Hey all,
So... i was helping my Grandad today with his machine. He's just got a widescreen monitor, but his computer is old and didn't support the right resolution.
I was reading about the Mobo (Asus A7S8X-MX) and the onboard VGA graphics (SiS741) and it looked like I might be able to update the bios (and VBIOS) to support the widescreen resolutions.
Here's the SiS support page re: this issue:
sis.com/support/support_faqs_4.htm#73
And here's where I got the BIOS file from:
wimsbios.com/files/vgabiospatched/bios.jsp
So i followed the instructions and used Asus' BIOS Flashing software. It looked like it completed OK, but when the computer rebooted afterwards I got a "BIOS checksum error", along with the message "Insert media and press enter".
I rebooted again, and this time the monitor stayed off. The computer is turning on, but won't show me anything on the screen. If i hit enter, it does still try to read the floppy drive.
Is there any way I'll be able to automatically flash the BIOS from a floppy (i.e. without being able to see what I'm doing? or, are my suspicions correct - have I totally bricked it?
Thanks in advance for any info you may have!
Turk
So... i was helping my Grandad today with his machine. He's just got a widescreen monitor, but his computer is old and didn't support the right resolution.
I was reading about the Mobo (Asus A7S8X-MX) and the onboard VGA graphics (SiS741) and it looked like I might be able to update the bios (and VBIOS) to support the widescreen resolutions.
Here's the SiS support page re: this issue:
sis.com/support/support_faqs_4.htm#73
And here's where I got the BIOS file from:
wimsbios.com/files/vgabiospatched/bios.jsp
So i followed the instructions and used Asus' BIOS Flashing software. It looked like it completed OK, but when the computer rebooted afterwards I got a "BIOS checksum error", along with the message "Insert media and press enter".
I rebooted again, and this time the monitor stayed off. The computer is turning on, but won't show me anything on the screen. If i hit enter, it does still try to read the floppy drive.
Is there any way I'll be able to automatically flash the BIOS from a floppy (i.e. without being able to see what I'm doing? or, are my suspicions correct - have I totally bricked it?
Thanks in advance for any info you may have!
Turk