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    BIOS update 211 -- no "model identification string"?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by seebs, Sep 3, 2010.

  1. seebs

    seebs Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, so, in order to install the new vBIOS, I'm encouraged to update the BIOS. I got a .zip file which expands to a file named "G73JhAS211". The file is exactly 2MB, which I find encouraging, but EZFlash says it doesn't have the identifying string that is expected and asks me if I want to flash it anyway.

    Do I? Or does that mean I have a corrupted file?
     
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    I received that error message when I tried to flash the BIOS with the file residing on my secondary hard drive. Moving the file to a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive solved the problem for me.
     
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    Inexplicable, and yet, effective! Thanks. It would never have occurred to me to move the file to flash media, but that does indeed eliminate the message.
     
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    You are more than welcome. :)
     
    Jody, Sep 3, 2010
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