Asus G73JH-BST7 Bios Crisis Recovery

Hi just recived my laptop from service here in my town, and damn how dumb are those guys, looks like i have BiosBlock, as far I know Asus G73Jh-BST7 has AMI bios if i am right, so im looking for help with this if somone could please respond.

 

Are the symptoms similar to the first post here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...bricked-laptop-help-crisis-recovery-help.html
What have you tried so far? (pin hole reset? remove all power and hold on switch for 15 seconds?)

If it is still under warrantly you may be able to arrange an RMA.

 

Almost everything, only the problem was my GPU kinda messed up kinda looked like overheat as my warranty is ONLY USA BB 12 months and i cant use it here in Ireland i brought it to repairs! (damn eBay sellers who wont provide help afterwards, just contact Asus and silent for 2 weeks now)

After recieving it back only thing he sad you need to get Bios Crisis Recovery by yourself, I got confused and walked away.

Yes i have tried Power Off, battery out, 15 seconds, have BST7 model which doesn't have the bios reset button hole, nothing works.

So all i need now is somone who could help me in explaining BIOS CRISIS RECOVERY, as far as i know its put G73Jh bios(renaming it ANIBOOT.ROM) on CD-R and boot it up while holding Ctrl+Home button(but maybe im mistaken) nothing happens for me so I'm asking here!

 

hehehehe, im the bios expert,
Its not ANIBOOT , its AMIBOOT.ROM ,but it wont work.
I have an autobat file with it you have to put someothe files in it and insert it in laptop and wait for a while , and your laptop turns off it self.
when you turnon again haha Asus splash screen.
pm me for details/

 

I hope you will be online soon

 

Im bak, yesterday was a busy day for me so couldnt reply to your pm's/

 

So, you guys solved ur problem?

 

evgasr2 gave me nice guide to get back my best friends bricked laptop
+rep for you =)

 

HI I have a similar problem with my ASUS N61Jv. Do you think the recovery process will work with that? I am not sure how to make a recovery USB... Any help would be really appreciated...

 

evgasr2 wrote a guide here, as long the USB ports are functional, it should work. What you need to do here that's slightly different to that post is:

1. Edit the autoexec.bat and change:
aflash2.exe /auto:G73JhAS.204 /force

to

aflash2.exe /auto:[insert your bios name here, including the file extension] /force

Of course, remove the [ and ].

2. Replace the BIOS file G73JhAS.204 with the BIOS for your laptop.

Good luck.

 

Yee, your correct, I gues you will bring your laptop back to life,
if that doesnt work you have to do SPI programming.

 

Hey thanks for the advice.
Unfortunately I get no response from the machine.
No LED power light when the DC adaptor is plugged in.
I created a boot USB, edited the autoexec.bat, put it in the machine, plugged it in, pushed power button, hit ctrl-home, waited...
Pulled out DC adaptor, pulled out battery, held power buttom for a minute. Then repeated above... Nothing...
Is it possible a bad BIOS flash can lock up the computer, because (and this is a guess, I dont know anything about the effects of a bad BIOS flash) the LED's, fans, any signs of life are gone...
evgasr2: What is SPI programming?!
I will be calling ASUS today, but the machine is second hand and any warranty will have to be done off the shipping dates and serial numbers...
I understand it may be possible to have it LOOK completely bricked, but low level BIOS is still atempting to run, or could it have, somehow caused a short circuit from having corrupt code or wrong code?!
ASUS should not put BIOS code out as "helpful" updates if doing them can destroy functions to this level. Its the last time I run anything without googling "when good updates go bad"...
The zombies ate my laptops brains!!!

 

Oh and, sorry to ask so many questions in quiet desperation, but if a BIOS chip is fried, can it be replaced for, like $200 bucks?! or a mother board?! I got quotes and it looks like 400 to 500 done privately worst-case-scenario...
My nephew said it might be possible to over write the bios using some kind of "piggy back method", he's guessing, or it can be just unplugged???
When I called technicians I got the phone equivalent of blank stares when I asked, "can you confirm you can fix it, worst case scenario", or "can you quote me a minimum and maximum cost?"...
Its really uncomfortable to be so reliant on servicing good-will...
I am worried I will get it back and it will just not run the same... It was really solid, except for the odd HDD warble sound, but the BIOS update said it would fix that...