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by: GrandNagusZek42 February 17, 2013 12:33 PM PST

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by GrandNagusZek42 - 2/17/13 12:33 PM

Hey everyone,

I just got done building my new system. It has an ASUS SABERTOOTH X79 Motherboard, intel i7-2600 CPU, 16GB Corsair Vengence RAM, ASUS GTX 570 Graphics Card, intel ethernet card, creative extremegamer, and a 2TB WD Black Caviar, 240GB Corsair N-Force SSD, and a 60GB Crucial M4 SSD.

I built the system and everything was running beautifully. Then before finishing up everything on the system I go to update the BIOS to the mobo. After updating BIOS the computer still turns on and starts to load windows, but then just crashes. I tried windows repair same thing, I've tried using Hirens bootCD and off a USB, and the exact same thing (windows starts to load then crashes). I've even taken all of the hard drives out that had any data on them, cleared them, put them back in, and the same thing. I try and run windows 7 install and windows installer never comes up, instead it also tries to load windows and just fails. After clearing the N-Force that use to have win7 on it I tried installing Ubunto linux onto it from another computer, and I still have the exact same issue. Only time it wont try to load windows if if there are no drives attached at all. So wheter I am booting from a CD, clean HDD's, or linux, all it does it try to load windows 7 then crash.

I have taken the battery out and cleared CMOS. I have even taken every ram chip out and touched each metal connector with a paper clip to discharge them. I will be calling up ASUS tomorrow, but in the mean time I was curious if anyone has every encountered a problem like this.

Thanks for the help,
Zek


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I'd download the earlier BIOS from Asus

by wpgwpg - 2/17/13 12:43 PM

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Since the problem apparently started when you upgraded the BIOS, why not go to the Asus web site and download an earlier version of the BIOS and flash it with that? Why did you flash the BIOS in the first place? Cardinal rule with computers is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". This is particularly true with drivers and the BIOS.

Good luck.


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by GrandNagusZek42 - 2/17/13 12:54 PM

In Reply to: I'd download the earlier BIOS from Asus by wpgwpg

I just built the system and wanted everything to be up to date as possible. I knew it was a risk updating the BIOS, and man do I ever regret it now :'(

So, I have tried flashing the BIOS back to the orginal version, but ASUS did a .ROM to .CAP conversion of the BIOS, and now it wont let me revert back to the original, .ROM version.

Thanks for responding so quickly.
-Zek


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Might check the ASUS forums for issues/problems re your

by VAPCMD - 2/17/13 1:12 PM

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product. Lots of good info there usually.

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Warranty issue?

by Willy - 2/17/13 2:38 PM

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On top of what advice has already been given and provided you did a proper bios update, then it falls on the maker to make good. Of course, they may decline but it sure doesn't hurt to proceed in this direction. Either the maker or vendor has to be informed ASAP, since this is a new build. Otherwise, you need to contact a "bios chip replacement" source and swap out the bios for a working one, probably updated as it should. Here's one link, but google for others....

http://www.badflash.com

tada -----Willy happy


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by GrandNagusZek42 - 2/17/13 5:23 PM

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Thanks Willy,
I plan on calling asus tomorrow as their customer service is closed today. I got the mobo from amazon (not from one of their third-parties) so getting it replaced shouldn't be too bad. Its unfortunate that it will come to this though :/ I was just hoping to fix it on my own...


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(NT) Ok...so what did you find out ?

by VAPCMD - 2/19/13 4:22 PM

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