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  • 370forlife
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    • Aug 2008
    • 3112
    • United States
    #1

    Tyan S2927 Bios Update

    Wow, haven't posted in here in a while!

    Anyways, I recently bought a Tyan S2927 and a pair of Opteron 2419's to go with it. When I put it together, the board wouldn't post or do anything. I sent it back to the seller who tested it again and lo and behold, it worked. So checked what version Bios it currently had (V2.02 I believe) and looked on Tyan's website for the newest. Sure enough, the newest is V2.05 that adds support for Istanbul Opterons. So after buying a cheap 2214 HE to get it running, I am now attempting to flash the bios with the latest update.

    This is where the problems are beginning. Tyan decided the S2927 does not need to be compatable with their bios flashing utility, and instead instruct you to create a windows 98 boot disk (like we all have one of those sitting around,) and flash the bios that way. Hmm, I don't even have a floppy drive... The board does not seem to support booting from USB either.

    Anyone have any idea how I can do this without having to buy a floppy drive?
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    • Pentium4
      CapXon Be Gone
      • Sep 2011
      • 3741
      • USA
      #2
      Re: Tyan S2927 Bios Update

      Is there a way you could put those boot files on a regular CD? Cause I know I have an old Windows 98 disc that will boot without needing a floppy disk. That is pretty lame though

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        • rhomanski
          nowhere man
          • Dec 2009
          • 5157
          • U S of A
          #3
          Re: Tyan S2927 Bios Update

          I went to a local shop last year and they were kind enough to give me a floppy drive for free. Seems they have plenty laying around.
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            • goontron
              5000!
              • Dec 2011
              • 4108
              • US
              #4
              Re: Tyan S2927 Bios Update

              hirens boot disk?
              15.2 has usb and fat32 support.
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                • 370forlife
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                  • Aug 2008
                  • 3112
                  • United States
                  #5
                  Re: Tyan S2927 Bios Update

                  Does hiren's allow you to run MS-DOS programs from USB? The bios Tyan gives you comes with a batch file, the DOS flashing program and the BIOS file.

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                    • 370forlife
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                      • Aug 2008
                      • 3112
                      • United States
                      #6
                      Re: Tyan S2927 Bios Update

                      Finally got it figured out.

                      I downloaded the Bootable BIOS Flashing CD from Bootdisk (http://bootdisk.com/popfiles.htm for anyone interested,) added the contents of the BIOS download from Tyan to the .iso using UltraISO, and burned it.

                      Booted up, received an A:\ prompt, changed it to R:\ and simply ran the flash.bat and it took it from there. Restarted, everything still worked, shut down, installed the 2 Opteron 2419's and it booted up no problem.

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