G73JH BIOS 209 Now Available

Worked like a charm too, followed Kalim's instructions + rep!
Okay so my question now is...what does this BIOS update not fix?

 

followed the steps Kalim had described, updated Bios 209. No issues so far. Turbo boost is exactly where its supposed to be. Check with Hwinfo...no problems at all. KB works as well. Used Easy flash with usb stick.

Thanks Kalim.

 

Looks like I'm the only one who has the Turbo Boost gadget removed during the BIOS flash.

How lulzy.

 

No, you can count me in. Even I had to reinstall the the intel Turbo boost gadget after the update. I followed Kalim's guide as well to update to 209. Everything else seems fine.

 

Done.

While I did include a link to the instructions in the head post, I went ahead and added them.

 

it did?? under which catalyst version? and under which power profile if u use P4G at all?

 

Might I suggest you place the colored line above, just a little precaution ya know? XD

Also as a side note, what does ASUS FancyStart do exactly?

 

I've noticed that my keyboard-stickyness and missed keys are, if not worse, still present. Again, it doesn't happen if I type "properly".

 

Great my laptop completely bricked after using easy flash bios update...

 

Where was the BIOS image - hard drive?

 

On my usb stick.

 

I thought these units had a backup BIOS on them?

 

Do they? If they do any way to get access to them?

 

Thanks for the heads up, I've been watching for the update. The keyboard works like a dream now without any missing characters for the first time since I got it! Totally stoked!

FYI, I had the IRQ conflict in the BIOS before the upgrade (from 206) and now am using the official 209 without any known issues at this point.

Always flash via the BIOS using a thumb drive! If you don't have all the parts available, wait until you have them and then flash as detailed in the first post!

 

Yeah, I thought modern Mobo's had a backup bios, I think its below the laptop, when you open it, there should be a "reset" hole. I'm not sure though.

 

successfully flashed mine.. used kalim's instruction.. thanks

 

I flashed my bios successfully last night following tips of stubbornswiss and kalim. I turned off my keyboard lights before flashing BIOS, also, by the way. It flashed just fine but I got scared for a brief moment when the lights didn't come back on until I remembered that you have to turn them back on with Function+F4, not the lights button in the top left.

Once I got everything back up, things are much better. My keyboard finally doesn't miss strokes, I can hit FN+ESC (never tried before, though), I'm taking everyone's word for the throttling issue being fixed (haven't tried yet), and it may have even cleared up my strange screen/PSOD-ish issue.

I posted in other threads that I would see the PSOD momentarily, for about 2-3 seconds, every single time it changed between certain resolutions. Every time I started a game, I would see black on the left, pink psychodelic stuff on the right, both while the game initially loaded, and when I closed it and go back to the desktop.

I seemed to have fixed it by changing to a different power profile, which caused it to stop doing that, but then a week later, it started doing so every time again, even though I was still on the new power profile. Last night I flashed the BIOS and it isn't happening anymore. Time will tell if it's just a coincidence, as I didn't really expect this BIOS update to fix the isssue. I know there was at least 1 other here who had that issue. Any chance you are out there and have tried this BIOS?

 

Sounds to me the PSOD issue may have been aggravated by an IRQ / resource conflict, which the new IRQ settings in the 209 BIOS addresses.

 

I have a G73JH-X2 that had bios 206 on it, the keyboard had the lagging missing key strokes issue. Yesterday updated it to Bios 209 through the EZ Flash utility with the update on a USB stick. Currently still have the missing key stroke issue.

 

I always use an external keyboard and do not experience this issue. Is it possible this is a hardware issue with some of the keyboards on the G73 and no BIOS update will correct that?

Cheers,

 

Hi there. For info, I've exactly the same issue than kds (brick after flashing from HDD under bios. file was on the 2nd HDD, 1 slot is a SSD)

I believe USB stick is more than just an option.

 

I think the issue is linked to the touch pad, but whether it's hardware or software I still don't know.

Disabling the touch pad in BIOS (in the BIOS, NOT just in Windows) noticeably changes the responsiveness of the keyboard.

 

That's a good point. Perhaps disabling the trackpad prevents random brushing of the pad while typing. Don't think a BIOS update will fix that.

Cheers,

 

I don't want to get too far off topic, but have you try what I suggested earlier about enabling the TouchPad in BIOS and removing the Synaptic software?

 

If that was the case, I would expect just disabling the pad in Windows would fix it, but it doesn't.

 

Thanks for reminding me....I need to try that!

 

Currently I have the touchpad turned off in the BIOS just to make typing tolerable. I haven't tried removing the synaptics drivers yet and going to a generic Windows driver. Will probably try that next just to see if I can keep a working touchpad with the keyboard still working.

