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Flashing a hot swapped BIOS rom

I just bought a new MB for my server. It came with old bios and does not post because it does not recognize the quad cores. I have to update to the newest BIOS. I am trying to hot swap and flash the BIOS ROM using another MB. It is the same type of chip and should work. It is AMI so I am using AFUDOS on a floppy to try to flash it. I get the error" "ROM file size incorrect".

Any Ideas?
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no such luck... only board with f socket i have. will try tomorrow...

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sorry guys.. have had some personal issues.. but am back now. The MB is different older with same brand of BIOS. I was looking for a force code for the flash software. I will get to work and get you the numbers. Thanks all. The MB manuf. will flash for free.. but was looking to save time.
Bought a new one.. thanks