trackrat Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Last night while the wife was on the computer the usb logitec keyboard & mouse both stopped working so she pressed the reset button and it came up as do you want to boot normally or into safe mode etc, so she chose boot normally and it froze. I could not boot into safe mode so I tried to do a xp repair and it told me C:/ was not a valid drive. So I tried a re-install and it said C:/ does not exist ????So of to bed cursing it as I thought the HD had died, however this morning I switched it on and it was running perfectly.I am using an AS Rock mobo, has anyone else had any problems with these boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 A friend has a new Asrock MoBo. It tells him that he has no operating system each time he boots up so he presses the reset to get it to recognise WXP which is installed. Sometimes it then tells him that there is no keyboard/mouse (when there is) and that the DVD ROM is a CD ROM and it will only see CDs.He took the first board back to the shop as, after setting up and using it a couple of times, it overheated and caught fire. :mellow: :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 you could try seeing if theres a bios upgrade that might fix this problem,whats your full mobo details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 any chance of using a bigger picture in your profile trackrat :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Bios upgrade ? Sounds like the company needs the Last Rites . I'd want my dosh back, pronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lived Backwards Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 any chance of using a bigger picture in your profile trackrat :D:D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I think its part of ASUS moon so by rights it should be a decent mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Glasgow is part of Scotland but I wouldn't elope there. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Is my picture TOO LARGE :wub: Here are the mobo details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 this your board http://www.asrock.com/support/download/dl_k7s8x.htm#bios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Yes that is my mobo but I have never flashed a BIOS and I have read if you make a mistake your mobo is dead.On reading the instructions it says Create a bootable system floppy disk, how do I do this in XP.Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 stick a blank floppy in and go to my computer,right click the floppy drive icon,then choose format,you then have the option to create a MS-DOS start up disc do that and thats your bootable floppy,then follow the instructions Download the FLASH.EXE and copy FLASH.EXE to the just created boot disk in step 1. Download an updated ASRock BIOS file (WinZip format with .zip file extension) from the web site, unzip the BIOS file and save to the disk you created in step 2. Boot from the disk you created in step 3. At the "A:\" prompt, type FLASH, hit space bar once, and type BIOS file name then press <Enter>. For example: A:\FLASH K7VT2_1.20 <Enter> then you will see a message "Please wait for BIOS loading ROM". After 1 minute, you will see the message "Flash ROM Update Completed - Pass", then you have finished upgrading the BIOS. After finishing upgrading the BIOS, please remove the floppy disk. Restart your system and press <F2> to enter the BIOS setup utility during boot up. In Exit menu, please select "Load Default Settings" and press <Enter> to continue. Select "Exit Saving Changes" and press <Enter> to exit the BIOS setup utility. Now, system is booting up with new BIOS.we need to know what bios you have already before we do anything so go to all programs,accessories,system tools,system information and it should tell you your bios version/date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 It says P1.30 21/02/2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 well thats quite old since the latest 1 is 2003/10/16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Looking at the downloads from the link you provided do I go for the latest download as I do not have a SATA controller or do I go for the previous one?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 At the "A:\" prompt, type FLASH, hit space bar once, and type BIOS file name then press <Enter>. For example: A:\FLASH K7VT2_1.20 <Enter>I have created the startup disc and added the flash exe and the BIOS update, the downlooad version is 2.20.Can someone confirm that the BIOS name I need to type in is A:\FLASH K7S8X_2.20.As i do not want to kill my mobo.Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 there both for the same board both have the sata card option included,if its not the right one it wont install,there is allways a risk with a bios upgrade,although small,only you can decide if its worth it,if you keep having the boot problems then it probaley is but I'm afraid its down to you,its easy for me to say do a bios upgrade but its your mobo not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thanks for all your help ellas I really appreciate it.Regards Alan :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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