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| Thread ID: 108953 | 2010-04-18 11:07:00 | Asus Eee 701 bios upgrade gone wrong!! | rocco (14290) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 877793 | 2010-04-19 03:01:00 | ...I rang support and to reinstall the bio file with labour I am looking probably at $300 plus freight..I think I might invest in a newer model and get away from linux as well!! | rocco (14290) | ||
| 877794 | 2010-04-19 03:08:00 | Did they say it supports crashfree BIOS? Did you try what I posted? Where in NZ are you Rocco? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 877795 | 2010-04-19 03:16:00 | I did thank you..sunny Marlborough | rocco (14290) | ||
| 877796 | 2010-04-19 05:49:00 | We have 4 Eee 701's in the house. When they refuse to go on line, if you remove the power & the battery, then leave it for a few minutes, put the battery back and the power, presto the Ethernet works, don't ask me why! Try this, it may just reset the Bios. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 877797 | 2010-04-19 05:53:00 | Its because the battery died before the BIOS update finished. This will usually kill a BIOS, whether its a laptop or desktop. The only way you're going to fix it, is if it supports crashfree BIOS, (or it's a dual BIOS), or you pay for it. If you dont want it, I'll have it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 877798 | 2010-04-19 05:56:00 | Try this:- Remove the RAM cover and short out the two copper pads that are in the area where the RAM is not, with the RAM at the bottom they are in the top area at the bottom left, small triangles. Do it with no battery and no power plugged in. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 877799 | 2010-04-19 06:10:00 | That's idiotic. When I upgraded the BIOS on my laptop, the instructions had in big capital letters: "MAKE SURE MAINS POWER IS PLUGGED IN BEFORE STARTING FLASH" I plugged the adaptor into the laptop but not into the wall. But their program was clever enough to tell me "Adaptor is not plugged in! You MUST connect the adaptor before flashing can continue" If Asus can't figure that out, well.... Same here in the manuals ive seen. Perhaps you could force them to pay it for not giving fair warning? It doesnt void the warranty. I guess it depends if a bios upgrade is 'normal' use or not. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 877800 | 2010-04-19 06:29:00 | If you dont want it, I'll have it I already asked this in a private message about 3 hrs ago actually, no reply yet though. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 877801 | 2010-04-19 07:21:00 | I think thid msy help! Note: Rename to 702.ROM if you have an 8GB model This is not a question, it's a guide. I've done this twice now (edit: thrice), so i'm talking from experience. I've removed the battery & mains power while it was updating the BIOS (I let it update for around 45 secs so it at least did the first part of the flashing). After this I confirmed it was dead. The screen doesn't light up, only the power light is on (other time WiFi was on too), no HDD activity or anything else. To recover, have the Eee's BIOS .ROM file (downloaded from ASUS website) renamed to 701.ROM on a FAT16 formatted Flash Stick. Plug it into any USB slot, and turn the Eee on. If the Flash Stick has lights, it will continuously blink for a second or 2 (depending on speed). Continue to wait 10 mins, then power off the Eee, then turn it back on, and it's recovered! There is no need to press Alt+F2. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 877802 | 2010-04-19 07:43:00 | These machines will also run with Windows XP, the Linux tip is a red herring. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
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