Bad BIOS Flash?

[Trekeritus]

I was having some stability issues, and decided to see if there was BIOS fix for it. I have an ASUS P8P67 Pro MB, I7 2600K CPU, and 8igs of G Skill memory. I previously flashed from the original 1502 bios to 1704 with no trouble. I went to the ASUS website and got the latest bios, 2103. I put it on a flash drive, booted to the UEFI Bios, went to the EZ Flash 2 Utility, flashed the BIOS, and it said the BIOS flash was successful. The system rebooted, but then nothing. I reset the CMOS, and the system booted up and went to Windows. I thought OK, everythings good. The next day I started up the computer, and it wouldn't boot. I cleared CMOS again and it booted up. Now every time I turn the computer off and restart it, I have to clear the CMOS for it to boot. I am at a loss as what to do.

 

[hg321]

maybe flash back to an older bios

 

[Trekeritus]

I tried to flash back to the 1704 BIOS, but I am told the "Image is Outdated" and it won't let me flash back.

 

[Motorheader]

How are you clearing it - via jumper or switch? Try removing power cord and motherboard battery and hold the power switch in for at least 10 seconds.

Is this happening at stock or overclock speeds?

 

[Magic Carpet]

I tried to flash back to the 1704 BIOS, but I am told the "Image is Outdated" and it won't let me flash back.

There must be a hard switch to override this.

 

[Trekeritus]

Motorheader, I did what you suggested, and took the battery out instead of just using the jumper and it seems to have cleared up the problem. I have restarted the computer a couple of times and everything "seems" to be OK.
Thanks!!

 

[Motorheader]

That is good to hear. Hope it remains stable for you.

 

[Kenmitch]

Motorheader, I did what you suggested, and took the battery out instead of just using the jumper and it seems to have cleared up the problem. I have restarted the computer a couple of times and everything "seems" to be OK.
Thanks!!

Just in case it doesn't work out in the end it's possible to downgrade the bios if needed. I had to do it for troubleshooting my board in sig. Pretty much worked out fine but wound up being my board in the end.

Here's a link that explains how to do it. Not too complicated at all. Not for the exact motherboard but the basic principle is the same and it worked out fine.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...d=1&model=P8P67+DELUXE&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

 

[nenforcer]

Also it never hurts to try doing the "Load Default Settings" and "Save Settings On Exit" once you replace the battery.

 

[Motorheader]

Kenmitch - thank you for the link. I was wondering if there was a /forceit type of switch for that board/bios.

Decades later and bios updates remain be as daunting as ever.

 

[machasm]

Another thing that sometimes gets overlooked, although it doesn't appear to be the case here, is that the clear CMOS jumper is left in the 'Clear' position.