Lg R405-A.CPATV Bios

Hi all!

I have a R405-A.CPATV, and i have downloded the LG Notebook(R405) System BIOS Ver F.20(BIOS_Setup_R405.zip) but i cant runt it, i dont know whats wrong?
And that [BIOS] LG Notebook(R405-Axxx) System BIOS Ver LHORSF12 with LHORSF12_LIU.zip is emty.

Can please someone help me.

Regards
WilleWalle

 

Wille, obvious question, but have you unzipped the System BIOS Ver F.20(BIOS_Setup_R405.zip) file?

The LHORSF12_LIU.zip listed on LG's website has been empty for ages. Whoever is their webmaster should be fired lol. Will track down a version of this and post it.

 

Hi, and thanks for your answer

Yes, i have unzipped the file, and followed the instruction on the site.

[ Installation Process ]

1. Download file.
2. Extract file, and it will make folder.
3. Execute "BIOS_Setup_R405.exe"

When i run the exe file, it runs for few seconds, then it says it cant uppdate my bios.
And when i read this A warning message is displayed immediately after you upgrade to Windows 7 on certain LG notebooks: "Consider replacing your battery" i get even more confused when they refuse to help me. (can it be becaus at the time still hade warranty)

And i have talked to the support in sweden, but they seam not to care. And they told me they dont like when custermers update there bios!?!? Then i asked way they release a bios if they dont whant us to use it, and put emty files for downloads. And offcourse i did not get any good answer.

Kind regards
WilleWalle

 

Wille, what version of bios do you have on your system? If you're not sure, then you should see a "Press F2" message when you first turn on your laptop. Then from there, you'll be able to see the bios settings and what version you currently have.

The .EXE bios updates are normally pretty smooth when it comes to things. Am not sure why it's not working for you, but maybe we'll have to go the manual update route. Post back what version you have first however.

Don't worry about the response from LG. They are simply horrid when it comes to bios updates and treat everyone with contempt. I've asked that same question to and have been told they don't provide updates. When I've pointed out they in fact have some posted on their website, then they state they don't want us to use them or trust we know how what we're doing lol. Thank goodness for places like this, as LG get a big F for their customer support.

 

Hi Krazy

I have 18.0F LHORSF10, and it´s from your cd

Regards
WilleWalle

 

NOTE: The F20 I mention is for the R405 and NOT the R405-A. Edited after discovering this and to make things clearer for all.

 

Hi Krazy.

Thanks, that would be very very nice of you

Kind Regards
Wille

 

Wille, have spent the past day working on a way for people to flash their bios easily. Stay tuned, should have something very soon.

 

EDIT: I made this post originally thinking there was an F20 version for the R405-A, but upon discovery there isn't . The latest version of the bios I can locate is F12. Instead of removing this post, I've put it in quotes and added this EDIT note

 

KrazyKong, can you help me? I have a R405-A.C264R1, and I have the same problem with BIOSes like WilleWalle. I tried to download this image and the flash failed

 

@Krazy
Thanks for all help
But i think LHOSSF20 is wrong, since R405-A. modells have Lhotse2 system, and the Bios is called LHORSF not LHOSSF, LHOSSF is for R405-L modells i belive.
And since pri hod failed to flash i belive that i am right about my teori he also has same Lhotse2 and LHORSF system since he has the R405-A model.

Kind Regards
Wille

 

See comments below.

I see what's going on now. Normally with LG bioses the "-A" would still be considered part of the R405 family. But in this case it's not. Thus the latest version of the R405-A bios I can find is LHORSF12. You can't get this file off LG's website as the link directs you to an empty file (0kb). But the good news is it's contained on the 090127 BIOS UPDATE CD. So download that from the first page, burn the ISO, and boot from it. Then you should be able to flash your bios to F12.

 

I flash BIOS to version F12. But how do I flash to version F20?

 

There is no F20 version for the R405-A. F12 is the latest version.

It seems the R405-A is a special model and thus isn't related bios wise to the R405 which does have a F20 version.

I had thought there was an F20 version, but as Wille pointed out the models are different LHOSS = R405 vs LHORS = R405-A. I'll have to go back and edit some of my previous posts to clarfiy this.

