Reply 20 of 23, by PCBONEZ
wrote:I meant that I don’t have equipment for soldering, e.g. to replace a broken component on the motherboard 😀
Like I said, I’ve flashed the last 3.1 version of BIOS. I got it from Supermicro.com, but maybe I need a different BIOS version?
Not sure about booting off USB — I certainly can’t choose it as a booting option. What did you have in mind? Maybe I need a LiveCD of some sort?
If you already have R3.1 (aka 3.1) then updating the bios isn't the issue.
That's the newest one for that board.
When it's an option I use a bootable DOS USB stick to flash most BIOSes.
Just wanted to know if that board could do it without help.
If a board won't boot to USB I have a Floppy Emulator that looks like a floppy drive to the board.
It also uses USB sticks but they format to 1.44MB no matter what size USB stick you use.
When it looked like you thought you needed equipment to flash a BIOS I misjudged your skill level and I intended to write a batch file to install the BIOS for you (from a USB stick if that would work).
Clearly you are more advanced than that and don't need that kind of help.
Sorry about that.
I haven't been here for a while and I've forgotten who knows what.
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