New C90 BIOS!!

Bios 801 has been released on the c90 website. Hopefully it will fix some of your issues.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

 

Looking forward to trying it, once I get my VGA to work =/

 

WTF@!@@*&^#@&#! Am I going crazy or is it completely gone from the website now?

 

i have BIOS revision 0401 3GB Transcend Memory i my c90 has never crashed, after all benchmarks and turbo gear overclocks, vista xp, linux, compiz-fusion..memtest, vmware, photoshop, etc etc etc

just fast and reliable and BIOS 0401, so i guess i don't have the need to upgrade, do i? are there ny changes into CMOS Setup?

@The forerunner
No your not crazy it's really there,

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/C90S/C90S0801.zip

 

I still see them...

 

Try refreshign and tell me if its still there.

Yeah freelance I had bios 0401 and it worked really well, I upgraded to bios 0601 and am sticking with that for now and have not noticed any changes from 0401.

 

So how do you do this? How do I flash my BIOS?

 

You were able to get it too? Wtf I tried different browsers and its still gone for me.

This is a horrible case of killing the messenger.

 

Go into the "utility" section and download asus WinFlash

 

To The Forerunner:

what happened to the "Real men own a c90!" frase you had? i really enjoy it

you know it was that slogan i saw before buying the notebook (when i was deciding wich one o buy) that got me even more into c90 because of the discrete and simple look but powerfull NB

 

I've heard that WinFlash isn't the best way to flash a BIOS. I'd like to burn it onto my CD, but how does it work after that? Can anybody give me directions?

 

You should be able to burn it to a cd and an iso will be loaded. heres a link to Ken's bios link since I don't want to steal his directions.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=141730

Don't know what happened in that post maybe show my signature got clicked off. Hmm wow really? Somehow I knew I would have the fate over thousands of c90s, making sure they find a nice caring home like yours. It is my destiny I feel it. You should tell asus, that way I will definitely get hired by them and "Real men own a c90!" TM (COPYRIGHTED!!) will be heard around the world. Honestly who wants to be accused of not being a real man? All psychological my friend.

 

Thanks Forerunner. I guess I'll have to wait and see if Ken would make an iso out of it

Also I went onto the ASUS website on my c90 laptop and the new BIOS does not show at all. I guess it is the same problem you are having. I can see it when I use my desktop though. Really weird.

 

I think they took it down for whatever reason. Axlvtt what you can do is click on the zip and burn it. THe weird thing is with my old computer (maybe it was the program) it would say this is a zip file do you want to burn the contents of it on a cd and I would click ok and it would work with ken's method. THats what I did with the bios 601. On any other computer though all it does it burn the zip even the c90. I tried at least 4 other comps. Now if I only had a chance to download the new bios I would have tried it out. There must be something wrong with it since they took it down.

So I guess we will wait for Ken to put it up or maybe something is wrong with the bios and they took it down.

 

LOL, what can i say
I love my C90

 

Does anyone know a woman that owns a C90? I guess the Forerunner can franchise out 'Real Women own a C90'

If anyone gets the bios installed, please report back!

 

Bios updated to 801.

Path: 401-601-801.

Flashed using Asus update utility.

Turbo gear gaming mode still works fine.

No other changes.

 

Updated to 801, Gaming mode still not working. Haven't noticed any other changes yet.

 

Dang Asus tyring to keep me from being the first one to update.

 

yah. WTF!

i have a c90s [Velocity Micro x25 from circuit city] and have been patiently waiting for the new bios to fix my battery mode crashing issue.

the 801 bios still doesnt fix it. for some reason you can't download it from the asus site now (says server to busy, i did DL it earlier today though), but you can download the 704 & 601. hmmm hopefully they are going to fix the 801 to make it actually fix the c90s E6600 & E6700 processor issue. ??

anyone have any luck w/ the 801 bios on their c90s w/ E6600 or E6700?

oh FYI, in case you are wondering how I flashed the bios, I used a usb flash stick & the alt-F2 thing on boot.


- c

c90s w/ E6700 2.66Ghz
Corsair PC 5300 DDR2 2x1GB
200GB Hitachi 7200rpm
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
WinXP SP2 & WinXP 64 (dual boot)
Everything works fine except it crashes in battery mode.

 

Again they didnt say what was changed or fixed in the bios??? Thats horrible, bios is one of the most important things to know whats going on before you try to change it.

 

what speed should i be burning the bios into cd again?

 

Burn it at 1x, it's only a few KB.

 

Didnt Ken reported Bios 801 as faulty??? something about the fans going full blast the whole time???

 

Ok tried to download from global server and got the same message ¨server busy try another one¨so i did and the usa one was good...

