Can't flash my A31.

[ken3983]

I downloaded the newest bios and embedded controller updates and I can't get it to flash. They are the non-diskette versions. I tried to flash in XP and the system goes black and nothing happens. I tried it in safe mode as well to no avail. Tell me I don't need to get a floopy drive.

Ken

[r2d2]

Do you mean it just goes blank? No error messages at all? Did it even let you answer a couple of questions before it did the flash?

Does it go blank or did the system turned itself OFF?

[ken3983]

My bad....I was trying to update bios 1.10 with embedded controller ver. 1.05. It seemed the 1.10 bios ver. will only work with ver. 1.04 embedded cntroller. Go figure.

Ken

[r2d2]

In BIOS setup... what is your BIOS version and 7 digit model/type of the A31? Check the details and the NOTE on this IBM site. I think this will give you some ideas on compatibility.

[mediasponge]

If you are updating the bios with a rev that uses a later ecp, you have to flash the ecp first, then the bios, and in separate operations. I don't remember if I did it in safe mode or not, but I did have to get around my anti-virus, which was preventing the update from happening.