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Help! I flashed my BIOS and now can’t turn on my G73JH

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‎03-03-2011 09:21 AM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 08:23 PM by Community Admin

Hi

I wanted to update my Vbios and had read that it was recommended to have 209 as BIOS. My BIOS was 206, so I downloaded the 209 from Asus support and used EasyFlash from the BIOS to update.

After flashing the computer it turned off and now I can´t get it running. No power at all!


What to do? 😞
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xeromist
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‎03-03-2011 11:31 AM

Have you tried removing the battery and unplugging the power?
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‎03-03-2011 11:38 PM

Yes.

The light bulb only flicks very short and no signs of power at all.
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xeromist
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‎03-04-2011 09:04 AM

Probably a bad flash then. It's rare but it happens. Is it under warranty?
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‎03-11-2011 02:09 AM

I need help tooooo......I've just tried to update my bios from 209 to 213 using in bios Ez flash and a usb drive formatted to fat 32.
in the process the laptop is bricked. it wouldn't post the bios at all.
when i push the power button all the blue lights , light up. i.e power, twinturbo, display mode, stealth mode, num lock, caplock (lights only)... keyboards lights do not light up.... fans are powered on, hardrive dvd is also powered on.... charging light lights up... and that's it.....i've tried taking out the battery, resetting through pin hole... no avail. my G73 is bricked and out of warranty ... what should I do?
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‎03-11-2011 02:25 AM

I've just tried to update my bios from 209 to 213 using in bios Ez flash and a usb drive formatted to fat 32.
in the process the laptop is bricked. it wouldn't post the bios at all.
when i push the power button all the blue lights , light up. i.e power, twinturbo, display mode, stealth mode, num lock, caplock (lights only)... keyboards lights do not light up.... fans are powered on, hardrive dvd is also powered on.... charging light lights up... and that's it.....i've tried taking out the battery, resetting through pin hole... no avail. my G73 is bricked and out of warranty ... what should I do?
Is there any way to "crisis recovery" ?
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Slithster
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‎03-12-2011 03:18 PM

I am in the same boat. I sent it in for repair even though they said it wouldn't be covered under warranty. I have heard the horror stories about bricked machines, but having flashed hundreds of Asus mobos over the last 15 years, this is the first time I have actually witnessed it. Of course, it was my personal machine.
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‎03-12-2011 12:47 PM

Throw that outside the window =D
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69_Goat
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‎03-13-2011 05:13 PM

If I'm not mistaken, Easyflash in the bios is used to update the motherboard bios, not the vbios.

To update the vbios, you need to use ATIFlash for ATI graphics cards, or NVFlash for Nvidia graphics cards.

I looked through the tutorials posted in the forums, and didn't see any mention of Easyflash.
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‎03-16-2011 11:51 PM

Never got my machine to run myself. Did RMA it to ASUS and got it home today. Got a new MB and BIOS is now 211.

Sounds like the fans is running at full speed now. Very noisy!
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