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    Avoid "Bricking" your machine doing a BIOS Update

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by iemie, Dec 17, 2010.

  1. iemie

    iemie Notebook Consultant

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    In my opinion a lot of “bricked machines” can be avoided if people would check the file hash of the new BIOS rom they are going to flash. NEVER just flash a BIOS with a rom file you think is okay because you downloaded it from a respectable source people. ALWAYS check that the file hash value of the downloaded BIOS you are going to flash is exactly the same as the file hash value of the original BIOS that is posted on the web.

    And don’t use ‘WinFlash’. :cool:

    Yours digitally
     
    iemie, Dec 17, 2010
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  2. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    There are some upsides to winflash - for example, a bad flash can be re-flashed when using winflash.
     
    DCx, Dec 17, 2010
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  3. Ruckus

    Ruckus Notebook Deity

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    I used WinFlash and I've probably used ATi WinFlash around a few dozen times now.
     
    Ruckus, Dec 17, 2010
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