Create a MS-DOS boot disk. On an XP machine you can right click A: then click Format... then you will have this option.

Next put onto it the AWDFLASH.EXE BIOS tool utility (please remember to decompress the file before copy it onto the boot disk).

Awdflash BIOS update tool V8.24B

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...N8X-E%20Deluxe


If you boot this disk will it get you here:

http://support.asus.com/technicaldoc...Language=en-us

Ok, I did the boot disk on another XP machine and then added the unzipped AWDFLASH.EXE tool utility and it still comes up with the AwardBIOS screen that says "Message: Soure file not found!"

I should tell you also that we have a few of these ASUS motherboards that aren't the E version and my husband took out the BIOS chip and added another one and got the motherboard to work. Is there a way we could buy another chip seperately?

http://helpdesk.asus.com/BIOSORDER/s...?idCategory=22

yes i can help with this problem if you would like

all he needs to do is reset the bios chip or the bios jumper which is used to reset the bios when you do this you will have to move the jumper into the clear position this is were you move the CMOS jumper to the right until the computer goes off then move it back into its normall position then you can switch the computer on it will reconize your hard drives nd hardware that is connected but a worning signe will come up at the top of your screen or the middle of the boot sequenc saying please input CPU clock speed all u need to do is go onto the bios either by pressing DEL or F2 on the black boot screen then when it comes up in a blue screen press ESC to exit an it will ask you to save settings all you need to do is press F10 then computer will restart normally and then load windows i will send you another message on how to get the 200 gbyte hhd to work ok