Asus A6000 need to upgrade Vbios?? something went wrong?!?

by **Waldo** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:03 pm

Hi i have Asus A6000 A6U notebook and i cant get 1360x768 resolution what i need!! i have read that i need Vbios update cos i have old V22700C bios on my sis 760(GX?)

i have newest Bios from Asus.com site (212)

and would not need laptops own LCD to work if i could get that wide screen work.

here is link to newest bios .. http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/A6U/a6u212as.zip

by cp » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:21 am

i'll have a look and upload the patched version asap.

by **Waldo** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:49 pm

Thank you, i hope that is possible

Chipset & Main Memory Chipset:
- SIS 760GX

Display 15.4"WXGA 256K Color Max
Graphics & Video Module SIS M760GX, shared system memory 32/64/128MB VRAM

by cp » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:06 pm

back from vienna :) the patched bios is available on our download page. get it while its hot!

by **Waldo** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:25 pm

Thank you so much!! i did foud that download page :

by **Waldo** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:24 pm

NO!!! i updated bios! and now it dosent do anything?? did i do something wrong?? i updated bios from bios cos windows tools said that current bios is never that i did try to patch.. is there anything that i can do or is that now gone forever??

by cp » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:29 am

ouch!
would have been nice to have your bios saved somewhere. not only because the flasher said it's newer than the BIOS ASUS provided on their site. are you sure you pointed me to the correct bios for your machine?

what's the machine doing after power on? (besides resetting the cd-rom)
maybe it's booting but you can't see anything as the lcd isn't working anymore.

you can always flash the original bios from ASUS back into the chip. open the notebook, find the BIOS chip, remove it and hotflash it in another mainboard or an external flasher.

by **Waldo** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:17 am

I have the old bios and flasher did say that its same version so it refused to flash it. it dont do much right now, i press it on and it just starts harddrive but then like dont doo anything at all.

That bios was right, i did use that bios to update my bios few days a go.
any idea what kind chip im looking for? it looks that there is nothing that i can take off? Im using my tv as LCD and it just say unknown signal??

by cp » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:45 pm

can you upload the old bios somewhere and post a link?

can you connect a disk drive to the parallel port or usb port? is there any hint on emergency flashing in the manual of the notebook?

when you open up (million of tiny screws) the notebook you are looking for a square shaped (hopefully socketed) chip with approx. 1x1,5cm size.

by **Waldo** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:47 pm

Manual dosent say anything about emergency flashing. ill try to get that bios from harddrive and find someplace to but that online.

i think i can connect those but does those work that another thing

i think i did found that bios? it is that size but it dosent read bios or award? it has like W logo?? bad news that its not sockedet..

Lucky it was my old laptop so damage is not so serius..
:roll:

by cp » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:21 pm

just post the markings on the chip (and other chips you suspect to be the BIOS chip).

any electronic shop with smd equipment should be able to remove the chip, reprogram it and put it back where it belongs.