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Elitegroup K7S5A - Cannot flash bios

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First post, by peter_shaw

Posted on 2024-08-28, 20:14

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Hi, I want to flash the Bios of an Elitegroup K7S5A.
It seems to have an AMI-Bios (see attached picture)

I tried these flashing tools under DOS, Win XP and also Win 98:
- AMI AfuWin
- AMI WinSFI
- AMI AfuDOS
- AMI AMF895
- AMI AMINF342

none worked. THey all threw an error like: "Bios does not support AFU"; "bios not supported"
What could be the cause?

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Reply 1 of 4, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-08-28, 20:22

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1. Rename the ROM file to AMIBOOT.ROM.
2. Try a different version.

https://www.wimsbios.com/amiflasher.jsp#gsc.tab=0

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Reply 2 of 4, by peter_shaw

Posted on 2024-08-28, 20:36

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Thanks, I got it to work with a n old version of aminf, v. 332. Great, now I can use a modded bios

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Reply 3 of 4, by mkarcher

Posted on 2024-08-28, 21:29

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-08-28, 20:22:

1. Rename the ROM file to AMIBOOT.ROM.

After that step, just put a floppy with that file into drive A, and press Ctrl+Home directly after power-on. This should activate the emergency flashing routine built into the AMI BIOS, so you do not need to worry about finding a suitable flashing tool. I started using this method only on my K7S5A after I got to know it.

Reply 4 of 4, by peter_shaw

Posted on 2024-08-28, 21:31

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mkarcher wrote on 2024-08-28, 21:29:

dominusprog wrote on 2024-08-28, 20:22:

1. Rename the ROM file to AMIBOOT.ROM.

After that step, just put a floppy with that file into drive A, and press Ctrl+Home directly after power-on. This should activate the emergency flashing routine built into the AMI BIOS, so you do not need to worry about finding a suitable flashing tool. I started using this method only on my K7S5A after I got to know it.

wow good to know!

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