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I need help with my mobo.... whats wrong?!!
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:00 pm
by ji1831
Again my K7VTA3 2.0.......... i get the "unknown flash type" at the startup. now i bought a Athlon XP 2000+ but it wont recognize it so i am still stuck with my athlon 1.13ghz. the new bios update says that they support the newer AMD processors, so i need to get that, but when i tried to flash it it came out with an error that said "unknown flash type" just like that start up screen. help? any suggestions?
thanx!
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:47 pm
by PreDatoR
What board is this. The model nubmer don't mean much to me but in most newer mobo's there is an option in the bios to enable or disable flashes.. might check there for a switch like that...
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:49 pm
by ji1831
its a ECS K7VTA3 2.0 i have already put the jumpers on so that u can flash the bios, but no go. thanx tho.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:01 am
by PreDatoR
sounds like an incorrect bios version then...
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:03 am
by ji1831
it just says unknown flash type... so how do i fix it?
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:24 am
by NascarFool
Did you get the flash utility along with the bios update ?
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:18 am
by ji1831
yea i did everything ur supposed to do. i wonder if i have to get a new bios chip???
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:43 am
by PreDatoR
Did you successfully flash the bios? Does it tell you this while your trying to flash or does it tell you this after you've flashed. Need to be a little bit more descriptive here...
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 11:24 pm
by ji1831
ok..... now lets forget about the flashing part. forget i ever said flash. ok now. my system on boot up orignally it is supposed to say something like updating whatever or .....successful. but mine juss says unknown flash type. and then boots normal. and my system is fine, but i want to use my new xp 2000+ and my mobo wont recognize it, because i need the newest bios, but now i try and it seems like there is no bios right now, because it wont recognize it or flash it because it doesnt know the "type" of the bios.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:50 pm
by NascarFool
You need ths bios revision --->
k7vta322a.exe (click to download). Before flashing, make sure to check in the bios to see if there is a setting to enable flashing it. My Soyo Dragon Plus has an option in it to prevent an incorrect flash. Keep us informed on how it works out.
**EDIT** Taken from the ECS support page:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/support/support.htm
My system appear "Unknow Flash Type" after I installed new H/W, why ?
Please check the where do you set regards to BIOS protect jumper ? if the jumper your are set on enable (protect), it will appear unknow flash type after you upgrade new H/W, you can set as disable while you want upgrade new H/W, then set back after re-initialize the ESCD.