 

As far as I understood it in the firmware problem with the battery is not solved?

 

Microsoft havn't fixed the battery problem in Windows 7 yet. Seems the notebook companies are releasing bios updates for various models that might fix it, but LG havn't bothered accept 2 models. Even then I'm not sure what a company can do in the bios fixes that cures the battery issue as it's a Windows 7 issue, not a bios issue.

 

The R405-A latest System bios was the exe file called F20, and the latest bios file was LHORSF12.. That F20 exe file is the EC version.

 

I think there's some confusion Wille. And I didn't catch on until a day or so ago that the R405 and R405-A actually use different bioses. So this "F20" version does not appear to be for the R405-A. That's why the LG EXE update never worked on your notebook.

The F20 you tried to update your notebook with, the same F20 I extracted and made a boot ISO for you is LHOSS.

Now you're mentioned your notebook is already running LHORSF10. Notice the difference, LHOSS vs LHORS.

LHORS = R405-A (latest version F12)
LHOSS = R405 (latest version F20)

You're referencing two different things here. The LG EXE F20 is for the R405 not the R405-A. Inside of this F20 EXE is the LHOSSF20.IMC bios file. Again note it's an LHOSS not and LHORS. The LHORSF12 bios file has no connection with the F20 EXE file. That's where the confusion has originally stemmed from.

I don't know what the difference is between an R405-A and an R405. From my previous experiences they should be the same notebook as for instance with my one which is an R200, there are lots of sub models... R200-X etc. But they all use the same bios. Now I had thought that's the case with the R405 that an R405-A would just use the R405 bios.

You'll see on this link which is from the LG Denmark Support page for the R405-A.CPATV that they list the LHORSF12_LIU.zip fie as the only bios listed. Now as you know this LHORSF12_LIU.zip is a bad link as the file is empty. I'm not sure what the LIU part is, but on the latest LG BIOS UPDATE CD I posted several days ago it contains the LHORSF12 bios. That's your best bet for updating your bios at this point.

I wouldn't try and force an update on your notebook with the R405 F20 bios as for starters the EXE failed. That indicates the bios program wasn't happy about the compatibility. Two, the ISO I made you also failed and I made it check that the bios you have on your notebook is the same type as the one you want to ugrade too, otherwise it wouldn't update it due to safety. Thirdly, we have the LHOSS vs LHORS. That about sums it up, LHORSF12 is as far as you'll be able to update your notebook to.

What's this EC version you refer to?

 

@Krazy
For only about 3-4 weeks ago there where i file called BIOS_Setup_R405.zip on the support site for all R405-A modells, even Microsofts link is to a 405-A modell, and that one was called F20. Now that file is gone, so i suppose LG made a misstake. Thats way i was so confused, becouse they hade both the LHORSF12_LIU.zip and the BIOS_Setup_R405.zip(the exe file that supposed to update to F20).

Se the link below from microsoft, it goes to R405-A model.

LG Product Support for R405-A.CB01A9

EC is that table on the Picture you have on your site, the latest EC version 18.16 and latest Bios version LHORSF12 is for my modell.

In bios when i enter bios setup its called KBC(there is says the same as the EC in your picture). Thats way i thought the exe file(they hade before) was to that EC(KBC) version(dont ask me what that means), i mean that KBC must mean someting, and have some functions?

 

Microsoft's links are a token gesture at best, for starters two of them are wrong. The only one out of the three they posted that works is for the R500. The link Microsoft has for the P300 supposedly pointing you to the F20 version takes you to the... F19. And the R405 well I think they were confused themselves about this, and thus why it's confused us until now.

That's why it looks like LG have removed the BIOS_Setup_R405.zip link for the R405-A.CB01A9 and for all the R405-A.XXXXXX models. But the R405-G, it's still there.

I suspect it was posted by mistake on the wrong model pages, and thus was corrected by them.

The EC thing is also a little funny as well. I have two versions of a bios for my laptop, 11.41 and 11.45 yet they both use the exact same version of the BIOS which for me is F11. So I don't know what purpose the EC is good for as it's the bios files themselves F11, F20 etc., that we all want to get our hands on.

I don't know what the KBC is, but I suspect it's simply some internal stuff to help with customer support. Kind of like your unique machine number or something.