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Toe_Cutter · 05-18-2008, 10:45 AM

Ugh.

I was up pretty late last night trying to flash this board, all with no effect.

What I did:

1. Downloaded the Intel Floppy Install BIOS for the D845GVSR.
2. Instead of double-clicking run.bat, I extracted SW.EXE, with provided me with the raw P07-0019.BIO file that contains the BIOS upgrade.
3. I created a DR-DOS flash disk from Bootdisk.com (Thanks for the tip, geishaslave!)
4. I then copy the full contents of the floppy image (These included the autoexec.bat, iflash.exe, etc) required to install the flash after BIOS Recovery.
5. I removed the recovery jumper, inserted floppy and booted the PC.
6. The floppy began to spin, reading the disk for a while and then stopped.
7. I waited for 5 minutes with no beep, and no further floppy access.
8. I powered down, replaced jumper, removed floppy and booted.
9. Upon boot, saw the same old Gateway splash screen.

I allowed the floppy to boot and iFlash did start. It asked me for the BIO file and I pointed to the P07-0019.BIO file. It began the flash process, but failed out with an error H48: BIOS type does not match the currently installed BIOS type.

To confirm that recovery is working, I created an identical disk, but this time I used the Gateway BIOS file. Recovery seemed to work, as the floppy spun for a while, then stopped for a few seconds, then began to spin again. The Intel disk DID NOT pause and then start up again. When I booted the PC, all the BIOS settings were reset, which seems to indicate that recovery worked with the Gateway file, but is ignored when using the Intel file. It seems to fail some checksum during the recovery process, similar to the results when trying the flash the BIOS using the non-recovery boot method.

So, I'm wondering if this BIOS file the correct BIOS for the board? The Intel file is the exact same size as the Gateway file, right down the very last byte (but this might hold true for all BIOS files for the 845 chipset, I dunno.)

So, I'm stuck. I can check through some other board types, but this one seemed to match all the information can find for the Gateway board.

Share your thoughts, this is becoming difficult!

Thanks!

05-18-2008, 10:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Toe_Cutter Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8 OS: WinXP SP2	Re: Flash Gateway BIOS with Intel Version. Ugh. I was up pretty late last night trying to flash this board, all with no effect. What I did: 1. Downloaded the Intel Floppy Install BIOS for the D845GVSR. 2. Instead of double-clicking run.bat, I extracted SW.EXE, with provided me with the raw P07-0019.BIO file that contains the BIOS upgrade. 3. I created a DR-DOS flash disk from Bootdisk.com (Thanks for the tip, geishaslave!) 4. I then copy the full contents of the floppy image (These included the autoexec.bat, iflash.exe, etc) required to install the flash after BIOS Recovery. 5. I removed the recovery jumper, inserted floppy and booted the PC. 6. The floppy began to spin, reading the disk for a while and then stopped. 7. I waited for 5 minutes with no beep, and no further floppy access. 8. I powered down, replaced jumper, removed floppy and booted. 9. Upon boot, saw the same old Gateway splash screen. I allowed the floppy to boot and iFlash did start. It asked me for the BIO file and I pointed to the P07-0019.BIO file. It began the flash process, but failed out with an error H48: BIOS type does not match the currently installed BIOS type. To confirm that recovery is working, I created an identical disk, but this time I used the Gateway BIOS file. Recovery seemed to work, as the floppy spun for a while, then stopped for a few seconds, then began to spin again. The Intel disk DID NOT pause and then start up again. When I booted the PC, all the BIOS settings were reset, which seems to indicate that recovery worked with the Gateway file, but is ignored when using the Intel file. It seems to fail some checksum during the recovery process, similar to the results when trying the flash the BIOS using the non-recovery boot method. So, I'm wondering if this BIOS file the correct BIOS for the board? The Intel file is the exact same size as the Gateway file, right down the very last byte (but this might hold true for all BIOS files for the 845 chipset, I dunno.) So, I'm stuck. I can check through some other board types, but this one seemed to match all the information can find for the Gateway board. Share your thoughts, this is becoming difficult! Thanks!