Flashing the BIOS

[Rcttexas]

When I try to update my BIOS, I get an error:

Cannot flash when memory managers (e.g. HIMEM) are present.

I cannot remember which folder HIMEM is in, do I need to disable it.

Thanks in advance

[Nathan G.]

Remove the Autoexec.bat and config.sys files from you boot Disk.
Or press F5 while booting (only works w DOS 6.X)

Next time format your disk in true DOS using "format /s":)
Regards,
Nathan G.

[Nathan G.]

Or you could just get the DOS7 boot disk from bootdisk.com
Here,http://www.bootdisk.com

BTW.. If you were trying to flash you BIOS while in windows, that was a big NO,NO.
Please be very carefull and ensure that you are 100% clear as to how to flash your bios for your mb or you could end up with worse problems! (like no boot)
I strongly advise copying you old BIOS to a floppy (via the flash utility) before actually flashing!

In example... with a award bios you use /pn /sy (progam chip=no, save old BIOS=yes)switches, but that depends on the type of bios on your mb. (award/ami/phoenix)


What is the mfg/make/revision of your motherboard?

Good Luck.