Hi again, On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Kevin McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Upgrade bios for MSI 7677 H61i-e35 (B3) mini-itx motherboard > > Here are the steps as best I can recall: > ... > > In conclusion, a working DOS usb boot stick seems to be the key, and it was > recommended to use the Windows 98 SE version in one MSI guide. However, for > MSI owners, the lack of help and conflicting/confusing messages from MSI > imply that one should proceed with great caution.
It seems MSI (Micro-Star International) is a company from Taiwan (China). It's possible that something was lost in translation. However, I do think support from the company itself is very important here, and you should do whatever they tell you to do. Honestly, I don't understand the need for Win98SE (MS-DOS 7.1) here. Without downloading it, the link you provided seems to imply a very minimal image (1 MB), which is "probably" similar to what Windows 7 (and RUFUS!) uses (DISKCOPY.DLL) to make a "system floppy", aka EBD (emergency boot disk) or whatever. I did find two .PDFs via quick search: "BIOS Update Instruction By DOS Tool" (Revision 2.3, 2016/08/02) * https://www.msi.com/files/pdf/How_to_make_a_bootable_flash_disk_and_to_flash_BIOS_en.pdf (uses UNetBootIn atop Windows [Vista? 7?] to install FreeDOS [fdboot.img, 7/24/2011]) (FreeDOS "safe mode", aka "don't load any drivers", FreeDOS 1.0 final from 2006-July-30) * https://www.msi.com/html/pdf/How_to_flash_MSI_Notebook_BIOS_under_DOS_mode.pdf (also uses UNetBootIn atop Windows) (FreeDOS "safe mode", aka "don't load any drivers", FreeDOS 1.0 final from 2006-July-30) You basically said you tried other things that didn't work, so maybe this is redundant for you. Still, it's hard to understand all of the details from afar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
