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Can you use HxC floppy emulator to flash motherboard BIOS?

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First post, by Staticblast

Posted on 2017-06-25, 14:03

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I have a motherboard that complains about a BIOS checksum error at startup. Unfortunately, the only floppy drive I have is USB-based.

I was already going to purchase a HxC floppy emulator, but I'd like to know if I need an actual floppy drive to flash the BIOS, or if the HxC will work for that purpose.

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Reply 1 of 2, by bishopcop

Posted on 2017-06-25, 15:57

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Yes, the computer recognises the drive as a normal floppy drive. It works the same way as a normal floppy including the speed at which it operates. I use a gotek with a HxC firmware and had no issues on any of my tested machines (includes 386,486, pentium I, II and III machines).

Reply 2 of 2, by Staticblast

Posted on 2017-06-25, 16:21

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bishopcop wrote:
Yes, the computer recognises the drive as a normal floppy drive. It works the same way as a normal floppy including the speed at which it operates. I use a gotek with a HxC firmware and had no issues on any of my tested machines (includes 386,486, pentium I, II and III machines).

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