hi ,

sorry for the dummy question, I've read the faq and the beginner's guide but found no answer

I've to upgrade the bios of an award 4.51PG i440Bx-w977 and download a file

hope it's the good file

but it's a .bin

how do I do the upgrade ?

tia
rackham

Do not attempt a bios upgrade until you understand how/why FIRST.
Most motherboard sites have CLEAR instructions posted along with their bios files. So the first thing you need is a clear understanding of why updating bios is done. It's done for a specific reason... not just because it can be done. Unless you have a specific reason do not flash your bios... using improper flash programs or wrong bin files can render you motherboard useless resulting in a dead board.

Steps to updating bios:
1: Get the proper bin/rom file.
2: Get the proper flash program.
3: Read instructions for using both.
4: perform flash update by launching flash program, eg: flashproggy.exe xxxx.bin ENTER

tx

I've upgrade several mb in the past but it was always with "exe" files that give me a way of upgrading, never with only a "bin"

I only upgrade a mb when it is necessary => in this case to add a greater HD (40 io 4 Gb), not recognize by actual bios

as it was necessary to perform upgrade friday afternoon I buy a addon pci ide card and my prob is solved

bye

and the BIOS chop has sockett, replace with another same size chip. Thatway you can always recover with the original if anything goes wrong!

I need to upgrade the bios of my pc

it is a 486avip-h

Thanks