Originally posted by: Litlratt
It failed at step 3. Restarted manually and tried cd, floppy and usb flash to no avail. Bios chip is corrupt.
Seems like you and I had the same problem.. I also had no issues with updating bios, though I used a flash card or floppy.
A week prior to my system failing I received several notices in Vista (64) that a USB devide had failed. I assumed it was the device that had gone bad. I didn't take the time to track it down then, as it did not seem important.
I wanted to update to 1901, and put it on my USB flash card, and booted into bios and EZFlash. The PC would not see my flash disk.... ! Numerous times and no luck. PS: I have since also discovered that if memory management is set in bios to optimize (enbaled) for Vista 64, EZFlash will not see my USB flash disk!
Put the bios on a floppy, re-booted into bios and EZflash and the floppy was seen. Began the flash process and half-way through the PC froze up, and remained that way until I reset it 10 minutes later.
Once I reset the PC, it would not post. I was sure it was a bad bios.
After contacting ASUS, them sending two replacements to Central America, I have my system back up and running fine. Turns out ASUS says the PC/bios freeze was coincidental, as the MB must have failed right at the flashing event. Remember the bios is supposed to have an involitile area that can restore your bios in the event of such a bios flash problem. All you are supposed to have to do is boot from your floppy, the ASUS CD, or the like.
The reason my PC did not post following the attempted bios flash was the MB failure.
I now have 2 extra bios's sitting around in case of a bad bios flash which may turn tragic (thanks to ASUS for the freebies which they sent prior to the MB being diagnosed as bad), but the issue was not a bios issue in the end.