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    Something not clarified about BIOS update

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rofurts, Dec 6, 2014.

  1. rofurts

    rofurts Newbie

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    well, hmmm, I bought an asus notebook with windows 8.1
    It was ok, I installed all the windows updates, antivirus and some more things
    then I updated the nvidia driver
    after that, I entered the nvidia control panel and said "nvidia display settings are not available"
    through LOT of research I found that the problem could be in my BIOS driver... searched for the updates in the website and found that a newer version fixed the VBIOS
    I searched a lot and a lot and I fought the really good tutorial to update the BIOS for asus laptops in this forum. However himself advised to use a pen drive or something like that to store the driver for update, and judging by my researches I need to do some kind of "renaming the file for pendrives"
    Re-reading the tutorial I understood that I don't need that, so I don't get, what I need to do to store the file in my flash drive and then update?
     
  2. rofurts

    rofurts Newbie

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    help please D:
     
  3. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    What's the model of your notebook?
    Not all NBs have newer VBIOS available and you shouldn't flash it since it may not resolve the issue you are having.
    Can you also post screenshot of your Nvidia Control Panel?
     
  4. rofurts

    rofurts Newbie

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    [​IMG]
    this is what appears
    my bios version is 204 and in the asus site in the bios drivers of my notebook appears the following
    "BIOS 205
    Change Intel VGA GOP driver and VBIOS"

    Oh, my notebook is an g751 JM
     
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    What's your GPU's hardware ID & vendor ID? Find out under device manager and device properties.
    Can you expand display adapters and attach a screenshot for it?
     
  6. rofurts

    rofurts Newbie

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    Sorry for being late :( things to do

    [​IMG]

    You mean that my gpu is a 860m?
    Well I also have the integrated graphics of the intel, however I don't know where setting (that windows 8 is a mess) showed me that my pc was running windows graphics something with only 256mb
    My nvidia dedicated GPU is activated while my integrated intel no, however whenever I try to able it it freezes
     
  7. rofurts

    rofurts Newbie

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    After all the freezing, since I abled the intel graphics whenever I enter the nvidia control panel it works perfectly, showing the driver version and etc.
    so now I have both abled in my pc (integrated graphics and dedicated graphics), do they will conflict/affect performance? Because now probably my pc reads the graphic card and all
    however do you still reccomend the BIOS upgrade? it clearly states some improve in the VBIOS
     
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    Both Intel and Nvidia drivers should be updated to permit smooth operation.
    Intel is primary, and Nvidia is secondary.
    BIOS & EC upgrade are recommended because they fix bugs/glitches and provide enhancements.
     
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    Why don't you remove both Intel & Nvidia drivers, and reinstall Intel one first, and then Nvidia. See how it behaves after.