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    Been gone for a while, back now looking for old Z96j threads(remember graininess?)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mgray, Sep 9, 2008.

  1. mgray

    mgray Notebook Geek

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    So I've been very happy with my Z96j, but it's been 2 years and I know its going be very outdated soon, so I want to make sure I can still get all the fixes and updates while they're still around.

    Not that it bothers me, but I would like to get that bios update that fixed the graininess issue. Maybe there have been some more issues dealt with since I was last here. I pretty much stopped reading around the end of 2006, so I don't know what I missed.

    For some reason I can't find ANY of my old threads or posts......I guess they get archived pretty quick here
     
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    Weird, I tried that but got no results from this forum.....but thanks

    Any idea why all my old thread/posts are gone when I go into my profile?
     
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    I used the google search, not the forum search.

    I believe the posts are dead because they are older than 1year, and eliminated from the search process for efficiency reasons.
     
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    I still keep all the BIOS, this is version 1201 Nero CD image file that fixed the graininess issue:

    http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/96J1201.nrg

    1: Download NERO image file for the BIOS update.
    2: Use Nero to burn the image file to the CD
    3: Insert CD and when first power on the laptop press "ESC" at Intel logo screen
    4: Select Optical drive at boot options screen
    5: at "A:\" prompt type "Update" and press "Enter".
    6: it'll automatically update the BIOS and don't turn off or reset the computer during BIOS flash.
    7: screen will go back to "A:\" prompt when finish
    8: restart the computer and then hold F2 to enter BIOS, press F10 to save and exit BIOS.
     
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