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    RMA after bios flash?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Garland, Aug 31, 2010.

  1. Garland

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    Hi, im considering to rma my g73 because i wanted to flash from biso ver. 211 back to ver. 209 , but instead i bricked it. So, what do i write in the nb carry in formular as problem? does it fall under the warranty ?
     
    Garland, Aug 31, 2010
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    You will have to RMA it, or find a place that can reflash it. I think the guy from GenTech can do it, you may ask him. If you go through Asus, I would just be straight up. Tell them you tried to flash the BIOS and it bricked. At least that way they know what to do to fix it instead of having to monkey around diagnosing the problem.
     
    Dkumagai, Aug 31, 2010
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    why did u tryd to flash back?

    Changing BIOS won´t void warranty
     
    xxlmaster, Aug 31, 2010
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  4. Garland

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    i tried to flash it back , because i read that the beta vBIOS installation works better with 209. Hm ok, i had the fear that changing the bios would have to do with the warranty...
     
    Garland, Aug 31, 2010
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    No big difference with BIOS 209, the beta vBIOS is a failure with that too.
     
    DRevan, Aug 31, 2010
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  6. Garland

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    Mkay, then i'll rma it in the next couple days... hopefully the asus techs in germany here are quick xD
     
    Garland, Aug 31, 2010
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    Bricked with Winflash or Ezflash?
     
    BumbleBoner, Aug 31, 2010
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  8. Garland

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    i used ezflash
     
    Garland, Aug 31, 2010
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  9. Toxictaru

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    Downgrading from 211 to 209 -shouldn't- be an issue though, should it?
     
    Toxictaru, Aug 31, 2010
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    No, if TC could post what he did wrong then none of us would have this happen.
     
    antisniperspy, Aug 31, 2010
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    I lay bets he loaded the file from his NTFS HDD
     
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  12. Garland

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    jup that was my problem.... i didnt use an fat32usb stick.... just loaded it from the ntfs hdd... :S
     
    Garland, Aug 31, 2010
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  13. Toxictaru

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    Strange, I've gone from 206->209->211 using EZflash loading straight from C:
     
    Toxictaru, Aug 31, 2010
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    So is 209 really better than 211 for the hacked up/beta vBIOS?
     
    Toxictaru, Sep 1, 2010
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  15. BumbleBoner

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    That would be very unfair to the early adopters of 211.

    Since 211 is an official update, the new vBios should be stable/work with 211.

    But since its relatively safe to flash down back to 209 using Ezflash+USB thumbdrive in FAT32, shouldn't be much of an issue I guess.
     
    BumbleBoner, Sep 1, 2010
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  16. Toxictaru

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    Indeed it would be unfair, but this laptop is quite backwards as far as things working are concerned :p
     
    Toxictaru, Sep 1, 2010
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    It doesn't always fail, but it can, so it's best to avoid.
     
    Chastity, Sep 1, 2010
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  18. Garland

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    so...rma... anyone here from germany? cause there are 3 different types... "carry in service" and "pick up and return service"... and i dont know which to choose :S
     
    Garland, Sep 2, 2010
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