reformatted and now im broken

[BloodJunkie]

i had a freind walk me through how to reformat over the phone and now i cant connect to the internet. im basically a noob at this so how do i fix it. if you could ink me to the corrrect bios and drivers that would be great.

specs:
asus a8n-sli deluxe
amd 3500
2 7800gts bfg tech

thanks in advance

[XJnine]

Are your network card drivers installed? Go into your deice manager and look for any hardware with an exclamation mark. See anything listed?

[werty316]

Didn't he talk you through about installing drivers? lol good friend you have there lol
Install the nForce4 drivers that came with your motherboard.

[Kougar]

How do you connect to the internet? I assume this is XP Home or Pro? Do ya use dial-up, cable modem, or dsl router? Any routers? Any other computers that are infact able to get on the internet?

Drivers/BIOS should not be the reason why you are not getting an internet connection on that new a board... but here is the BIOS update page for your motherboard, along with the BIOS and other update utilities: http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_nn.aspx?model=A8N-SLI&product=1&f_name=&type=&SLanguage=en-us (http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_nn.aspx?model=A8N-SLI&product=1&f_name=&type=&SLanguage=en-us)

[SwedBear]

Actually Kougar, if he uses ADSL and a normal ethernet he might need the drivers for the integrated network card before being able to conenct to the net. I know most of my mobos need the drivers installed first.

So I definiely recommend making sure the network driver has been installed.

/B

[BloodJunkie]

Are your network card drivers installed? Go into your deice manager and look for any hardware with an exclamation mark. See anything listed?
all the things under "other devices"
Didn't he talk you through about installing drivers? lol good friend you have there lol
Install the nForce4 drivers that came with your motherboard.
i didnt get any discs with my mobo.
How do you connect to the internet? I assume this is XP Home or Pro? Do ya use dial-up, cable modem, or dsl router? Any routers? Any other computers that are infact able to get on the internet?

Drivers/BIOS should not be the reason why you are not getting an internet connection on that new a board... but here is the BIOS update page for your motherboard, along with the BIOS and other update utilities: http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_nn.aspx?model=A8N-SLI&product=1&f_name=&type=&SLanguage=en-us (http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_nn.aspx?model=A8N-SLI&product=1&f_name=&type=&SLanguage=en-us)

xp pro, cable, router and im using the same set as before i reformatted so its something to do with that. also the link you posted which files? thats the problem i was having before idk which ones. im a noob.

[Kougar]

You're right SwedBear, I made a mistake...

BloodJunkie,

nVidia Chipset(CK804) driver version V6.65 for Windows XP(WHQL).
To avoid crashing file system, please do update the chipset driver before updating Bios version 1010 or later
USA DL LINK: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/nvidia/Chipset_WINXP32_V665.zip

After you install those, then ya can install the BIOS update.

A8N-SLI Bios version 1014
Please do read the description before updating BIOS
To avoid crashing file system, please do update the chipset driver to below version prior to this Bios.
For WinXP 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.65 or later
For WinXP 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.65 or later
For Win2k/2003 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.66 or later
For Win2003 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.66 or later
1- Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
2- Update awdflash.exe to v1.15
3- Remove 2.88MB floppy item value
USA DL Link: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8N-SLI/A8NSB014.zip

The manual and Asus AI Probe PC diagnostic/OC utility can also be downloaded from that webpage. Let us know if that works for ya :)

[BloodJunkie]

i installed the first link and when i went to open the update it was a bin file. what program do i use to open that?

[werty316]

Asus uses a neat "EZ Flash Utility" that takes care of updating the BIOS for you.

1) Extract all the files in the ZIP file to a floppy disk.
2) Restart your PC.
3) Press "Alt" and "F2" together during POST.
4) This should take you to the "EZ Flash Utility" screen.
5) Insert the floppy disk in to your PC.
6) Press "Enter".
7) The BIOS should now update it self.

[BloodJunkie]

would a cd work to?

[Kougar]

would a cd work to?

Some of Asus's older boards support this, so I would assume yes for yours. You might have to enter the BIOS and make sure it is set to boot off the CD before the hard drive though if it does not automatically...

[werty316]

You don't have a floppy drive?

I think the EZ Flash Utility only checks for a floppy drive. You can just test out the EZ Flash Utility without actually flashing a bios, Just press "Alt+F2" together during POST. Setting your PC to boot off a CD won't work unless the CD is bootable.

http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments_content.aspx?no=532&SLanguage=en-us

Another way to flash the BIOS is in windows.
http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments_content.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&NO=714