thecheeseofmanynames

I have an ABIT kn9 SLI nforce 570, and the bios update guide for them told me to create a bootable floppy, but i don't have a floppy in my pc so how do i do this
the bios is Phoenix award bios
there guide to update bios is here

Truambitionz

Most bios updates have an option to update by a CD image too.
I looked around the site but couldn't find one.

If you have another computer maybe just swap out the floppy for 5 mins?

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R3ap3R

Rarely, you can update via windows.... check you mobo's page.

Flower

Here's how to make a USB drive bootable :
Download and install this : link (HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool)
Extract this to C:\UsbBoot

Open HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
Select your usb drive
Select FAT32 as File System
Select "Create a Dos startup disk"
Select "using DOS system file located at:" and specify C:\UsuBoot (make shure you directly extracted the files to this directory or it might not work)
Select "Start"

Reboot, select USB device in BIOS or use boot menu if available to verify that it can boot correcly

Boot back up into Windows and extract the BIOS files to your USB key and follow the instructions as if it were a bootable floppy.

NOTE you are about to flash you BIOS, please only do so if it is really necessary, I really don't want you to bad flash your board. I used this method totay to update my BIOS so it should run smootly.

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R3ap3R

Hey.... I forgot about bootable USB drives.... great suggestion! Follow this guy's advice Rep+

wheth4400

I am trying your method here, and I can't seem to get it to work. The Drivves shoes up as empty and gets skipped in my boot process. Any ideas?

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jameskelsey

Might need to change your boot order in the BIOS.

R3ap3R

You should be able to access your boot selection with F8, F10, or F12 when you boot.

Stillhouse

You could use FlashMenu and flash in Windows. I've done it a few times with my board with no problems.

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yep use a flash drive if you can't use a floppy. don't waste cds. you only need like a 30mb one tops for bios flashing, that's what i used before i had an A drive. just put it to load removable drive first. make sure if it's inside a zip file that you only put the bios file in ONLY. i'm not sure if this matters, but also you should use a clear disk/usb drive for bios flashing. (i'm not sure if it recognizes if you have other items on the disk/floppy).