I need help with my mobo.... whats wrong?!!

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:00 pm

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!

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:47 pm

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...

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 11:49 pm

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.

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:01 am

sounds like an incorrect bios version then...

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:03 am

it just says unknown flash type... so how do i fix it?

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:24 am

Did you get the flash utility along with the bios update ?

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:18 am

yea i did everything ur supposed to do. i wonder if i have to get a new bios chip???

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:43 am

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...

ji1831 · Post by **ji1831** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 11:24 pm

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.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:50 pm

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.