online game time gaping - Page 4

montiaro · 08-19-2009, 02:22 PM

u mean with orthos? i think there is 1 bios upgrade for my motherboard but alot of people said it crashes and reverts back to the older bios version
also i might have found out what it was and will find out soon enough and will post if it doesnt dc me again

montiaro · 08-19-2009, 03:53 PM

that would be a negatory on me thinking i fixed it

**linderman** · 08-19-2009, 04:25 PM

me thinks you might want to look again

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mothe...ProductID=2985

use ONLY the Q Flash method (see mobo manual)

I think the "fix" for bios F9 is your baby! >>>> it deals with memory problems and the PCI-E bus

montiaro · 08-19-2009, 07:19 PM

i downloaded them all and put them on my flash drive but when i go to Q flash it doesnt pick up my flash drive just floppy which i dont have and my hard drive, do u want me to do all of those bios updates?

**linderman** · 08-20-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montiaro

i downloaded them all and put them on my flash drive but when i go to Q flash it doesnt pick up my flash drive just floppy which i dont have and my hard drive, do u want me to do all of those bios updates?

you ONLY need to download the F9 bios file

did you review the part of the bios update that says you must hit CTRL END or END key; something like that to launch the q-flash program ?

then it will access the USB drive which is calls "storage drive" or something like that ?

also one you are successful at launching the bios flash update DONT FORGET TO LOAD OPTIMIZED BIOS SETTINGS UPON YOUR FIRST REB00T

keep me posted if you need more help

montiaro · 08-20-2009, 07:17 AM

i read it and it said to load optimized bios after installing, so i only need the F9 bio files but that wasnt the problem, the problem was when i hit end ot enter Q-Flash ulitiy it doesnt show my USB drive at all just floppy drive and my hard drive, lol i think they just recently took out the F9 one check your link its not there anymore o.o

montiaro · 08-20-2009, 07:48 AM

i have a 1GB usb flash drive and i reformatted it into FAT32 which the manual said and put the F9 bios into it but when i load up Q-Flash it doesnt find my flash drive, i love how the manual says this procedure will assume you use a floppy drive... who uses floppy drives on a i7 motherboard? well i guess now would be a good time to have one, havent used floppy drive in years

**linderman** · 08-20-2009, 08:40 AM

yup; your right, Giga removed F9

I would send them an email describing your problem,

which bios are you running now ?

and did you download the F9 before it disappeared ?

montiaro · 08-20-2009, 02:04 PM

i have had no bios upgrades yet so i assume f1? i did download f9 before it disappeared but wouldnt there be a reason why they took it down?

**linderman** · 08-20-2009, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montiaro

i have had no bios upgrades yet so i assume f1? i did download f9 before it disappeared but wouldnt there be a reason why they took it down?

of course there is a reason why they took it down; but the problem would not apply to ALL users; but rather a large enough percentage to make them remove it from availability; which you can try it but downgrade to F8 if its too buggy for you

but you have a VERY old bios; so I would start with getting F8 for SURE

montiaro · 08-20-2009, 11:25 PM

k i will try it but the issue with my flash drive is still there what to do about that?

**linderman** · 08-21-2009, 04:27 AM

$14.00 buys you a floppy drive

you dont have to really mount the drive in the case or keep it connected forever

connect the floppy drive to the cable and motherboard, give it power / flash your bios and then put the floppy drive away for another day

montiaro · 08-21-2009, 12:53 PM

=( usb wont work? the manual says u can use usb

montiaro · 08-23-2009, 06:19 PM

bumpsz

**linderman** · 08-23-2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linderman

$14.00 buys you a floppy drive

you dont have to really mount the drive in the case or keep it connected forever

connect the floppy drive to the cable and motherboard, give it power / flash your bios and then put the floppy drive away for another day

yep; back atcha

montiaro · 08-23-2009, 08:56 PM

how come usb wont work? i mean it is one of the newer mobo's, just seems weird that something older is better then something newer and i am guessing u want me to buy a usb floppy drive?

Mcninjaguy · 08-24-2009, 12:26 AM

This combonation below will make a nice bootable USB drive.

- Download Windows Enabler
- Download HP boot disk utility
-Install the HP disk utility program
-extract the WIndows enabler program
-Insert the USB stick into a USB slot
-Open both programs
To turn on Windows Enabler you just need to click it icon in the taskbar so it says on.
Select the USB drive in the HP disk utility and click the grayed out option "using MS-DOS internal files"
Make sure its set to FAT disk format.

You should have a bootable flash drive. I used this method for making a bootable flash drive so I could flash the bios on my Video Card.

