G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

just got my g73jh last night..but i bricked it and it doesn't turn on anymore.



I checked out how to flash the bios with a usb. since i didn't have one i used an sd card. pressed esc and tried to find it.

couldn't be read. but i saw the easyflash program!



so i did a reboot. made a file on my desktop. and accessed the file through easyflash. erased current bios, installed current bios "successfully", shut down after 2 seconds, then nothing. :| no power. no nothing. took off adapter and battery and did a 10 second hold on the power button. slapped the battery on.



the fans spun! but only for a second. then nothing. again :|



already brought it to the best local service center for asus(in the Philippines). since it was a refurb bought in bestbuy, i let them rechecked if it was still under warranty and it was.



now with the questions.



is there a way to revive my machine? or do i have no other choice but to bring it to a service center? will i have to pay for the motherboard (if it's the motherboard that's broken)? and one thread said that easyflash was the safest of 3 ways to flash a bios. :P i mixed that procedure with the bios that i got from Chastity. and read in another thread that it's okay to access the bios file from the hard drive.



then read on another thread (using my relative's laptop) that it's possible to brick your lappy by doing so.



should've waited and bought a usb. :|



and will the warranty still work even if i bought it from the previous owner? :P



* I may have asked this through other threads and messaged this to moderators ( panic mode.lol) and Budding told me to just make a thread for it.

and if i have a question, should i make a thread for it? or just go ahead and post it in lounges and the thread of that specific laptop? :P

Reply 1 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

Bummer with your new machine.



This is a failed BIOS flash, and there is no way to recover - it has to be reset by Asus tech support ... call and set up RMA or take it to service center.



The problem does not require a motherboard replacement, just a BIOS reset, but has to be done by factory techs.



Post any new question in a new thread, else add it to the correct existing one



Rule to novice users - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And if you aren't sure of what you're doing, esp when the consequences can be dire, don't try and adapt it or mix the protocols from somewhere else.

Reply 2 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

PATAY. What happened bro? What did the asus tech's in Ph tell you? Are they capable of repairing it?

Reply 3 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

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Originally Posted by ClearSkies Bummer with your new machine. This is a failed BIOS flash, and there is no way to recover - it has to be reset by Asus tech support ... call and set up RMA or take it to service center. The problem does not require a motherboard replacement, just a BIOS reset, but has to be done by factory techs. Post any new question in a new thread, else add it to the correct existing one Rule to novice users - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And if you aren't sure of what you're doing, esp when the consequences can be dire, don't try and adapt it or mix the protocols from somewhere else.

Whew! Sent it hours ago. So that means i could get it tomorrow!

Hooray for bios reset!

Lesson learned. but i hope to see the new Asus laptops with the latest drivers and bios and stuff so we don't need to do these things :P



Actually it is kinda broke. I sorta tested how good does it rate on the windows rating benchmark thing. i got BSOD, some cubes things, then it had an error that something failed but recovered. then i scored a very dissapointing 2.0 )

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Originally Posted by Typecast PATAY. What happened bro? What did the asus tech's in Ph tell you? Are they capable of repairing it?

LOL I told them that i probably broke the motherboard thru bios flashing. They just gave me a pull-out form and to call them on tuesday/wednesday.



I'll definitely give them a ring tomorrow morning that it might need a bios reset.

Reply 4 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

Oh. Goodluck tol. Hope you can play with your beast sooner!

Reply 5 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

Thanks bruh. haha. Oh! and how do you do a bios reset? why do i have to bring it to a service center? maybe i can do it on my own? or is it like a secret forbidden technique that only techninjas do?

Reply 6 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

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Originally Posted by AsILayDaing Thanks bruh. haha. Oh! and how do you do a bios reset? why do i have to bring it to a service center? maybe i can do it on my own? or is it like a secret forbidden technique that only techninjas do?

Yeah, Maybe it's not that easy to do it or we need a special adapter or something that's why there is no released fix for that. If it was just easy, Maybe Asus would even give us steps to do that because it will save them time and money.

Reply 7 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

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Originally Posted by Typecast Yeah, Maybe it's not that easy to do it or we need a special adapter or something that's why there is no released fix for that. If it was just easy, Maybe Asus would even give us steps to do that because it will save them time and money.

I was hoping ClearSkies would give an answer but drats! logged off. maybe in a few hours i'd get an answer.

Reply 8 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

Say what now? I think ClearSkies meant a BIOS reflash.



You can reset your BIOS settings by removing the CMOS battery, or poking the reset button.



If you've suffered a bad flash, you probably need ASUS to reflash your BIOS chip, unless you have access to an EEPROM programmer.

Reply 9 : G73JH BIOS fail. dead motherboard?

Answer for what tol?