Problems with BIOS update...

[cephalalgia]

Yesterday I got the blue screen of death with an error message that Windows must shutdown to prevent damage to my hardware, if this problem persists contact your hardware manufacture or something to that extent… So the first thing I did was check the ASUS website for a BIOS update. My Mobo is an ASUS P5P800 and the current BIOS version is 1202. I found version 1401 was available and downloaded it. Being that I don’t have a floppy drive on this box I followed this tutorial for a BIOS Update boot CD http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-boot-cd.htm and used AFLASH.EXE as recommended by the ASUS website seen here http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us

The Boot CD boots to DR DOS, but when I run the BIOS Flash program I get the following error: Error! Can’t Find System BIOS’ Hook. After searching the web for that error I came to the impression that I am using the wrong BIOS Flash software…

Can anyone help me out with this problem. Am I using the right BIOS Flash software for the P5P800, if not, what is the proper Flash software? If I am using the right software, could it be that the DR DOS Boot is messing with the BIOS Flash software, if so can someone point me to a DOS Boot for a CD that I can use effectively to boot into a DOS prompt from CD and access my BIOS flash files from the same CD?

If you can think of anything else that could be causing the problem with Windows (XP 64) please let me know. Thanks!

 

[kirbyrj]

Can you swipe a floppy drive from another computer and just use that?

Can't you get into Windows at all? Usually the Asus Windows Bios flash software is decent. I've used it several times.

 

[cephalalgia]

Ah overlooked the obvious. Sorry didn’t realize I had a windows update tools. Did some digging and found the CD and installed the utility. It seems to have worked. Thanks for the tip.

 

[kirbyrj]

Ah overlooked the obvious. Sorry didn’t realize I had a windows update tools. Did some digging and found the CD and installed the utility. It seems to have worked. Thanks for the tip.

So was it just a one time BSOD?

 

[cephalalgia]

Yes,

I just recently started having performance issues; then I got the BSOD. Some of the other issues I have encountered are random bloches of color at the black screen right before login, large slowdown in FPS in games such as CS: Source. I have cleaned my registry, defragged my hard drive, scanned for viruses and spyware, fully uninstalled my video drivers and used the drivers off of the ATI site for my ATI Radeon 9800 128MB video card. No BSOD at the moment but not great performance either. Any advice would be good. Thanks.

 

[kirbyrj]

Maybe an overheating video card?