ASUS – Asus A7N8X 1003 Bios

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x-deluxe/ an8d1003.zip

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x/ an8b1003.zip

Expect an Uberised version of this from Demoulous some time soon. What’s an Uber BIOS? Click here. If you’re sure you want to upgrade your BIOS but you’re not sure how to do it check out the ASUS website for instructions or click read more.. for a snip from Xlr8shun’s ASUS A7N8X FAQ.

Q. How do i flash my bios?
A. Assuming you want to flash your bios, there are 2 recommended ways on how to do it. The ALT+F2 Method, and the Boot Disk method.

• The ALT+F2 Method
• Download the required BIOS image file from one of the ASUS FTP sites.
• Copy or extract the BIOS image file (named xxxxxxxx.bin) to a blank floppy disk with no bad sectors on it.
• Restart the machine with the floppy disk in the floppy drive when prompted at machine initialization, press ALT+F2 to begin AWDFlash, follow the onscreen instructions and reboot when done.
• After rebooting, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup and select to “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS”. After doing this select to “SAVE & EXIT.”
  This does not require you to have a bootable floppy disk.

…or…

• The Boot Disk Method
• Create a bootable floppy disk in accordance with the instructions laid out in the manual of your particular operating system. This bootable floppy needs to be able to boot to a DOS console capable of executing normal MS-DOS batch and executable files.
• Download and extract the BIOS file to the floppy.
• Boot using your DOS floppy disk to the ‘A:>’ command prompt. At the DOS command prompt type: AWDFLASH.EXE and follow the onscreen instructions.
• Reboot the machine.
• After this, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup and select to “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS”. After doing this select to “SAVE & EXIT.”

As a cautionary tale, Bottled just got himself in a pickle flashing the BIOS on his now crippled ASUS mobo – and he’s one of the nFHQ ASUS moderators : ) If anyone can help him out with a BIOS replacement or hot-swap fix please send him a PM via the forum.