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    Asus G73Jh vBios files

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by jr15, May 8, 2020.

  1. jr15

    jr15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, could someone please post the latest Asus released VBios file for the G73Jh as the links on a past thread don't work.
    I have also been told I should update the VBios for the G73Jh and is the latest 38352.001?
    Thanks!
     
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    swaaye, May 13, 2020
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    Many thanks Swaaye
    Would it be best to use the official vBios? I have no idea of how stable the custom one is and is it safe to change from one to the other? Cheers
     
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    The official 93v one is certainly the safest bet.

    The only benefits of the OD2 vBIOS are overclocking and a tiny bit more battery life. I wouldn't suggest overclocking anymore.

    By the way, if you aren't seeing any crashes with 3D programs/games then you don't really need to flash the vBIOS at all. That was why they released the new version. Some Radeon 5800 boards would crash with a grey screen. The "grey screen of death". It was probably some sort of video memory problem that they were able to workaround.

    Flashing the BIOS or vBIOS is a risky endeavor for sure. If it fails to flash properly you are going to have dead hardware.
     
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    That clarifies it really well for me Swaaye. I know it is a bit of an old laptop now but seems to be running ok overall. You are right about battery life. It is poor!
    Thanks very much for your help.
     
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    Hi Swaaye,

    The actual VBios file BR38352.001 in the offical VBios update (93vBIOSa) does not extract says it is corrupt. Could you please check again thanks.
     
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    Update on this. The files are good, jr15 just had some unfamiliarity with how to extract them.
     
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    Swaaye is totally correct. Both my systems showed the extracted VBios BR38352.001 file as a WinRAR archive so I tried to extract it.
    Thanks to swaaye I ignored this and copied the file to my bootable usb and it flashed perfectly.
    Cheers and appreciate your help swaaye.
     
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