Update -> sigh... tired to use winflash utility and again it just wont update the bios... same thing as before the laptop reboots, enter the bios update scren and i get a message saying "unable to open file" then it goes back to loading windows.

does anyone know how to use this #$%&$@ thing

 

BIOS 801 ISO for your convenience:

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/C90S801B.iso

1: Download the ISO and burn into the CD.
2: Restart the computer with CD in the drive and press "ESC" once when you see the Asus logo.
3: Select boot from CD drive and press enter.
4: Computer will boot to A:\ prompt
5: Type UPDATE at A:\ prompt and press enter
6: BIOS flash will start and DON"T turn off or press any key or buttons on the laptop.
7: It'll go back to A: prompt when BIOS flash is finished.
8:restart the computer and press F2 to enter BIOS.
9: press F10 to save and exit BIOS.

I've mention before, the fan will runs at full speed on this BIOS, it's so fast that you think the computer going to explode that's why I didn't post it, the BIOS date says it's 07/31/2007 in the BIOS system information, still a very early BIOS even they just release on Asus website.

It says it update CPU uCode on Asus website, but I have no idea which CPU they update on this BIOS.

If you don't like 801 you can always flash back to 704:

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/C90S704.iso

 

I am now under BIOS 801.... but I don't seem to notice the fans going full blast. I have an E6320 processor. However, i think the fans are kicking in a lot more... ( around the 65deg C CPU ) temp range. Also seem to notice that my temps are a little lower....

 

I like the 801 bios. It keeps temps cooler. Unfortunately, I still can't use gaming mode. I have a 8600m and the e6700 proc.
edit: The fans are really quiet on my C90, so it doesn't bother me. I do notice they're on all the time now, but it doesn't seem to be on "full blast" all the time. Whatever.

 

I'm running 601, gaming mode doesn't work, and I'm still iffy about upgrading.

for now I'll stay with 601. maybe I'll upgrrade next time!

 

Will this possibly fix the BSOD on battery power problem?

 

I take it back about the 801 BIOS making fan runs at full speed.

The 801 BIOS on Asus website is different than they sent me, the date is 08/27/2007 not 07/31/2007, it does not make fans running at full speed so I guess it's OK to flash it.

Just don't know why they still call it 801.


http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/C90S801B.iso

Thanks for the information Forerunner.

 

nice description.... CPU VOLTAGE...

 

I'm just now burning it to CD, does not mean I'm gonna flash my BIOS. Any reports at all what this latest BIOS is suppose to do? I like this running cooler bit.

 

Suppose it lowers the voltage to the cpu and thus lowers temps.

 

Now that would be great if it undervolts for us

 

Cool beans, I flashed my BIOS with 801. Anyone evernotice how when you switch from AC to battery how there was that slight freeze before going into power savor, well its gone. Donno if this will fix your battery BSOD issues, but it fixed something I really didn't consider an issue, or had gotten use to. Battery life still sucks. How the hell so some of you under clock to 100/100, Riva only lets me put it down to 240/200?

 

use Ntune, or ATI Tool

On my 6600, I could hit 520/666 with ntune/ati tool but 350/580 but any other ones

 

JCMS, what video drivers and OS are you using?

 

Oh, by 6600 I talked about my desktop Geforce 6600 XD.

I showed the difference between RT and Ntune >-<

 

How do I install the BIOS if I have the ROM version? The only way I've seen is a floppy and I don't have that. Can I do the method on the previous page?

 

Use the AsusUpdate software which can be downloaded from the support page of the Asus website.

 

As lame as the bios updates have been so far, atleast they are comming out pretty quickly, lets hope the next one really has some significant changes like better ram support.

 

That would be nice wouldn't it?

 

Ok, so this is lame. I can't update the BIOS, every time I try, it tells me the server is too busy. Each one, with all 3 OS options they have.... Now, I clicked on the 704 for ****s and giggles, well that comes up and asks if I want to save it. I hit cancel because I want the 801, well, still nothing.

I would download the one from the GenTech site, but it is to my understanding that the one they have is different from the one that Asus has officially released.

Anyone?

 

Ken should have changed it. He's flashing my machine with the new bios before he ships it (the correct new one)...he called me about it. PM him and find out.

 

@whiteeightball...

I experienced that too ( server is too busy ). But after several persistent clicks, it would come through. ( Tried downloading from global first, then at USA site and it worked. )

 

Well it worked after a day. Finally, downloaded it and now I can't Flash the BIOS. The Asus program doesn't work at all for some reason and for some unknown reason as well, I can't seem to download WinFlash. Yes, I've posted this twice now. Anyone know what to do?

I've tried the method that E.B.E. has posted in the other BIOS thread and I don't get anywhere.

 

what OS are u using ? its easy under vista 32.

 

Yea, that's the problem. I'm running Vista X64 Ultimate. I kind of regret it now, because from what I understand, there is close to no difference between the 64 bit version and the 32 bit version, with the exception that some games/programs wont load onto X64, which is a problem I've already ran into.

 

after flashing latest bios i got BSOD when booting up and overclocking still freezes. I'm pretty sure the latter is because of crappy ram.