THunDA Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Hi all.. Im gona be getting my second UI from mwave on monday.. better not be used again Now I have a bios savior on my NF7-s and I wana know whats the best way to move it to the UI.. Can I flash RD1 on my NF7 with the 619 bios and put the stock chip out of the UI in the savior... this way ill end up with what ever stock bios that comes on the UI and 619 on my RD1 ?? When I usually flash my bios I use awd 8.24F and use these switches... awdflash binxx.bin /sn /py /cc /cd /cp /cks /f Will this be the correct way to flash the RD1 on my nf7 with the dfi bios ? If there are different switches ...or if its better to flash the RD1 when its on the DFI please let me know... remember the RD1 does have a nf7 bios loaded on it ..if that matters at all.. Thanks in advance Thunda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 :confused: If you decide to try the flashing of the RD1 side "while" still on the NF7>just don't use the /f or /cc switch. The /f switch is thought to lose the MAC address for some and at one time DFI did not recommend it because they said it could cause loss of MAC address but I am checking on that having changed some. They also recommend that the 06/19 be flashed only with 8.30awdflasher which is in the available beta download of the 06/19. Right now there are a number of things sorta in turmoil as the 06/19 moves toward 'officialdom'. All of that said>due to an incident that just occurred to me with moving a bios savior from one UI to another new UI> let me suggest you get the new board. Boot it and load optimized defaults. Save and exit. Shut down immediately when seen to be booting ok. REmove alternating current line from the Power supply. Then remove the battery and move clear CMOS to the clear position. Now put in the bios savior from NF7 and make sure the switch is to the ORG side and put the DFI bios chip into the bios savior. Again make sure bios savior switch is to the ORG side as that will use the original DFI bios to boot up. Now this should have you assembling the bios savior and swapping and all and 'your' DFI will be clearing the CMOS. 30 mins go by and you put the clear CMOS to 'run' and replace the battery and fire up with the bios savior on ORG and you should be able to get up to now flash your RD1 side to the DFI bios of your choice. And I would use the awdflasher 8.30 from DFI and use /cc /f to flash the RD1 side. Now why do I say do it this way? Because I did not and put a bios savior on a mobo from the factory that had original 06/19 on it and 'my' bios savior had 12/31/03 on it and it took me over an hour to realize that nothing I was going to do would work 'until' I cleared the CMOS by the long route. Nothing, Nada, Zilch worked. I was running around the room hollering you lousy no good deeyam POS, 3HOFINITY mobo thang you. Of course it was 'urgent' beyond all thought to try that new board out. Get my drift? I just drifted off to sleep with battery out and clear CMOS the clear position and when I awake the CMOS was 'really' clear and I could 'motor' on my way and DID. But the point is that I had skills enough and enough time in the saddle to recognize 'what' I 'must' do. Did it and I will say this> that new mobo from DFI hauls sum major major booty. Hehehe. Seriously fine pOs is this hauling @ss mobo I am using now. Hehehehe. And as a major user> I wanted to steer you around a pitfall that might hit you. Sincerley, RGone...rokin:nod: and rollin:shake: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Thanks for the reply and your time Rgone I will do it on the UI since thats what u recommend.. you would know better than me and thats why I asked So just to recap what you instructed me to do.. 1- boot up and load optimized defaults.. reboot .. once it gets to boot screen power down.. 2- unplug the psu , remove cmos batt, and move the jumper to clear position.. 3- install savior and put the stock UI bios chip in savior.. go chain smoke and come back in 30mins..hehe 4- make sure savior is on the ORG position ..boot to floppy that has awd 8.30 on it and bios I wana flash ( 6/19 most likely ) 5- while at promt switch savior to RD1 and run awd with switches.. /cc /f <~~~ are these the only switches I should use at this point ? that was all you mentioned.. 6- after flash repeat #'s 1,2 and leave for 30 mins.. I just wana make sure I have it right.. from what Ive been reading the dfi's are picky in the way you flash em.. Again thanks.. Thunda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 :) ...THunDA ole sun you has tremendous promise. You might be one of the few the old heads need to spend time to teach what we know for you are exhibiting great grasp and potential. I am just astounded. Flat astounded. I could have written what I wrote and under normal circumstances had 10 people not be able to understand and write it back so clearly to me. Man you are on the ball. Congratulations to you. I am amazed. """6- after flash repeat #'s 1,2 and leave for 30 mins..""" That. That right there. That #6 which you saw as being a necessity is what rocked me back on my heels. You were not pounding off headfirst into the dark. You had a grasp and added the step number 6. Yes, I think you are correct in going to step #6 and I think the results you will see by so doing> will be to your personal benefit. I might have done it, myself> but you are right on man. Right on. And not in