Solve : Update BIOS??

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Answer» I'm pretty sure I found out why I had bluescreens, and how to fix it. The thing is, I have to update my BIOS. I acquired this file "G60J207.T10". Where the censored do I put that thing? There seems to be absolutely no info on google about this subject. I feel kind of stupid now. Edit: Maybe this would need to be moved to "Drivers" section?You put it on a bootable DOS floppy along with a flashing program. There are about a zillion "how to flash your BIOS" sites out there, which explain the process much better than I can, but I will say that if you don't know what you are doing, or if you have the wrong file, you can easily brick your motherboard. You usually are well advised to download the BIOS updating program from either your motherboard or BIOS manufacturer. Some MB's like ASUS have a crash free capability letting you recover from a botched flash, but if you're not sure what you're doing, get someone who does to do it.. That is unless it's a PC you can live without..Quote from: obchris on June 26, 2010, 01:04:13 PM You usually are well advised to download the BIOS updating program from either your motherboard or BIOS manufacturer. Some MB's like ASUS have a crash free capability letting you recover from a botched flash, but if you're not sure what you're doing, get someone who does to do it.. That is unless it's a PC you can live without.. Oh stop. Flashing a bios is no more dangerous than than turning on a television.Quote from: Allan on June 26, 2010, 01:23:46 PM Oh stop. Flashing a bios is no more dangerous than than turning on a television. You might be surprised at how MANY BIOS flash failures occur. Flashing the BIOS on a flaky system because you think it will put things right is asking for trouble. Using the wrong flashing tool or the wrong BIOS image also. Flashing from Windows is a well known cause of bad flashes. Some brands of motherboard are known to be prone to flash failures. PERSONALLY if the chip is socketed I would rather mail order a new chip flashed with the desired version. I had a Shuttle mini PC suffer a flash failure with the right image, the right program, everything done by the book. I AFTERWARDS found that many people have had problems with that board. Well, I have to respectfully disagree. In the old days yes, there were lots of stories about botched bios flashes. But these days, absent a power failure there is little danger - in my opinion. I just have a problem with people scaring others, warning them not to update the bios when a bios flash is clearly called for.I don't recommend BIOS flashes for those very reasons... A) What issues is he having ? ? And B) Does the flash directly deal with those issues ? ? If not it's best to not do it.Well, we've had this disagreement before. I do agree that if there is no specific reason to update the bios then it should not be done - same with updating drivers. But I don't agree with spreading fear over performing a bios upgrade. But okay - different opinoins. The BIOS version I have now is responsible for many bluescreens I've had, including BATTLEFIELD: Bad Company 2, so not flashing isn't really an option. Read here: http://g51jbsod.wikia.com/wiki/ASUS_G51J-A1_0x124_BSOD Now on the ASUS website, there was the file "AFLASH 2", I'm guessing that's the BIOS flashing program. I've read a few articles on how to flash and most of them REFER to a floppy disk. However I'm on a laptop and I certainly don't have one. I'm guessing I can mount it as an image on a CD?Quote from: DivineRage002 on June 26, 2010, 02:00:31 PM ...Now on the ASUS website, there was the file "AFLASH 2", I'm guessing that's the BIOS flashing program. I've read a few articles on how to flash and most of them refer to a floppy disk. However I'm on a laptop and I certainly don't have one. I'm guessing I can mount it as an image on a CD? No, you don't mount it as an image on a CD. If your BIOS has no option for flashing from within the BIOS, you will have to create a DOS Boot CD or a boot USB drive, with the flash program & the flash image copied to it. "AFLASH 2" is the flash program, "G60J207.T10" is the flash image.What was that again, Allan? Well, I never said it would be easy Hey, just wanted to say that I successfully updated the BIOS. Turns out that since I have an ASUS motherboard, I could use the "Easy Flash" utility in the BIOS. Basically, I formatted a USB flash drive to FAT32, put the two BIOS update files on it, restarted computer, went in BIOS, and just used "Easy Flash". Whole process took about 5 minutes, and everything went smooth. And I can also confirm that I no longer get blue screens in Battlefield, or any other game in which I used to get some.Way to go!

