Thank you for the help. Created a boot disk from a Win 98 machine. works
fine. :-) I'm still not quite sure which bios file to use. It appears that
I can use the latest version, but the list of descriptions has me a little
confused. (do I download the version that says it includes my processor or
the one that has the latest date? eg, are the additions / modifications
sequential?)
Problem 2, If I disable COM2 in BIOS, COM 4 is no longer available, then my
modem won't work. If I uninstall COM2 through device manager, the modem
still works, but the next time I boot, COM2 is re-installed. There is still
something I don't understand here??? :-(
At 09:21 PM 9/4/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>Solution to Q1: you can't create boot disk with win2k (or win ME) to do the
>BIOS flash, you'll need to get a empty floppy disk and use it from a
>win95/98 machine or a win 3.1/DOS machine, at DOS prompt, type "sys a:",
>this will create a pure DOS boot disk which has enough space to add the new
>BIOS file and flash program.
>
>Solution to Q2: disable onboard com2 port in BIOS, that will clean the
>conflict.
>
>Jun Qian
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patti Gates" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:06 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] Help! Windows 2000/bios mode
>
>
> > We have Windows 2000, and it wont let us get in bios mode.
> > Here's what we did today
> > On Saturday, 9/2/00, bought a PIII 550 to install on our ABIT BH6 MB
>(version
> > 1.01 / 1.0A) 1.01 from the sticker on the board, 1.0A from the start up
>screen.
> > This is a system bought in 1998, and have continued to upgrade.
> >
> > Problem #1:
> > downloaded the flash program and the BIOS file ( think) we need
>(BH6LH.EXE)
> > I read all the instructions and tried every trick I can think of.
> > How do I know if that is the correct file?
> > How do I install it?
> > The instructions say that I must boot from "pure DOS" which I can't seem
>to
> > do with
> > my operating system.
> > I created a rescue disk, but I still cannot boot from (DOS).
> >
> > Problem #2:
> > My modem (US Robotics V90 56K voice Int.) is on com port #4.
> > After trying to get my BIOS to recognize the new processor, the computer
> > did not
> > allow me to use the modem. Port 2 and Port 4 were both enabled, which
> > created a
> > conflict. I deleted com 2 from the device manager which allowed the modem
>to
> > work again, but as soon as I re-boot, port 2 is re-installed, re-creating
> > the conflict.
> >
>
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