Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

[Metal_Storm]

Hey tech dudes,
I purchased last year a rig.
Its motherboard is a DFI Lanparty SLI-DR NF4 bizzo thingy.
On it sits a AMD64 S939 3800+

I have not upgraded my BIOS or anything except for the NF4 bits (I think).

Q: Do I need a floppy drive to do it or can I run the bios flash thing from a CD?

I dont have a floppy drive. I have a CD/DVD burner.

I really need some help here as most of the places I have found on the net confuse my little pea brain.

My PC runs fine, no crashes no problem, but I feel that this needs to be done now and not later.

My other bits are:
1 x OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC3200 Enhanced Latency, Dual Channel Platinum DDR-RAM CL2, Rev2
1 x ASUS Extreme N6800 Ultra PCI-E
1 x Enermax 600W Noisetaker power supply.
All stuffed into a ANTEC case with window and a load of Neon and LED's that put the temp up in the case 8DEG C ....... :laugh: .......

Help me Obi-wan you are my only hope!

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

You can update your bios in windows with a program called winflash. Download the bios want then:

-Open winflash
-click file, update bios
-navigate to your bios .BIN file
-open and update
-restart

Winflash: http://www.dfi.com.tw/Upload/BIOS/WinFlash176.zip

[LoD]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

win flash ftw

[Metal_Storm]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Wow thanks! It seems easy... I hope I just get the correct bin file now.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Wow thanks! It seems easy... I hope I just get the correct bin file now.

Tell me what version bios you are getting. There is an FX60 test one going around, but the one I like the most is the 623-3.

[Metal_Storm]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Revision A
Date Code 2005/11/14
File NF4LDB14.zip
Size 403,495 bytes
Description Support AMD Athlon 64 FX60 CPUs.

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Support/Download/bios_download_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3449&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP&STATUS_FLAG=A&SITE=US

Is that ok?

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Revision A
Date Code 2005/11/14
File NF4LDB14.zip
Size 403,495 bytes
Description Support AMD Athlon 64 FX60 CPUs.

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Support/Download/bios_download_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3449&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP&STATUS_FLAG=A&SITE=US

Is that ok?

Yeah thats fine. I think thats the bios I'm running also.

[Metal_Storm]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Yeah thats fine. I think thats the bios I'm running also.

Ahhh Excellent thanks for your help.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Wreck~ What BIOS would you reccomend for the SLI-DR Expert? I'm fairly new to DFI boards and would like your input.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

Wreck~ What BIOS would you reccomend for the SLI-DR Expert? I'm fairly new to DFI boards and would like your input.

Check out the 25/11/2005, N4ELDB25. It has the best memory support and high overclock stability.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...s/N4ELDB25.zip

[sackynut]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

I used a floppy to flash my bios. (the regular way). I have an albatron k8sli mainboard, can i use winflash for my motherboard? does it work with ANY motherboard?? does it work differently than using a floppy? IE. does it cause more errors and such if you were to do it through winflash instead of the regular way?

[LoD]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

I like this bios personally

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22997

Has alot of extra features added in for overclocking, extra dividers and more voltage settings etc..

As for sacky, no. Winflash will not work, but there is probably an equivalent from albatron, check their website.

[sackynut]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

well no, there is no equivalent. I think Asus, DFI and (maybe) MSI are the only ones with programs you can use. Albatron does not have a program used to flash bios you have to do it through a floppy at boot. damn =(

[LoD]

Re: Wanting to update BIOS on my DFI Lanparty motherboard, need simple help.

well no, there is no equivalent. I think Asus, DFI and (maybe) MSI are the only ones with programs you can use. Albatron does not have a program used to flash bios you have to do it through a floppy at boot. damn =(

Well then, thats one reason to never buy albatron again.