ON board graphics

[Bluemani]

i only saw one file, why would there be 3 files?

[Dark Mantis]

Right that might explain a lot. The file you downloaded is what is called a zip file. The file is compressed to make it smaller to transfer over the internet. If you right click on it and then select open a dialogue box will appear and you can select where to unzip the file. I would suggest your floppy drive or USB pen drive whatever you want to use.

[Bluemani]

its still not working, i found all the files, put them on the floppy, its starts to do it, then stops and goes back to update from floppy, ive done everything you said, what now? 

[Dark Mantis]

I have just had a thought here. What size is the update package as a lot of them are 2 MB nowadays and so won't fit on a floppy disk.

[Bluemani]

the total size is 537kb so i dont think thats the problem, its weird it starts to do it, then drops out? i read some machines have flash protection, but i dont think mine has because i cant see it anywhere

[Dark Mantis]

Your floppy drive is working alright I suppose and the disk is not write protected?

[Bluemani]

as far as i know its working properly and not write protected, otherwise i wouldn't of been able to put stuff on it. say if i take out the whole drive, do you think it will detect a usb then? also, would it matter what location i downloaded from? i have been using the Europe one

[Dark Mantis]

By all means use the USB drive instaed and see if you cna get further  with that. Just remember to disable the floppy drive and change the boot sequence etc in the BIOS before attempting it again.

You might be better off first having a look at our FAQ on how to do the bIOS update so you are more familiar with the procedure.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2441.0.html

There is one written by me there and also one written by absic and some people prefer one over the other so please read them both.

[Bluemani]

Hi there, its still not seeing the usb, it keeps showing me the floppy, i have unplugged it, disabled it, everything. but still it shows me the floppy and no usb, and when i do click on update from floppy it freezes..  i want to smash my computer up, lol

[Dark Mantis]

Allow me to suggest a ...chainsaw! Much more satisfying! 

I am not going to be available for the next hour or so but we can chat afterwards if you want to.

[Bluemani]

yeah that sounds better. i will do this..lol not chain saw my computer but update my bois, speak to you soon, you never know, you will come back and i might of done it..

[Bluemani]

still no luck, i have tried everything, do you have a magical cure?

[Dark Mantis]

still no luck, i have tried everything, do you have a magical cure?

Maybe. Have you formatted the USB drive with FAT32 because it wont accept it if it is done with NTFS?

[Bluemani]

yep done that, even tried a usb with a small memory, but still didn't work any other suggestions?

[Dark Mantis]

I am rapidly running out of ideas here. Just in case it is a BIOS corruption problem we will try and force the Backup BIOS to take over.

You can kick in the backup BIOS by shutting down the PSU from the wall, then hold down your case power button in and then turn on the power supply button, a few seconds later the board will start, shut off the power supply then. 
 
Then you can turn on the power supply again and power up the board normally and DualBIOS will kick in.