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re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 4:23 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) Flash BIOS updates normally have an option to save your old BIOS before you update. Read the text files. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 4:27 am Posted by FreonStud (31 messages posted) I have no problems flashing the bios or going back to the last one which does allow a Windows boot. On Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 4:23 am, Keith Stanier wrote: >Flash BIOS updates normally have an option to save your old BIOS before you update. >Read the text files. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 9:25 pm Posted by FreonStud (31 messages posted) ASUS support said it probably is a driver the BIOS doesn't like but they can't understand why another BIOS would work and this one won't. Tried selective start-up with no luck. I can't repair my Wiindows ME because the manufacturer only sent me a recovery disk,not the OS disk. Any other suggestions? On Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 3:58 am, FreonStud wrote: >I have an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard and flashed the latest 0903 bios with >no problems. The issue is when I get the WindowsXP screen the computer reboots and >this will go on and on. I then have to re flash to previous bios to get into windows. > I have reinstalled the latest chipset drivers and don't know what else to try. (I >am going to call ASUS soon). I know a few others are having same issue with this >. Any suggestions? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Friday, February 23, 2007 at 6:03 am Posted by Ed (603 messages posted) I'm slightly confused, as you originally seemed to be saying that you were running Windows XP. If this is a Win ME problem, it's possible to buy a Windows ME O/S on CD at eBay if you do want to try the option of repairing the installation. Are you completely sure you have used the correct file to flash the BIOS with? I've done so, successfully, and know from experience that AMIBIOS (for example) supply several different types for my motherboard. I had to be *very* careful to find the correct file, because there were 3 for my motherboard, and the correct one depended on exactly how the m/board had been set up and which version of the m/board it was. It does rather sound like you've flashed with a variant that isn't quite compatible with your m/board. Go back and check all the printing on the m/board PCB, and compare it very carefully with the downloads available for your BIOS. And look at the websites of both the m/board manufacturer and AMIBIOS (or whoever), because sometimes that's the best way to find all the information you need. I had to get the computer's case open and a magnifying glass out to find all the specs I needed from the m/board when I did mine! Ed On Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 9:25 pm, FreonStud wrote: > >ASUS support said it probably is a driver the BIOS doesn't like but they can't understand >why another BIOS would work and this one won't. Tried selective start-up with no >luck. I can't repair my Wiindows ME because the manufacturer only sent me a recovery >disk,not the OS disk. Any other suggestions? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Friday, February 23, 2007 at 12:58 pm Posted by FreonStud (31 messages posted) Sorry for the confusion. I am running ME 2005. I am 110% I am flashing the right BIOS. Tried latest two using ASUS ezflash 2 which confirms file before it flashes. Cannot figure out why some BIOS's will boot Windows and latest two won't. Asus support does not know either. Frustrating. On Friday, February 23, 2007 at 6:03 am, Ed wrote: >I'm slightly confused, as you originally seemed to be saying that you were running >Windows XP. > >If this is a Win ME problem, it's possible to buy a Windows ME O/S on CD at eBay >if you do want to try the option of repairing the installation. > >Are you completely sure you have used the correct file to flash the BIOS with? > >I've done so, successfully, and know from experience that AMIBIOS (for example) supply >several different types for my motherboard. I had to be *very* careful to find the >correct file, because there were 3 for my motherboard, and the correct one depended >on exactly how the m/board had been set up and which version of the m/board it was. > >It does rather sound like you've flashed with a variant that isn't quite compatible >with your m/board. Go back and check all the printing on the m/board PCB, and compare >it very carefully with the downloads available for your BIOS. > >And look at the websites of both the m/board manufacturer and AMIBIOS (or whoever), >because sometimes that's the best way to find all the information you need. I had >to get the computer's case open and a magnifying glass out to find all the specs >I needed from the m/board when I did mine! > >Ed > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Monday, March 5, 2007 at 9:16 am Posted by Ed (603 messages posted) I've waited a few days, before posting again, in case anyone else had any better solutions to suggest. But it seems no one else has. The confusion, unfortunately, continues. There is no such O/S as "ME 2005". There is only Windows Millenium, launched in the year 2000. You need to be very accurate with your terminology, or it will be impossible to give you any usable advice. I want to repeat the most important part of what I said originally: if Windows won't boot, you have installed an incompatible ("wrong") BIOS. This is down to the engineering of your motherboard. Your original BIOS version was engineered specifically for the set of components (chipset) that the motherboard manufacturer used on that board. It is perfectly possible that the BIOS was unique to that board, if the board uses a non-standard chipset configuration. The BIOS software is written without specific knowledge of what components are in use on your m/board. So updates to the BIOS may not work, if the board manufacturer "cheated" a little, by tweaking the original BIOS to work with its board. To re-write the BIOS is possible, but it takes a lot of programming ability. I know of one chap who re-wrote his BIOS, but it took him upwards of 30 hours to figure out what he needed to do. In practical terms, your m/board may have reached an age where it would make better sense to retire it, and buy a more modern board that comes with the advanced BIOS you now need. Ed On Friday, February 23, 2007 at 12:58 pm, FreonStud wrote: >Sorry for the confusion. I am running ME 2005. I am 110% I am flashing the right >BIOS. Tried latest two using ASUS ezflash 2 which confirms file before it flashes. >Cannot figure out why some BIOS's will boot Windows and latest two won't. Asus support >does not know either. Frustrating. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Won't boot Windows after BIOS flash Monday, March 5, 2007 at 4:18 pm Posted by FreonStud (31 messages posted) Ed, I thought it went without saying that "me 2005" would be taken for WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION 2005. Guess not. As stated before the BIOS was NOT wrong. I have flashed many times using the BIOS portion of the Asus site. Anyway, the Board itself is a M2n32-sli deluxe with the Nvidia 590 SLI chipset. I RMA'd it again because i felt the first one they sent me was used and damaged.(no box,thermal paste near socket etc.) Once I installed the new one i flashed using the same floppy as i did before and she worked just fine :) Thanks for you help. On Monday, March 5, 2007 at 9:16 am, Ed wrote: >I've waited a few days, before posting again, in case anyone else had any better >solutions to suggest. But it seems no one else has. > >The confusion, unfortunately, continues. There is no such O/S as "ME 2005". There >is only Windows Millenium, launched in the year 2000. You need to be very accurate >with your terminology, or it will be impossible to give you any usable advice. > >I want to repeat the most important part of what I said originally: if Windows won't >boot, you have installed an incompatible ("wrong") BIOS. > >This is down to the engineering of your motherboard. Your original BIOS version was >engineered specifically for the set of components (chipset) that the motherboard >manufacturer used on that board. It is perfectly possible that the BIOS was unique >to that board, if the board uses a non-standard chipset configuration. > >The BIOS software is written without specific knowledge of what components are in >use on your m/board. So updates to the BIOS may not work, if the board manufacturer >"cheated" a little, by tweaking the original BIOS to work with its board. > >To re-write the BIOS is possible, but it takes a lot of programming ability. I know >of one chap who re-wrote his BIOS, but it took him upwards of 30 hours to figure >out what he needed to do. > >In practical terms, your m/board may have reached an age where it would make better >sense to retire it, and buy a more modern board that comes with the advanced BIOS >you now need. > >Ed > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum