How to roll back the BIOS on the ASUS laptop. The BIOS recovery procedure spoiled during the firmware process. BIOS recovery features on laptops

Hi friends! In today's article we are with you update bios motherboard ASUS. It's a serious matter and refer to it, respectively. The process of updating the bios of any motherboard, although very simple, but any error in it will cost you expensive - to return the motherboard to life will have to be in the service center, since you probably do not have a special programmer. At the beginning of the article in a nutshell I will remind you what BIOS is.

How to update BIOS on the motherboard asus

BIOS is the most important element of the computer - a firmware recorded on the chip, which in turn is on the motherboard.

BIOS - provides basic access OS to computer hardware capabilities. Simple words, Bios explains the operating system how to use a particular component of the computer.

Immediately after inclusion system Block, Bios.checks all devices (POST procedure) and if any component is faulty, thenthrough a special speaker there is a signal for which you can identify faulty device. E.if everything is fine,BIOS will start searching the OS bootloader on connected drives and finding it transmits the relay wand operating system.

Now about not very good. The BIOS update process itself lasts a couple of minutes, but if at this time, electricity will be disconnected in your house, and your computer is not connected to a uninterruptible power source.(UPS), that firmware will be broken and you just do not turn on the computer. For recovery will have to seek a special programmer (BIOS recovery is a separate article).

I must say that manufacturers have provided full seriousness of the question and at the dawn of the production of motherboards completely excluded the possibility of updating or flashing BIOS, Only quite recently, Bios became completed. special program For your update. But still,the renewal of the bios of any motherboard is usually once in her life, and sometimes never.

The most important rule, if the work of the computer or laptop youit is quite suitable, I don't need to update anything, butif you still decidedupdate BIOS, then there must be weighty reasons. Here is some of them.

In your bios there are no new features. For example, no technology AHCI, and there is only outdated IDE, but you bought a new hDD InterfaceSATA III (6 Gb / s) or in general solid State Drive SSD. Technology AHCI will allow your drive to use modern opportunities and operating system The new hard disk will work faster than in the IDE. Wanted to the site of the manufacturer of your motherboard, you saw that a new update on the BIOS was published, you also learned that after updating your motherboard will supportAHCI! So, in this case, you can upgrade the BIOS without inflatable.

One of my friend disappeared on the computer sound, reinstalling Windows and drivers did not help, he decided that the built-in sound card And I bought a discrete, so the systemwork worked for 7 years, then on this computer I had to replace the processor, it required the BIOS update, after the update the built-in sound card earned.

Another case. The client constantly rebooted the computer and reinstalling the operating system did not help, replaced everything that could be changed in the system, did not change the motherboard and the processor. We decided to finally install a new firmware on the BIOS and helped!

In the window that opens, I see the BIOS version - 2003

Now go to the official website of the manufacturer of our motherboard ASUSP8Z77-V Pro and choose "Drivers and utilities"

Select any operating system and reveal the "BIOS" item. We see that there is an update 2104 (more a new versionthan we).

Click on the "Global" button And download the firmware.

Fresh firmware on BIOS (P8Z77-V-PRO-ASUS-2104.cap) downloaded in the archive. Remove it from the archive and copy toUSB-F. leshka. The firmware weighs 12 MB.

USB-F Leshka must be formatted in file System FAT32 and except for updating on the BIOS should not contain anything.

We reboot and enter BIOS.

In the initial BIOS window we see old version Firmware 2003.

Click "Additionally" And in walk in additional settings Bios.

(Click on the screenshot of the left mouse to increase)

We enter the "Service" tab

Choose the BIOS firmware utility - ASUS EZ FLASH 2 Or you may have ASUS EZ Flash 3.

In the ASUS EZ Flash 2 window we see our USB flash drive with firmware P8Z77-V-PRO-ASUS-2104.CAP.

Close on the file with the firmware with the left mouse button.

Click "OK"

Refresh BIOS?

If yours aSUS implemented on the modern motherboard, you can use the instructions how to flash the BIOS Asus (Asus EZ Flash 2) (in this case, create blood flash drive not required)

Preparatory stage:

1. First of all we go to the Asus website.
2. Choose your product (laptop or motherboard), then a series and model, then click the Enter key or the Search button.
3. The site will offer to choose the operating system, if possible, select the one you use if it is in the list.
4. Go to B. section BIOS. And download last version Bios.
5. Download the BIOS firmware utility - AFUDOS. You can do this on Toye the ASUS product page in the BIOS utility section. Or
6. Create a DOS bootable flash drive (optional - another way to create a DOS boot flash drive)
7. I also recommend connecting the firmware device to a free power source (for a laptop - fully charge a serviceable battery), because In the event of a power failure during the firmware process, the device will have to carry in service center recovery.

1. We open our boot flash drive, write to it the AFUDOS program (file afudos.exe) and the BIOS itself (example: file P4C800B.ROM).
2. We reboot and when the first picture appears on the monitor, press F8. Find in the menu quickly launch And choose our USB flash drive. Either when you start, click F2 for laptops or DEL for desktop PCs, go to the BOOT tab and put the USBA tab, usually for this in Punch 1st Boot Device. It is necessary to set Removable Device, then click F10 and confirm that we want to save changes in the settings.
3. Computer boot with flash disk, and will give an invitation to work with: \\\u003e on the black screen. (either the other letter of the disk - does not matter)
4. To start the process of firmware Writing AFUDOS / I.p4C800B.ROM and click the Enter key. Launch of firmware bios
5. Note: Do not turn off the power and do not restart the system during the BIOS update! This may lead to serious damage to your system.
6. After completing the BIOS update, the utility will return to DOS. Remove the floppy disk (flash drive) and restart the system to enter menu Bios.. Bios firmware completed
7. Go to BIOS and disclosure settings to source values.

As a result unsuccessful firmware The laptop can completely lose performance.
Symptoms:
- When you turn on the black screen, the fan buzzes, perhaps some indicators are burning. And then nothing happens. Turn off the button is also most likely not obtained.
- When you turn on, some inscriptions appear on the screen, but the laptop does or turn off at the very beginning of POST (self-test).
Recovery of performance in the service center will cost 1 ... 3 thousand rubles. In addition, this case is usually not considered warranty.

Firmware (Firmware) is a complex of programs and data that is necessary to initialize, testing and organizing the coordinated computer components at the initial stage until the operating system is loaded, and possibly further. Usually the maternal developer writes it to the chip EEPROM. (electrically reprogramble permanent memory).

Bios. - Basic (basic) output system. The main (but not the only one) part of the firmware (Firmware). Since the main, in Russian BIOS and firmware - the same thing.

UEFI (EFI) - Fur Development of Firmware in the direction of expansion bIOS features. More details you can read here: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/uefi

Why change the firmware?
When developing any complex equipment, it is not possible to take into account all the nuances. When there is a need to make changes, the manufacturer releases a new firmware. Unfortunately when recording new firmware There is a danger that it will be inoperable. Causes of Mongo: poor-quality firmware, failure in the recording process, damage to the chip EEPROM. and etc.

In the firmware of almost all modern motherboards there is a small program that allows you to read the firmware from the USB flash drive (earlier with a floppy disk, it happens with CD / DVD) and flash it in the chip EEPROM.. She is B. bOOT BLOCK.-E - protected from changes in the region of chip EEPROM.. You can also overwrite it, but for this you must first unlock the record. This is done so that when the firmware is crashed while recording, it could be restored.

We will throw off when the laptop work is impossible due to equipment malfunctions or failure of the chip EEPROM..

Consider the sequence of actions to resuscitate laptop ASUS M60J. . For other models of manufacturers, options are possible, but general scheme is the same.

A patient: ASUS M60J.
Firmware: APTIO (AMI UEFI)
Symptoms: The firmware process ended successfully. After that, the laptop, as it should be, turned off automatically.
When you turn on the black screen. The fan buzzles. There are no sounds in the dynamics. Flags multimedia panel. After about 5-7 seconds it goes out, only the volume scale remains, then after 3-5 seconds and it goes out. The laptop does not react to anything. You can only turn off the long holding the button or pulling the power cord from the outlet and drove the battery.

Read:
1. Flashka ( USB Flash. Drive) Volume of no more than 2GB, formatted in FAT16 (or just FAT). The larger volume flash drive, formatted as the Winchester with section up to 2GB is not suitable. No need to record loaders and Operations on it. You only need a firmware file.

By the way, I tried to slip the firmware on the card microSD. 2GB, inserted into a micro card reader (a little more than the card itself, was sold). This is me to the fact that Windows This combination is as defined as a card in the card reader, and not as an ordinary flash drive. Therefore, shoals are possible when it does not work Operation, and the grizzle in bOOT BLOCK.- However, rolled. Although there is one drawback - the cardrider does not have an activity indicator, and it turned out to be very necessary for blind experiments.
Perhaps a mobile phone or MP3 player with a memory of the corresponding volume with mode support UMSD.But I did not check.

2. Firmware file downloaded from the manufacturer / developer website.
3. Working computer to prepare flash drive.

On the work computer, retrieve the firmware file from the archive. I downloaded M60Jas.210.
Rename it B. M60J.bin..

How did you think up the file name?
Connected the hard drive to the work apparatus. Fundamentally system partition Accidentally discovered hidden file M60J.bin. And the size suspiciously coincides with the firmware (2,228,224 bytes). I do not know where he came from. Whether Windows has pulled him out of chip, or WinFlash. During the firmware infuriated ...
For other models, the file name most likely will be another corresponding to the model name.
Bootblock. Earlier models understood only standard names: Amiboot.rom., Amiboot.bin.

Write the file to the flash drive. (It is advised to clear the flash drive from unnecessary files or format)
Turn off the nutrition of the laptop (pull the power supply plug from the network).
Take out the battery from the laptop.
Insert a flash drive B. USB port. Anyway in what. (By rumors, in other models you need to find correct port)
Click and hold the keys + .

IN different models And different developers are possible other key options. Usually meet:
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Turn on the power (from the network, the power supply plug into the socket).
Click and let go button .
- All indicators on the multimedia panel tanned
- flashed the indicator on Flashke
- Multimedia panel indicators went out. Lost burns only and (two locking)
- Flashka is constantly burning
Let's release the buttons + .
- chain the activity indicator of the hard drive
- Flashped Flash
- After a few seconds, the laptop himself rebooted.
- A branded screensaver appeared.
- automatically started Easy Flash. (Built-in flash driver). Side, do not touch anything and observe the firmware process. You will need a minute, or even five. If at times it slows down, do not worry and do not throw poke buttons.
- When the firmware is over, the laptop, as it should be, turned off myself.
Everything. Now he is ready to work.
You can put back the battery. Or try to enable directly from the power supply unit.

In conclusion, I note that different sets of indicators on different models of laptops. To decide what and how to do, you must carefully monitor their condition. In any case, the flash drive ndicator can be understood whether information is read from it or not.
In case of ASUS M60J. I tried various key combinations. Flashka did not light up at all. And the multimedia panel when turned on, all flashed and extinguished in 5-10 seconds. After that, he has not reacted anything.
When picked up right combination keys, but not yet invented how to name the firmware file, the Gasla panel, but remained to burn and . Winchester activity indicator and flash drive flashed 2-3 times. After that, the flash drive remained burning with even light, and the laptop no longer reacted.

If you did everything as it is written in the article, but the firmware from the flash drive is still not loaded, write down the firmware file on CDAnd then - in the text.
In principle, logical. Work with integrated CD / DVD / BR It is not based on the simple handle to the ports. A C. USB devices are much more complicated.

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How to restore the system on a laptop asus

The recovery of the laptop system passes the return process to its factory settings. As practice shows, the laptop factory settings are the most suitable exactly of your ASUS laptop model. They are created, taking into account all the parameters and power of the laptop, so return to them is a good idea.

If you have already been engaged in such operations before, you can cope with this, but if you are not sure, it is better to refer to the best ASUS service center, to computer specialists.

Restore the system will not be released if:

You have already reinstalled Windows. During the installation process is removed files To restore the system.

Do not refer to the fact that your Windows OS reinstalled the master, because most likely he, he could also remove this file you need.

In this situation, you do not have anything but to find or buy a disk with the restoration of native settings. You can also download it on proven sources using the expanses of the inverter.

We will tell you how to restore the ASUS laptop system if you have not reinstalled your version of Windows. In order to restore the system through the BIOS on the ASUS laptop, you need to prepare work.

Preparation for system restoration

1. If there is on the computer important information, I need to throw it on the USB flash drive. This is especially true of files on the C. disc

From the disk D you can remove anything, but to protect yourself, throw off important files and from this disk.

1. remember, that windows version Also restarts.
2. This procedure will take some time after the first turn on the computer so that it installs everything need settings on a laptop.

ATTENTION!!! You do not solve all the problems of the laptop with the restoration of the system. Make sure you need this operation at all. Consulted with a professional before the start of recovery.

This operation is not complicated. You can cope on your own.

How to start restoring the system on ASUS laptop

Ready! Now your computer, as just from the store. Successful use.

Q.
QUESTION:

... such a problem - after not completed update, the BIOS does not light up the monitor, the systemist turns on, but the monitor does not show anything [...], no signals and squeaks [...], the battery removal does not help, tell me what to do ...

i this topic was born from an additional question specified in the comments to the article in which a lot useful Soviets How to restore computer performance

A.
ANSWER:

To learn more in more detail how you updated the BIOS.
If incorrectly, with a failure of nutrition during the process, then it is probably damaged, which led to the complete inoperability of the motherboard.

However, on some motherboards there are so-called Dualbios.
or CrashFree BIOS. - This is exactly the options for protection against such failures.

In the first case, the damaged Bios is replaced by its duplicate, in the second - the manufacturer of the mat. Boards offer tool automatic recovery A damaged BIOS from a CD or flash drive.

All this can be found on the website of the manufacturer of the motherboard, the model of which you did not indicate.

If there is no such protection on your motherboard, then the only output is to carry it into the service center for flashing using the programmer (special device)

Q.
QUESTION:

The update conducted a program from the offsite asus, it seems ASUS Utility, the new version of the BIOS is taken from there, the failure occurred during the update, I was given a mistake that a broken file, but everything was in order with him, I packed it several times, and then after rebooting This is such a problem. The model of my maternal asus boards M5A 78L-M LX

A.
ANSWER:

Anyway, much is not clear ...
For some reason you do not specify the program name from the site asus,
and there is at least Two To update the BIOS.

If you used the one that applies under wiundowsand called ASUS Update. Such a version (what about you?), then for the firmware it was necessary to read the instructions in which it says (though, in English) that without having to flash BIOS should notand you also warn you that with incorrect firmware the motherboard may lose performance.

And it is necessary to put this firmware file to the folder with a meaningful and correct name (without Cyrillic and spaces) and not deep in the folder structure, that is, not in the "Download" folder lying in the depth of the subfolders of your profile, and best of all the disk root .
Well, others there are small subtleties ...

Tell me, can I sit behind the car's wheel without knowing it?
So why do you think that you can flash a BIOS without at least read, how is it done?

However, if it seems to you that the loss is small (the cost of the motherboard, of course, is less than the repair of the car with imperative driving), then you can continue

not knowing the broth, cross in the water!

I looked at the ASUS website - in principle, your motherboard can be saved, because It is equipped with a utility ASUS CrashFree BIOS.
See page 2.1.3 Manual (User Instructions), which you can download from here
http://www.asus.com/ru/motherboards/m5a78lm_lx/helpdesk_manual/

Here the instructions (though in English).

Q.
QUESTION:

thank you for your help, I had rendered, I used to update the BIOS through Windows, and everything went fine, but this time fail. Thanks again thanks for the help and could you transfer the article, and then with English is not so good and it's hard with my phone to translate

A.
ANSWER:

As I understand, you are forced to read my answers on the phone due to the inoperability of the computer ...
Sorry…
And you need a computer (some other), because It is necessary to start the fresh firmware from the ASUS website to start and copy it to the USB flash drive.

But everything in order ... first I translate the text of the instruction

[I add my useful comments in square brackets in blue text]

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is a tool that allows you to restore automatic mode The BIOS file, if it is inoperable or damaged during the unsuccessful update. You can recover this file using a motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive with a new BIOS file written on it.

ATTENTION [depicted index finger]

Before using the utility, rename the BIOS file on your USB flash drive:
Ma78lmlx.rom.

Download the latest BIOS file from ASUS website
[It would be necessary to write the first item, and not the second]

Restoration BIOS.

1. Turn on your computer
[I think that it is first better to fulfill the second item]

2. Insert the support mat into the DVD drive drive. Board or USB flash drive with a new BIOS file recorded on it, or a floppy disk with it if supported ...

3. The utility will automatically check the device for the BIOS file. [With the right name!] And in case of detection, it will start reading and rewriting a damaged file.

4. Turn off the system after completing flashing and then turn it on again.

ATTENTION [depicted exclamation mark]
- Do not turn off the power and do not press the reboot button. During the flashing process. These actions can lead to the impossibility of running in the future!

ATTENTION [depicted Pyryshko]
- Check out [After successful download]that you have default bIOS settings [Default] to provide stable work and compatibility ... this must be done in the menu section EXITgiving a team Load Setup Defaults.

In principle, everything is clear here [taking into account my comments in square brackets]…

I wish you success!

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