such an all fired hurry to go no-where. Dang you have amazed me. You get hung up sometime>by all means email me. You are worth an extra effort it seems as you show trememdous grasp. Oh well let the ole raving MS red-nake get out of here. Sincerely, RGone...1ster:nod: PS: sorry THunDA, I was so distracted by your acumen that I forgot to answer about #5. Sorry. Yes, I think to try only /cc /f with awdflash.exe version 8.30. /F will cause the bios to flash in all regions an write over the first section. I think you 'really' need to do that 'on top' of that ABit bios. /cc actually is a switch to clear the CMOS but it will not clear the whole thing like you doing your step #6. And I will tell you a thing I found personally and is not endorsed by DFI. Deep cleaning the CMOS by battery removal and moving CMOS to clear position and leaving for an extended time has made my rig to me more stable. Just me but I am always pushing the envelope and flashing a bios. Flashing needs cleaning. Heheheheheheheeh. Deep cleaning. RGone...Again...:cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Well im happy I got it right.. I try to read things very good .. I also have seen many posts by yourself stating to do it like that.. I figure you must be saying it for a reason And im in no rush.. If it means making my bh5 fly..hehe Im sure ill be needing some help once I get it together.. so ill be around Thanks alot Thunda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 ...such as yours> it is a pleasure to assist you sir. I figure you must be saying it for a reason And im in no rush Quite a grasp is all I can say. Yes, I and others who seldom post would say the same thing about clearing the CMOS on the DFI sisters. I seldom if ever post a 'fast tip'. I would rather post a tip for 'going fast' more often. You can certainly clear CMOS in many ways. AG has had this discussion many times when he posts a recommend to clear the CMOS in some around the world manner. The truth is; restraining the 'rush' and clearing the CMOS the 'long' way works *everytime* and other less involved measure may not work 'all' the time. So I prefer to report the way that works everytime and for me has worked pure wonders in keeping out of trouble. That is the 'why' I make certain recommendations. Not to slow someone down but to keep them from having to do something perhaps twice. Once a quick way and 'then' the slow way as well. I like that coinage> No fast tips; just tips for going fast. Hehehehe. A pleasure, sincerely, RGone...1ster>:nod: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 Originally posted by RGone No fast tips; just tips for going fast. Haha... good quote.. you should put that in your sig.. aww man too many heinikens tonight.. time for bed.. lata Thunda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 RGone Thank's for the detailed instructions on this procedure and THunDA thank's for the condensed version of his procedure. I'm moving my RD1 from my NF3 250GB to my NF3UltraD and after spending sometime with that widely unkwonen tool. THE SEARCH Function. I came across this thread. I'm doing my 30mins. of Deep cleaning the CMOS. The only slight doubt I had was do I use the award flash thats on my system or do I put the award flash setup on a seperate floppy? don't really expect a reply in the next 30mins. so I will wing that. Will post my results Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 RGone Thank's for the detailed instructions on this procedure and THunDA thank's for the condensed version of his procedure. I'm moving my RD1 from my NF3 250GB to my NF3UltraD and after spending sometime with that widely unkwonen tool. THE SEARCH Function. I came across this thread. I'm doing my 30mins. of Deep cleaning the CMOS. The only slight doubt I had was do I use the award flash thats on my system or do I put the award flash setup on a seperate floppy? don't really expect a reply in the next 30mins. so I will wing that. Will post my results Holy old thread !! ahhh those were the days !! :nod: Cat, You need to put awdflash on the same floppy with the bios file you want to use after you copy the system files to it which will make it bootable.. You can probably use the newest awdflash too.. this is an old thread and back in the nf2 days they were picky as to which version you used when doing certain things.. Let me know if you need help.. ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Thank's it's all about the search function used properly most people around here would have a fairly low post count. LMAO got to go find the award flash setup seya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 or you can use Tmods cd....it's much faster... I think there is a bios on there for the NF3 ultra-D....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 or you can use Tmods cd....it's much faster... I think there is a bios on there for the NF3 ultra-D....? I wish it was that easy. If it was that simple RGone would have said just pop Tmods CD in and flash the rd1 bios. RGone Took quite some time to get the rd1 bios flashed. I tried the procedure many time with no success. then I tried a different bios and it flashed the new bios first time. Thanks THunDA for your help with this. So if anyone else is trying this procedure and having trouble try a different bios and see what happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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