Updating BIOS to 2.08....

Hi everyone, hopefully a really simple question here. I have a V2Je, with the original BIOS of 2.07. I want to update the BIOS to 2.08, thinking maybe that will fix my computer shutting off/having to take out the battery/ reset, etc., as I have mentioned in this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=116208

I am having a really hard time updating the BIOS at all. I have the new Winflash v2.20, and have downloaded the new BIOS for ASUS' website. When I try to run the Winflash utility, loading the new 2.08 file, everything seems fine, the comp. reboots, and when I hit F2 to get to the POST screen, it shows that the BIOS is 2.08, like I want it. So I hit save changes and exit, but when I restart the computer, if I hit the F2 again, the computer will have reverted to 2.07. I don't know how to make this 'stick', and of course the ASUS website instructions aren't updated for the new Winflash. Has anyone been successful in updating their systems to 2.08 yet, and if so, what steps did you do? Any help appreciated. Thanks.

 

Hi,

You could try the easy flash utility instead of WinFlash, maybe that solves the problem.

Precise walkthrough for overwriting BIOS using the BIOS Flash utility:
1. Download BIOS.
2. Unzip into the root folder on a flash drive.
3. Insert flash drive.
4. Reboot, press F2 to go into BIOS, navigate to "Start Easy Flash Utility" or a similar name. Select this option.
5. At the ensuing explorer-like navigation screen, navigate to the flash drive and select the unzipped BIOS file.
6. Wait until BIOS is written. The computer will reboot itself.
7. Go into BIOS and select "Reset to Defaults"; either User or Manufacturer defaults.
8. Navigate around BIOS and select options the way you like them (boot device order etc.)

Edit: Assuming of course your computer has the EasyFlash utility in the BIOS. But most business models do.

 

Well, I tried. My EasyFlash utility shows up as having 5 drives: A,B,C,D, and E. Unfortunately, even though I have no floppy drives, it seems to be saving the A and B drives for floppy drives, and even if I change my flash drive letter to E, it doesn't show up under the E drive my Easyflash shows (prob. my backup partition, the 5th partition on my drive.) I will try to burn the BIOS to a CD, because I think my DVD drive shows up as a drive, but we will just have to see. It really shouldn't be this hard, very frustrating....

 

Why not just putting the BIOS file on one of the partitions that it does see?

BTW the A and B are usually mapped to flash drives from my experience.