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    DO NOT FLASH NEW W3N BIOS VERSION

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rjtd, Apr 30, 2005.

  1. rjtd

    rjtd Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I flashed the new bios version, 0204, on my notebook so that it would fix the acpi proiblem on linux. It is solved now!
    BUT NOW MY PC DOES NOT BOOT AFTER A RESTART!!! DAMN! It is now all messed up.
    And PC does not even boot after I turn it off and then on again. It requires a lot of turn-off, turn-on cicles for it to boot!
    And now I cannot flash previous version 0202A(that work great except for the acpi bug) because a) I don't have the bios file and b) ASUS FLASH does not permit revert to older...
    Now what should I do?! I cant understand how do they post faulty bios...

    Can someone please send me the 0202A bios version (it was my older one, not listed on the site) and tell me how can I flash older bios on ASus?
     
    rjtd, Apr 30, 2005
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  2. AuroraS

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    Check here for instructions on how to flash back to a previous BIOS using AFLASH:
    http://www.notebookreview.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10251&whichpage=3

    You can possibly find the BIOS you're looking for here...
    ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/NOTEBOOK/W3x00N/Bios/

    Best of luck.

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, Toshiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Apr 30, 2005
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  3. LiKWiD FuZioN

    LiKWiD FuZioN Notebook Consultant

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    Does it go past POST? Can you get into BIOS at least? If not then you might be in trouble.

    [l]ikwid.[f]uzion
     
    LiKWiD FuZioN, Apr 30, 2005
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  4. rjtd

    rjtd Notebook Consultant

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    NOTEBOOK is now DEAD.
    God damn it. It hangged when I made "save system settings" on the bios.
    Now it does not even boot.
    [xx(]
     
    rjtd, Apr 30, 2005
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    ... I wish this didn't have to happen to someone..... but now it did and now everyone else realizes it's not always the best thing to try, even though it's easy.

    Thanks,
    Justin
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    No bios, and nothing!
    BUT I SAVED IT!!!!!!!!
    Well, PC was freezed at startup. No LCD, no boot, no nothing. It would seem plain dead if it was not the fan running.
    Well, I discover the following:
    If I turned ON the pc and press firmly the F2 key, HE WOULD BOOT!!! I think this is some kind of failure recovery mode!
    Now notebook is up and running, but with the old bios :( New one hangs the computer... I'm so pissed... maybe new bios would never work on my laptop... so, no batery metering on linux and stuff... Damn
     
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  7. rjtd

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    Does flashing the bios voids computer warranty?
     
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  8. PROPortable

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    Well, if you burn up the bios when doing so..... yeah. I don't think you did that though. It's pretty hard to do something irreversable when using winflash.

    Thanks,
    Justin
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    PROPortable, Apr 30, 2005
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    by the way, where did you find the 0204 BIOS version?? It seems only the german ftp site have upgrades for the W3N and I can not find it there.

    I dont think I´m gonna try it either...
     
    seal99, May 1, 2005
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  10. LiKWiD FuZioN

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    Wait for just a color pickin minute...did you flash in a Windows environment or Linux? Cause you mentioned Linux in your post and WinFlash isn't supported on it... >_>

    [l]ikwid.[f]uzion
     
    LiKWiD FuZioN, May 1, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by LiKWiD FuZioN
     
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    I flashed it with winflash for windows.
    Now I have 203 and works flawlessly. If I reflash 204 notebook hangs, no matter how I flash it (winflash or aflash for dos).
     
    rjtd, May 3, 2005
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    glad you solved the problem!! I hate that sinking feeling I get when my computer won't post -- ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMONE ELSES COMPUTER I'M WORKING ON!

    Asus M3NP 1.5GHz Centrino (Dothan /w 2mb L2)
    1GB PC2700 DDR
    100gb 5400rpm 8mb Cache Seagate Hard Drive /w 5 Year Warranty
    Intel 2200BG 802.11g Wireless
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by flaxx
     
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    When a part on the computer worked when you started on it, and it doesn't when you're done.... thats usually the start of a bad day.

    Thanks,
    Justin
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  16. Tobias

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    I flashed the 0204 and it works just fine on my W3N so far. But I'm not sure what the changes are since I can't find any release notes.
     
    Tobias, May 16, 2005
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    Just checking to see if the mere sight of my name will bring on a topic locked icon.

    Seriously though, all the new bios does is change the Speedstep default to "enabled" and adds in support for ATI's hypermemory. I wouldn't recommend using it if your system works fine.

    Kai
     
    BBQmyNUTZ, May 16, 2005
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  18. Tobias

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    I don't think the ATI 9700 in the W3N has hypermemory?
    I know I shouldn't flash if my system works fine, but I do it anyway. It's just a bad habit I have [ :)].
     
    Tobias, May 16, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Tobias
     
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