I think I'm leaning towards a defective keyboard, I was just hoping that with some people having the missing keystroke problem resolved with this BIOS update that I might have that luck as well. I've read of people using a G51 keyboard and having it work just fine and also still others that have swapped out their original keyboard with a new one from ASUS and that corrected the laggy missing keystrokes. I was just trying everything else first before trying to get a new keyboard out of ASUS to swap out.

 

I am one of the folks who got an RMA keyboard and now have the bios update, and unless the keyboard is disabled in the bios, I still get frequent missing keystrokes. I have yet to uninstall the synaptics software to see if that works - real life has been busy and I have gotten used to using an external mouse. Will report back when I get around to uninstalling synaptics and using the default windows driver.

 

AFTER FOLLOWING THESE STEPS MY LAPTOP IS BOOTING UP!
i was wondering if its because i used external hard drive?
PLEASE HELP!

 

Do you mean ^ NOT BOOTING?

 

did the update last night, everything went smoothly. thanks!

 

yes my computer is not booting.

tried to disconnect AC, battery over night and tried this morning and still doesnt work
Pinhole reset didn't work either

 

Happened to mine too, except I used a usb stick. Anyways you need to get it RMA. I think what happened was it wiped the bios but failed to install a new one regardless of what it said.

 

Or you have a weird issue with the RAM. Before you RMA it, try removing some RAM and see if it boots.

 

What ram issue would prevent the battery or power supply led from turning on when plugged in?

 

A weird one?

 

Mismatched / corrupted settings for the RAM in the CMOS. Pulling out a stick will force it to change modes of operation, and possibly POST. I had an Asus board where the default memory settings would choke with 4 banks of memory in place, and not post. Pulled one, and it post. If it works, go into BIOS and restore defaults.

 

Does this guide work for default bios settings as well?
I haven't touched my bios at all i just recently updated to 10.5 Catalyst from 10.3 to see if it stops the blue screen crashes before i go back to default drivers.

 

When sending my G73 to RMA do i still have to pay even if i still have warranty for it?
and can geek squad at best buy fix this?

 

hi guys,

whta if already falshed mine using winflash and my keyboard LED is now disabled, how can i fix this?

thanks.

 

I responded in your other thread but don't know how to reference my response so here it is:

A couple of thread on the ASUS support site claim a fix.

This entire thread
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Forum- Potential Keyboard Backlight Fix!

Look at Post #4
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Forum- 209 BIOS Official

Cheers,

 

I already uninstalled the ATK Package and reinstalled it,
still not working, and the LED doesn't checking anymore when starting the computer(usually it on and off for a second) i already do the reinstalling twice and also tried downgrade bios to 205 still not working and again upgrade to 209.

and also i tried the realtek 2.48 and reinstall creative softwares, the creative software works(before it always says error there is no device), but the enabling of bass boost is alwast error when i try to tick it, windows always says the software stopped working. but, i think bass boost still have problem right?

this machine is very good except of the bug in the softwares, please need help. how to fix these problems?

i played cod:mw2 with 10.5 with high video setting, get 93C, is it still in good temperature? i didn't get any glitches the game running good.

 

Look in "Control Panel" and see if you have "SRS" or "SRS Labs" listed in "Programs and Features". If you do, uninstall it. I also recommend removing all Creative software. Neither of these will unfortunately help with the keyboard backlighting issue.

If that temperature is from the TSS1 (GPU MemIO) sensor then that's fine.

 

updated to 209 bios and everything went fine

 

I have the same problem and anything works

 

@ kalim
yes, i reinstalled it and working, but the bass boost still not working, everytime i ticked to enabled, it crash ada windows give message that creative media center had stopped working. do you have this problem?

it is the memIO reach 93C, the other 2 usually 2-3C lower.

and my keyboard led didn't turn on and off when starting the computer, still no body have the solution to this?
is downgrading BIOS, then upgrading it after that, is it safe to do?

 

Hello mates Thank you Kalim for info and easy to follow instructions. I made my BIOS update just few hours ago. Everything is working just fine. From me +1.

What about ATi driver 10.5 with this new bios (209) ? Are you still getting GSOD ?

 

I'm afraid to try this! I'm a mac guy, so I'm not use to Bio updates. I've been loving my G73 (I've only had it a week, BB model), but this morning I got a BSOD. I opened the lid and was greeted to the blue screen! That was the first time I've ever saw one. I was half asleep, so I just powered down the machine and everything returned to normal. I thought everything was supposed to be erased?

Anyway, I'm not going to even attempt this out of fear of bricking this beast. Although, if it BSOD's on me again it's going back to BB. I don't want to play around with Bios. For the price of this thing everything should just work...

 

just did it. no issues at all. followed the instructions as presented. Thanks

 

Deezee, If you are still gonna get the bluescreen, Bestbuy has nothing to do with it. Blue screen's just randomly appears because of driver issues.