were loud at the beginning but i turned on smartfan and that fixed it. Now I can overclock my cpu! All I need now is to find a safe config for it.

 

i actually disable that and let speedfan dynamically manage it lol.

 

hey i only signed upto this forum so i could talk to you guys but i also have a ECS Iris 8 and i used that new.7z thing to flash it and i'm really wanting to overclock my 5400+ from 2.8GHz to atleast 3GHz but in the BIOS there is no Frequency/Voltage Control!

Yes i am a beginner but can you please help me out with this? (also when i boot i have to push delete to get into the BIOS not Ctrl + F1 or F2 they do nothing)

Edit: I can take pictures of my BIOS if you really want me to...

 

Hi, look in the chipset additional options section for overclocking the cpu.
Does anyone know why my realtek driver won't let me do 5.1 from my 3 back ports after the flash?

 

Hi, look in the chipset additional options section for overclocking the cpu.
Does anyone know why my realtek driver won't let me do 5.1 from my 3 back ports after the flash?

Did you look in all of your BIOS settings? and turn on HD audio?

Also in the chipset additional options what do i change? i don't want to blow up my computer

 

Yeah my HD Audio is on auto and the only other option is disabled...
Just up the option that's like [200.0 mHz] like cpu bus or something it's called.

 

Yeah my HD Audio is on auto and the only other option is disabled...
Just up the option that's like [200.0 mHz] like cpu bus or something it's called.

How much do you think i should put it up? i'm on 2.80GHz and i want to get 3GHz

Also whats a good way to test how fast my cpu is after i overclock

Edit: and/or check if its stable. i can download something that can tell me but it will take 7 hours because i have very slow internet and it is 600MB

 

If you're only going up that much go by like.. 12mhz I think.. to test it get cpuz and a cpu stress test.

 

And since the Flash and i changed the fans to auto or whatever my CPU fan stops spinning every now and then

 

Yeah I tried putting the fans on auto and my cpu has been like 50-60 degrees which may be hot I don;t know

 

my CPU always runs at 50-60 sometimes when under stress it goes upto 79C!

anyway i tested putting it upto 212MHz and then i loged into windows and dwm.exe crashed and shortly after i got the blue screen of death but it was running at 2.90GHz from what i saw

 

Hmm maybe it's not the best overclocker. I'm running a 5000+ at 2.6 ghz and pushed it to 3.0 and nothing crashed and I can go farther

 

yes its a **** overclock i have it set to 207MHz atm and my stress tester STILL comes up with in error in minutes

i think i might just swap my processor with my parents computer they might have a 5000+

 

Hmm maybe it's not the best overclocker. I'm running a 5000+ at 2.6 ghz and pushed it to 3.0 and nothing crashed and I can go farther

It can go beyond provided you can set more then 1.4 voltage. With mine (brisbane) 3Ghz is stable at 1.4v, you can go to 3.1 but it ain't stable on 1.4v (and unfortunately this motherboard can only go 1.4v at max).

my CPU always runs at 50-60 sometimes when under stress it goes upto 79C!

anyway i tested putting it upto 212MHz and then i loged into windows and dwm.exe crashed and shortly after i got the blue screen of death but it was running at 2.90GHz from what i saw

On AMD's till 70C there's no worry's but 79C i think that's to much ... maybe you should check the cooler, clean it and replace the thermal grease. I have a 5000+ overclocked at 3Ghz and in heavy loads it goes up to 60C. Otherwise its between 29-32 usually when i'm not doing something that requires my CPU to work at full capacity.

 

Hmm thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately my cpu is idling around 58c ... havn't seen it go much higher however, hovers around 60. I'll try some different settings and fan speeds and figure it out. What do you use for fan management? Also if anyone can help me with my previous sound output problem after the flash Thanks everyone

 

I don't use nothing for fan management also the fan is the stock one that came'd with the CPU.

 

Okay cool. Well I'll try to get my temps down somehow..

Gaah...I have to flash my old bios back. This custom one won't support my 5.1 sound through the other input ports on my motherboard. Too bad, would've liked to use this too!

 

thats unfortunate.
i don't use the onboard sound so i never knew :\

its strange though, because the sound chip is the same between the 2 of them :\ wierd :|