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    G73 flashing vbios with .bin file?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Alastorx, Jun 11, 2010.

  1. Alastorx

    Alastorx Notebook Enthusiast

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    i was looking through the forum trying to find away to flash with a .bin file (Xeven bios) and i just cant figure it out i was gunna use the vbios from the one post here telling how to do it but i want my hdmi port to work, so can any one help me?
     
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    you can use the update.bat file, just edit the contents and replace the filename with the one you want to use.
     
    Chastity, Jun 11, 2010
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    Ah that works cool thanks i'll give it a try
     
    Alastorx, Jun 11, 2010
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    worked perfect, thank you very much, so far no GSOD's =]
     
    Alastorx, Jun 11, 2010
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    I hate to be a n00b on this, but I wish someone would write up something a little more detailed than what we have right now for doing this. I read up on this, and downloaded a few of the different vBIOS files out there. There's one with a .rom, one with a .bin, and one with a .018 file. I'm not sure what I should be looking for or exactly what to do, and I'm hesitant to give it a go.

    Could someone provide some more info? Am I just doing a "atiflash -p 0 -f" FILENAMEHERE ? Does it matter if it's a .rom, .bin, etc?
     
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    It could be .rom or .bin atiflash will flash vbios with both types.Just dont forget to backup you original vbios,just in case.Good luck!
     
    Tim4, Jun 11, 2010
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    Great. I was just concerned seeing the different filetypes in what I was getting. I may try this tonight or I may try and hold off till I get back from my trip. Thanks Tim.
     
    aramis109, Jun 11, 2010
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  8. Kalim

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    Honestly, if I had an important trip coming up, I'd wait until I returned. The vBIOS is just not that important.
     
    Kalim, Jun 11, 2010
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    I am. I have a tendency to mess with stuff too early and am actively resisting the temptation at the moment. :D
     
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    You're welcome, and just do it!
     
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  11. aramis109

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    I'm so weak... I did it. Seems to work great. Powerplay, HDMI both confirmed to work, and it downclocks to 200/500 when I want it to without a lot of hassle. Didn't see a real gain outside of heat for overclocking for me, so I left it at stock for games, where I was already pretty happy.

    Overall this has been a great lappie for me.
     
    aramis109, Jun 11, 2010
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  12. Kalim

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    Note to self, do not let aramis109 hold my wallet. :D

    No problems before and no problems afterwards. Glad to hear it worked for you.
     
    Kalim, Jun 12, 2010
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    2nd day and can still say no GSOD in any of my games at 800/1100, runs great, i do how ever get a few glitches in battleforge, but no crash, OH and i'm also on 10.5 driver
     
    Alastorx, Jun 12, 2010
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