jsteelm

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Try to do this. In one of the slots to insert memory DIMM DDR-3 1333 or 1066 and on. If that does not work plus the insert USB Flash, it is important to do the following:

1. USB Flash up to 4 Gb. (Lower is better, if 4Gb does not work, try 2Gb!)

2. FAT32 or FAT16 format

3. On USB Flash only one file BIOS, nothing more.

4. Rename the file G75VWAS.223 to G75VW.bin (No G75VW.bin.bin! In this .bin is file extension) and put in the USB Flash. After operations to copy and rename files BIOS, stick better unplug through the "Safely Remove Hardware".

5. Unplug the power adapter, disconnect the battery and VERY IMPORTANT! wait 4-5 minutes. This time the system timer counts (press the Power button to quickly reset balances power is not necessary, it does not work in this case).

6. Connect the battery, and (VERY IMPORTANT!) plug power adapter.

7. Press Ctrl(Left) + Home at the same time and hold, then press and release the Power (Ctrl + Home does not unpress until the screen will begin the process of flash firmware).

If does not work, try first press and hold Ctrl+Home, then plug ac adapter (don,t connect battery) and then press Power button.

90% this will solve the problem.

Good luck.

The ctrl+home is only 66% right its actully ctrl+ALT+home. No idea why. Apparently with this version of the computer, it changed. I literally returned 3 g75vws in 3 weeks due to a secure boot option toggle bug in the STOCK BIOS. Wouldn't post/boot when this and fastboot was toggled. It would do nothing. On the 4th one I figured out, hey, add that "alt" button to the mix and it'll flash the bios on fsX:/EFI/ASUS/G75VW.bin or G75VW.bin on a usb. Regardless, spread the news! The ASUS reps didn't even know this when I called on the 2nd "broken" computer. Haha

Oh god... I feel foolish. I downloaded it but forgot to unpack it

Thanks... but I don't appear to see a "backup.bat" I assume I can google around and find a way to backup the current bios, but I figured I'd let you know.

You could downgrade, in theory, to a checksum'd bios of you choice using ctrl+home (its ctrl+alt+home if ctrl+home doesnt work). Basically yes theres a hidden partition on your drive's EFI. You can mount this in, say, linux doing a mount -t fat32 /dev/sda1 /wherever (or similar). You'll find a G75VW.bin you can replace to whatever version you want in /EFI/ASUS just name it G75VW.bin. But word of caution, you can REALLY mess things up if you don't know what you're doing in the EFI partition.

That'd be great! This thread is the reason I joined. Only 2 more posts to go until I can download. I'm cautious on laptops and heat. My last laptop (hp dv8t) literally "burned up" in my lap. My laptop also has a 670m. Do you still need the dump of this?

Hey svl7,

I don't really want to overclock, but I'd like the additional menus. Would you mind sharing your methods of madness (haha). I always get "Invalid BIOS" when I muck around with the bios file. Or... could you provide a bios with no overclocking but has all menus unlocked?

I had this happen to 2 g75vws but only one had I updated the BIOS on. Even then it didn't die until I changed the boot method from CSM back to Fastboot (UEFI). Asus told me to send the last one in after their (hold the power button for 2mins with no power connected and battery out) fix didn't work. I'm quite sure this is a very bad bios bug somewhere in the code.

I think you might get a cease and desist letter sooner for the domain similarity I wish you luck!