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    Update Bios From CD.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nick, Sep 15, 2011.

  1. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Hi Guys!

    I flashed the wrong Bios to my Compal JAX10, and now it only boots from CD, no more USB. I need to flash the correct bios by CD.

    Is there a good tutorial on how to make a Win98 DOS CD with my bios and phlash16 file on it?
     
    Nick, Sep 15, 2011
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Hmm, I added my bios files to the ISO, but when I boot up the the disk and try to load any of the programs it gives me error 15?

    I was able to load the Tiny XP from the disk, but I can't update the bios from Windows. I need Windows 95/98 Dos. I was able to find that for USB, I can't seem to find it for CD?
     
    Nick, Sep 16, 2011
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    Ok, I didn't edit the Hiren ISO this time, and it worked. I put the bios update on a thumb drive. But, when I went to flash it, it gave me an error that HIMEM was still in use. That happened to me before when I was using Windows ME DOS.
     
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    I've tried 5 versions of Hirens boot disk, all come up with the error HIMEM.

    I think I need just straight Win95/98 Dos, and add the bios update with WinISO.

    Any try this?
     
    Nick, Sep 17, 2011
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