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    X72JR-BIOS flash failure

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by divinedevil, Sep 24, 2011.

  1. divinedevil

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    Hi all
    I have an Asus X72JR notebook and today i wen't to asus download page for this product and downloaded the 212 BIOS, i unpacked it and put it on C:\root.
    Then I shutdown the pc and rebooted to bios.
    I used the easyflash ability and i was so confident that everything was ok that I clicked the force bios update option. Just looking at the word "force" after this is done i can see that another time i should probably take that word seriously :eek:
    Well i restarted as bios notified me to do and now the pc is really not behaving as hoped for.
    power lights up, fan starts and i think dvd drive clicks, then it turns off then it repeats power on etc (takes around 1 sec all in all) and continue this loop until i remove power cord and battery, as soon as I plug the power cord in it immediaetly starts to do the same thing again, i can't do anything i wrote to ASUS support and they told me to hit F9 to force a factory default procedure but pushing any button, having a new bios on either a USB pen or CD inserted does nothing at all.
    I was thinking that i could clear CMOS so I have been trying to find either a MB schematic or a service manual but i really can't find anything on how to locate/clear CMOS.

    Anyone have an idea if/how this can be fixed by clearing the CMOS if yes then how do i locate the CMOS? (I really do loathe dissassembling notebooks)
    Any idea on how to fix this is very much appreciated.