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I'm pretty sure I found out why I had bluescreens, and how to fix it.

The thing is, I have to update my BIOS. I acquired this file "G60J207.T10".

Where the *censored* do I put that thing? There seems to be absolutely no info on google about this subject. I feel kind of stupid now.

Edit: Maybe this would need to be moved to "Drivers" section?You put it on a bootable DOS floppy along with a flashing program. There are about a zillion "how to flash your BIOS" sites out there, which explain the process much better than I can, but I will say that if you don't know what you are doing, or if you have the wrong file, you can easily brick your motherboard.
You usually are well advised to download the BIOS updating program from either your motherboard or BIOS manufacturer. Some MB's like ASUS have a crash free capability letting you recover from a botched flash, but if you're not sure what you're doing, get someone who does to do it.. That is unless it's a PC you can live without..Quote from: obchris on June 26, 2010, 01:04:13 PM

You usually are well advised to download the BIOS updating program from either your motherboard or BIOS manufacturer. Some MB's like ASUS have a crash free capability letting you recover from a botched flash, but if you're not sure what you're doing, get someone who does to do it.. That is unless it's a PC you can live without..

Oh stop. Flashing a bios is no more dangerous than than turning on a television.Quote from: Allan on June 26, 2010, 01:23:46 PM

Oh stop. Flashing a bios is no more dangerous than than turning on a television.

You might be surprised at how MANY BIOS flash failures occur. Flashing the BIOS on a flaky system because you think it will put things right is asking for trouble. Using the wrong flashing tool or the wrong BIOS image also. Flashing from Windows is a well known cause of bad flashes. Some brands of motherboard are known to be prone to flash failures. PERSONALLY if the chip is socketed I would rather mail order a new chip flashed with the desired version. I had a Shuttle mini PC suffer a flash failure with the right image, the right program, everything done by the book. I AFTERWARDS found that many people have had problems with that board. Well, I have to respectfully disagree. In the old days yes, there were lots of stories about botched bios flashes. But these days, absent a power failure there is little danger - in my opinion. I just have a problem with people scaring others, warning them not to update the bios when a bios flash is clearly called for.I don't recommend BIOS flashes for those very reasons...

A) What issues is he having ? ?

And
B) Does the flash directly deal with those issues ? ?

If not it's best to not do it.Well, we've had this disagreement before. I do agree that if there is no specific reason to update the bios then it should not be done - same with updating drivers. But I don't agree with spreading fear over performing a bios upgrade. But okay - different opinoins. The BIOS version I have now is responsible for many bluescreens I've had, including BATTLEFIELD: Bad Company 2, so not flashing isn't really an option.

Read here: http://g51jbsod.wikia.com/wiki/ASUS_G51J-A1_0x124_BSOD

Now on the ASUS website, there was the file "AFLASH 2", I'm guessing that's the BIOS flashing program.

I've read a few articles on how to flash and most of them REFER to a floppy disk. However I'm on a laptop and I certainly don't have one. I'm guessing I can mount it as an image on a CD?Quote from: DivineRage002 on June 26, 2010, 02:00:31 PM

...Now on the ASUS website, there was the file "AFLASH 2", I'm guessing that's the BIOS flashing program.
I've read a few articles on how to flash and most of them refer to a floppy disk. However I'm on a laptop and I certainly don't have one. I'm guessing I can mount it as an image on a CD?

No, you don't mount it as an image on a CD.
If your BIOS has no option for flashing from within the BIOS, you will have to create a DOS Boot CD or a boot USB drive, with the flash program & the flash image copied to it. "AFLASH 2" is the flash program, "G60J207.T10" is the flash image.What was that again, Allan?
Well, I never said it would be easy Hey, just wanted to say that I successfully updated the BIOS.

Turns out that since I have an ASUS motherboard, I could use the "Easy Flash" utility in the BIOS.

Basically, I formatted a USB flash drive to FAT32, put the two BIOS update files on it, restarted computer, went in BIOS, and just used "Easy Flash". Whole process took about 5 minutes, and everything went smooth.

And I can also confirm that I no longer get blue screens in Battlefield, or any other game in which I used to get some.Way to go!

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