Asus G73jh BIOS 211

Asus is screwing with us... Which they would recall all the G73's and change to nvidia cards instead. I do love ati but to have cuda features would be really lovely.

 

That will never happen, it would cost too much for Asus.
Few years ago when MS recalled x-box 360s because of the failty GPU, it costed them $1 billion. If there are only 1/5 of G73s outthere than x-box360s, it would still cost $200 million for Asus. While there is even a slight chance to fix it with software, they will not recall it.

 

Speaking of xbox my 360 just gave in on me, the red ring of death. Now i have the whole 360 ripped apart.. Hopefully changing the paste will fix it for me.

 

Red ring of death? I think MS will still change if free, even if it's out of warranty.

 

There is a three year warrenty for RROD.

 

Nah no point its a modified set that has already been voided. I've had it for many years now. Well back to topic, i don't think a bios fix will solve our gsod's problem. I would think only a vbios would fix it up for us. And how hard can it be for asus to come up with a vbios.

 

even tho it doesn't work yet.
it sure got my hopes up! at least they know we exist =p

 

nVidia would make me much happier in regards to running Linux on it. ATI SUCKS for their Linux support and have for quite awhile. nVidia however has always been right up there for supporting it and WORKING with the various flavors as far as I have seen/experienced. I just hope they get this resolved so that everyone in here can go back to enjoying this nice laptop, for the money it's pretty slick. I wish it had some other stuff, eSata port and/or FW port, my display able to do 1920x1080 (add another $150 to cost and I could have gotten that but BB doesn't sell one with that and I avoided the Vaio cuzz it had same resolution (but has BD-Rom, bigger HDD and slightly faster/newer quad CPU...but uses the GT330M video card = DX 10.1 support only and a smaller screen 16.4" for ~$150 more)

 

Very excited about new bios. Waiting for official release.

 

So, let me get this straight, it's possible a new BIOS update will fix the GSOD issue? I'm confused. =S

 

I think it won't. As HellCry said only vbios can do it. New VGA driver release from Asus also should help.

 

Too bad we don't have someone on the inside that could tell us if Asus is planning on a VGA driver or VBIOS release any time soon...
*Cough* NBR Asus Rep *Cough*

 

As Ken said earlier Asus confirmed, that they will send message to their HQ about updating drivers on official site. So, let's hope and wait. At least things are moving from dead point now. I am sure there will be new vbios release.

 

haha, didn't ken say that asus told ati to work on some new drivers? Of course I don't like this solution because like hellcry said, it's only a temporary fix not permanent.....and I'm going to doubt that ati would release an asus version every time. Then we're stuck in hell loophole again.....

 

The vBIOS would be permanent, for the most part, right?

 

Yep. It should.

 

that is not correct at all, I won't even bother to explain why

 

assuming that Asus is indeed including a vbios with the 211 update. I say this because so far, all the info they have divulged suggests that it only alters fan speed and nothing else, so I hope people don't get their hopes up. They are likely working separately on releasing the 10.5 drivers later on...apparently.

 

I am pretty sure it does not check the version unlike many claim, but the signature (magic number/header) and the checksum which is in the header as well, and if it does not detect t it means that it probably has a bad checksum/header

 

Just checked German Asus G73 forum page and found that couple of people reporting that they updated to 211 bios. They said that with ATI 10.7a they have 0 issues.

 

Good news everyone!
I might be able to get that (working) BIOS 211! If everything goes well, I will receive it after 14:00 (EDT).

 

Will be waiting news from you impatiently.

 

How long more is 14:00 anyway? Because where i am, its currently 19:30

 

Its 7:30 EDT right now.

 

Damn i guess it means tomorrow

 

I just hope the source will really send it and I also hope that Ken is up for more testing

 

Maybe could squeeze out any info from your source if there is if a vbios would be made...

 

He sad that with this new BIOS the VGA temps did not change and he also sad that Bad Company 2 runs without GSOD on 10.6 and 10.7.
From another source Asus Germany sad that it has a new vBIOS, with unlocked Overdrive and changed clocks.

 

Is it possible for a bios to flash the vbios at the same time?

 

I don't know. I hope they will not release Ziddi's vBIOS as "official fix"

 

Its far from being a fix. I wouldn't mind if it was a modified clevo or msi bios thou.

 

It they do that, MSI and Clevo would sue their pants off

 

Doesn't matter... As long as it teaches Asus a painful lesson.

 

technically all bioses are modified version of the licensed one from AMI

 

Can someone P.M me the link to the 211 bios? i would like to check something with it.
Thanks

 

You can download the two split parts i posted and put them back together with a hex editor if you want.

 

trying to find that post of yours

EDIT: Found it. What is your Hex editor btw? just to be sure to put it back together correctly.

 

I used the XVI32, but use the file youre going to paste back together only for informative purposes, since i dont think it would be wise to rely on that editor completely and just flash a file thats been split and than pasted back together. Not to mention i always doubt how well these upload sites work since i once got a corrupted file off megaupload.

 

so where is the new BIOS? Have u got it? If u have, here comes my G73

P.S : oops i'm a few mins early

 

Just received it. Only need to find out if Ken is up for some more testing This one is 2048Kb again and dated 07/27.

 

Can you upload to megaupload please

 

Sweet, EZFlash can handle this one.

If you are here Ken and if you are willing to test it, pls drop me a PM.

 

So its only the bios file, you didnt get any seperate vBios file with it?
I really dont care about any changed fan settings right now if thats all it is, especially if they make the fans spin up at a higher temperature... Want a solution to the darn GSOD issues Asus! Stop jerking us around!

And thanks for the regular updates DRevan, i know you put some effort into this, im just pissed Asus is releasing such a pointless thing when they should have released a solution for the GSOD issues long ago already and now this...

 

Isnt the Vbios part of the bios???? So if you install a new bios it could have a new bios in it.

 

No, its not. The bios is a 2048kb file like the one that DRevan got. The vBios is a 128kb file.

 

Yep, it seems no new vBIOS.

 

Would be nice to see if there is a new vBIOS floating around.

 

Or with big shiny fonts on the asus mainpage an official release were to be put...solving aaall our problems....untill some idiot needs to run a game requring dx15 or something >_<

 

DRevan can you send it to me? I have no problem testing it.

 

Upload and post a link please DRevan so those willing to test can do it.