Motherboard wont flash using AFUDOS

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Hi all,

 

 

I have a Asus A8V Motherboard which I am trying to flash as I am getting CPU errors.

 

 

I have downloaded AFUDOS and A8V-0229.rom and placed them on a floppy.

 

I run the command:

AFUDOS /IA8V-0229.ROM /OTEST

 

 

It reads the flash - but keeps coming up with this error:

 

ERROR: ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID

 

 

I have the correct ROM file as downloaded from ASUS website and even tried older versions, but still

getting the same error.

 

 

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

[matt40k]

Try the uk site to download the drivers, failing that, try the usa site.

 

Some reason ASUS are weird with regards to drivers, they could be multiple versions of your board, v.1, v.1b etc

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Can't find a UK site with the drivers on.

 

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

The US one I have downloaded the bios ROM file from but no luck.

[Michael]

Have you tried flashing within Windows? I have done this plenty of times using the Asus utility. I'm expecting my new Intel E8500 3.16GHz, 1333MHz bus with 6MB L2 cache processor to arrive shortly

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Resolved now - just suddenly started to work - woohoo!