**linderman** · 08-24-2009, 04:34 AM

USB flash drives "provided" they are not larger than 2 gigs (drive must be formatted in Fat16 which has a 2 gig limit) will work; but its more involved than a simple "internally" connected floppy drive which is easy as hell

montiaro · 08-24-2009, 01:11 PM

mcninjaguy i never saw anything about "using MS-DOS internal files" when using the utility, there were different settings to put it under and wasnt sure which one to do

montiaro · 08-24-2009, 01:24 PM

thanks mcninjaguy that worked, i upgraded bios but where do i go to check if it updated correctly? we will find out soon enough if it fixed my problem

08-19-2009, 02:22 PM	#61 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping u mean with orthos? i think there is 1 bios upgrade for my motherboard but alot of people said it crashes and reverts back to the older bios version also i might have found out what it was and will find out soon enough and will post if it doesnt dc me again Last edited by montiaro; 08-19-2009 at 02:23 PM.

08-19-2009, 03:53 PM	#62 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping that would be a negatory on me thinking i fixed it

08-19-2009, 04:25 PM	#63 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,440 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: online game time gaping me thinks you might want to look again http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mothe...ProductID=2985 use ONLY the Q Flash method (see mobo manual) I think the "fix" for bios F9 is your baby! >>>> it deals with memory problems and the PCI-E bus __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 08-19-2009 at 04:30 PM.

08-19-2009, 07:19 PM	#64 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping i downloaded them all and put them on my flash drive but when i go to Q flash it doesnt pick up my flash drive just floppy which i dont have and my hard drive, do u want me to do all of those bios updates?

08-20-2009, 07:17 AM	#66 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping i read it and it said to load optimized bios after installing, so i only need the F9 bio files but that wasnt the problem, the problem was when i hit end ot enter Q-Flash ulitiy it doesnt show my USB drive at all just floppy drive and my hard drive, lol i think they just recently took out the F9 one check your link its not there anymore o.o Last edited by montiaro; 08-20-2009 at 07:19 AM.

08-20-2009, 07:48 AM	#67 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping i have a 1GB usb flash drive and i reformatted it into FAT32 which the manual said and put the F9 bios into it but when i load up Q-Flash it doesnt find my flash drive, i love how the manual says this procedure will assume you use a floppy drive... who uses floppy drives on a i7 motherboard? well i guess now would be a good time to have one, havent used floppy drive in years

08-20-2009, 08:40 AM	#68 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,440 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: online game time gaping yup; your right, Giga removed F9 I would send them an email describing your problem, which bios are you running now ? and did you download the F9 before it disappeared ? __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

08-20-2009, 02:04 PM	#69 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping i have had no bios upgrades yet so i assume f1? i did download f9 before it disappeared but wouldnt there be a reason why they took it down?

08-20-2009, 11:25 PM	#71 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping k i will try it but the issue with my flash drive is still there what to do about that?

08-21-2009, 04:27 AM	#72 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,440 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: online game time gaping $14.00 buys you a floppy drive you dont have to really mount the drive in the case or keep it connected forever connect the floppy drive to the cable and motherboard, give it power / flash your bios and then put the floppy drive away for another day __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 08-21-2009 at 04:29 AM.

08-21-2009, 12:53 PM	#73 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping =( usb wont work? the manual says u can use usb

08-23-2009, 06:19 PM	#74 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping bumpsz

08-23-2009, 08:56 PM	#76 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping how come usb wont work? i mean it is one of the newer mobo's, just seems weird that something older is better then something newer and i am guessing u want me to buy a usb floppy drive?

08-24-2009, 12:26 AM	#77 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: online game time gaping This combonation below will make a nice bootable USB drive. - Download Windows Enabler - Download HP boot disk utility -Install the HP disk utility program -extract the WIndows enabler program -Insert the USB stick into a USB slot -Open both programs To turn on Windows Enabler you just need to click it icon in the taskbar so it says on. Select the USB drive in the HP disk utility and click the grayed out option "using MS-DOS internal files" Make sure its set to FAT disk format. You should have a bootable flash drive. I used this method for making a bootable flash drive so I could flash the bios on my Video Card.

08-24-2009, 04:34 AM	#78 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,440 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: online game time gaping USB flash drives "provided" they are not larger than 2 gigs (drive must be formatted in Fat16 which has a 2 gig limit) will work; but its more involved than a simple "internally" connected floppy drive which is easy as hell __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

08-24-2009, 01:11 PM	#79 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping mcninjaguy i never saw anything about "using MS-DOS internal files" when using the utility, there were different settings to put it under and wasnt sure which one to do

08-24-2009, 01:24 PM	#80 (permalink)
montiaro Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 266 OS: XP, 7, unix, linux	Re: online game time gaping thanks mcninjaguy that worked, i upgraded bios but where do i go to check if it updated correctly? we will find out soon enough if it fixed my problem