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  1. jumpfish

    Need help disabling write protect for my Mainboard, updating bios.

    well,I was trying to warn you but the GA-7VAX motherboard does go all the way up to 3000+ if Flashed with F10 but you got to understand there is a small warning (if it's not broken don't fix it). but the 2500+ is not listed as a processor that works with the board (even though the rest are). and...
  2. jumpfish

    Need help disabling write protect for my Mainboard, updating bios.

    Jepoy001, here's what to do. 1, first get the bios updates from Giga-byte for your motherboard. (make sure it's the GA-7VAX motherboard). save to a place on your hard drive make sure they are in they're own folder (it's easier that way.) 2, get a Floppy disk and format it and make sure it's...
  3. jumpfish

    Need help disabling write protect for my Mainboard, updating bios.

    No it was not the Disk that was write protected. but I didn't used the AutoEXEC that was with the bios update (was scared too so I used the AUTOEXEC from Make a MS-Dos Start up disk the first time) but that was the reason it would not let me update without it (when I did it the old fashion way)...
  4. jumpfish

    Need help disabling write protect for my Mainboard, updating bios.

    I have a problem, whenever I go to update my Bios either from @Bios or just the good old fashioned way I get a 'write protect' error, the problem is I dont have any way in my bios to disable write protection, im losing hair here as I plan on upgrading my processor and really need to flash it...

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