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I dowloaded the sys.exe file for formating disk, and sysed a standard Compact Flash card. I then added the files for the Windows 98 boot floppy, and ended up with a bootable Compact Flash card that's treated by the system as a floppy (a very BIG floppy).
Booting from the card with my P4C800-E motherboard required setting it to force floppy mode and changing the removable disk under boot devices from floppy to USB storage device.
Now I can flash BIOS and mess around in DOS mode by booting from a flash card. My partitions are formated Fat32 so I'm able to access all the files from DOS. If I have a major problem with Windows, I can simply boot and save file from one partiton to another, or even to flash media.
Now all I need is a small CDRW program that runs in DOS mode! Heheh.
Last edited by Crashman; 02-13-2004 at 10:00 PM.
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Ultimate Member
That's a top idea! I wonder if it will work with my spare 8Mb Sony MS???
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It should! I ended up chacing the sys.exe file all over the web, found a working copy, and used it in a command prompt in XP. It did sys the memory card, then gave a few errors and ended. But the job was done, so I coppied the 98SE boot files to the sys'ed card, and had a windows 98 boot floppy memory card. With my P4C800-E BIOS, I had to change the removable drive in boot devices from floppy to generic card reader, and viola, a bootable memory card.
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Ultimate Member
My cousin used a SOYO motherboard b4 and he said that the board is amazing.
Give a man a fish
It will feed him for a day
Give a man a fishing rod
It will feed him forever
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I bought a new Soyo board once, two months later the capacitors blew up. I sent in the RMA form, they didn't respond. I called them, they said they didn't have it. I submitted another, they didn't respond. Same story. 6 tries and 8 months later, I spent a couple hours on the phone with them until they agreed to give me an RMA over the phone. Problem was, there's a $15 service fee for RMA exchanges on NEW boards. Some warranty. I fixed the board myself and vowed to never again buy another Soyo board.
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The article has nothing to do with motherboards.
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Correct, I was thinking the same thing just before I responded to the guy...but I let it slide because I wanted him to know my experience relative to his.
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