Please read our How to flash your bios FAQ to correctly use the awdflash or winflash executables.Īwdflash - DOS based Award BIOS flasher Awdflash version The command prompt in Windows will not be sufficient.Īward also released Windows based flashers called Award Winflash. In 1994/1995, with the availability of Awdflash 5.x, the core BIOS release of Award BIOS Elite v4.50PG and flash chips on motherboards,Īll these Award Flasher (awdflash) versions are DOS based and can't be run from Windows or other operating systems. The first versions only supported the Intel 28F010 flash chips.ĭuring that time almost no motherboards featured flashable BIOS chips. started working on the Award Flasher in 1993. The BIOS code is stored on the motherboards on Flash chips since its introduction in 1993.Īward Software Inc. to support flashing Award BIOS based data files. Awdflash.exe is a utility program that helps you to update your BIOS - the code that runs the first moment you boot your PC.