How to flash dell 530s...

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  1. urie

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    #21 urie, Aug 14, 2009
    Well on my inspiron 530 i don't have a floppy drive just a card reader, If i don't disable floppy in bios it comes up with can't find floppy error.
     
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    #22 Outkast1, Aug 14, 2009
    The floppy error did not happen with a previous version 1016, or I think the other was 1015. Curious why it only happens with 1018.
     
  3. urie

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    #23 urie, Aug 14, 2009
    Don't understand that if you load bios defaults floppy error has to happen because it adds first boot device as floppy and considering there are no floppy drives in the inspiron 530. Thats why you need to disable it were you flashing 1015 original bios with the dell windows flasher if so, you didn't go into bios and load defaults.
     
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    #24 Outkast1, Aug 14, 2009
    Good man urie. That makes sense. Thank you
     
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    #26 urie, Aug 17, 2009
    That was a typo "then copy your modded bios file along with AWDflash.exe" sorry i have edited the post.:)
     
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    #33 kwanbis, Jun 18, 2010
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    Stupid question, but, are 530s and 530 BIOS the same?

    EDIT: i downloaded for both, and did a compare and they are the same.
     
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    #34 RCOO, Jun 19, 2010
    You can also use the Asus BIOS Update utility. I used in on other brand laptop's and it works.
     
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    #35 urie, Jun 19, 2010
    Always use the Award flasher that comes with inspiron bioses it is actually a foxcon award flasher.
     
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    #36 kwanbis, Jun 19, 2010
    So, should i try to do the trick of running the updater, replacing the BIOS, or should i first flash the official, and boot dos and flash?
     
  17. urie

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    #37 urie, Jun 19, 2010
    Use the dos flasher i posted a few threads back it has batch file with correct switches.
     
  18. kwanbis

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    #38 kwanbis, Jun 19, 2010
    Right, but i mean:

    1) Official win flasher
    2) Dos Flash

    or

    1) direct DOS flash

    I'm asking cause is a friends machine, and because the recommendations i have read is to first do official flashing.

    I assume doing wind -> dos should do no harm, and could prepare the BIOS.
     
  19. urie

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    #39 urie, Jun 19, 2010
    Well i have never used the modded windows flasher, i just used the mod i did from MS dos I,E, bootable usb thumdrive and so have other members and have confirmed it is working ,not windows dos NEVER FLASH FROM WINDOWS DOS.
     
  20. kwanbis

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    #40 kwanbis, Jun 19, 2010
    No, sorry, i did not explain myself.

    The official way is to install using a Windows program. I heard that they make it run, and before pressing "flash", they overrite the BIN file on the %temp% folder with the modified one. But it is a Windows program.

    So my question was if i should do windows official then dos modded, or windows official but changing the BIN, or dos modded directly.
     
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