Asus n61Ja bios update problem

[zKslol]

Hello,

I wanted to update the bios, with an official bios update, from version 207 to 211. I didn't use winflash, I used easyflash in the bios. Everything seemed to be going okay; it deleted the old files, wrote the new ones, verified the new ones. Then it said: shutdown in/after 2 seconds and it shut down. Then nothing happened anymore. Power button completely unresponsive. The battery light was still on, and I'm not sure if I should've just waited... I didn't though, I thought I had to remove the battery, take the power off completely to be able to start it up again.

So I'm wondering: what are my options here? My warranty expired and I don't really have the money to send it in and pay hundreds of bucks on repairs.

Is there anything I can try? CMOS battery reset? Anything???

Please help me out! I would be very grateful

ps. What was sort of odd btw, was that easyflash said something like that it was an unsigned bios and if I wanted to flash it anymore, if i wanted to 'force' it or something. It was with 100% certainty the correct update from the Asus.com support site, so I didn't take that 'warning' seriously.

[Chuckiechan]

First of all, try resetting the BIOS, but unplug the computer from the wall.

And if you have another computer, look in the set up disk for a bios flash utility and the stock bios. You may be able to reflash it back that way.

If you don't have the set up disk, go to the asus site and see if they have one.

We seem to have a wave of bios problems right now...

[zKslol]

Hey! Not sure how I would do that though, resetting the bios. No reset hole anywhere or anything.. I did already prepare a usb bios auto flash drive (or blind flash i guess you would call it?) with the HP Tools, win98 files and AFLASH2, but if the computer won't boot it's of no use really :f

[zKslol]

Hi,

I need to know what type of CMOS Battery is in the Asus N61Ja-JX046X laptop, because I need to replace it

Anyone here able to tell me what type it is?

ps. I've already done all the research and this is the only solution. Please do not reply with something like 'i advise against it', post if you can help me out someway, otherwise please just don't post. Thanks

[JLK03F150]

I don't think there is a CMOS battery from what I can see on the image of a replacement mobo.
N61JA motherboard Picture - More Detailed Picture about N61JA N61J motherboard for ASUS laptop Picture in Motherboards from Topsky technology Co.,

I have an old laptop that will reset the CMOS when the regular battery is left to completely die.

[zKslol]

Hi,

I know for a fact there is one. Someone from the Belgian Asus TSD sent me this when I asked him whether or not it (the cmos battery) was soldered onto the motherboard (it wasn't).

[paul9]

The CMOS batteries are usually a CR2032, but in a laptop, it may be a smaller type like a CR2025 or smaller. They are all easily available, most places.
You will really need to look, the specs only mention the main battery. If you have a CR2032 handy when you check, then it is very likely to be the right type.
List of battery sizes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Chuckiechan]

Have you tried taking off the various covers on the back of the laptop? Is should be easy to get to.

You'll have to take it out to read the numbers to cross reference it.

[zKslol]

Hi, so here's part 2 about my bios update problem.

Below you can find my initial post, detailing the problem. It's under . Read that first!

Additional steps I took since then: sent the laptop to a repair shop which came recommended by a well-respected bios site. They tried everything, and the laptop's fans do spin (meaning also the cpu fans), and the led does go on.. so that's an improvement, i guess. but since he doesn't have the original bios image for the laptop that's it.. I did send him the N61Ja.BIN located in C:\ which should be the original bios backup, but that didn't work.. none of the bios files from the asus website worked either..

Anyone have any suggestions? Or can provide me with the original bios image (207) for the Asus N61Ja-JX046X?


Hello,
I wanted to update the bios, with an official bios update, from version 207 to 211. I didn't use winflash, I used easyflash in the bios. Everything seemed to be going okay; it deleted the old files, wrote the new ones, verified the new ones. Then it said: shutdown in/after 2 seconds and it shut down. Then nothing happened anymore. Power button completely unresponsive. The battery light was still on, and I'm not sure if I should've just waited... I didn't though, I thought I had to remove the battery, take the power off completely to be able to start it up again.

So I'm wondering: what are my options here? My warranty expired and I don't really have the money to send it in and pay hundreds of bucks on repairs.

Is there anything I can try? CMOS battery reset? Anything???

Please help me out! I would be very grateful

ps. What was sort of odd btw, was that easyflash said something like that it was an unsigned bios and if I wanted to flash it anymore, if i wanted to 'force' it or something. It was with 100% certainty the correct update from the Asus.com support site, so I didn't take that 'warning' seriously.

[ShyguyXPC]

helps to post the link to the thread

[zKslol]

Helps more to just read my entire post tho =p

[ShyguyXPC]

Then why add this to the post?

Below you can find my initial post, detailing the problem. It's under . Read that first!

If the thread isn't there detailing the initial problems, to get more info to help with this thread, then why even post that with no link? Can't read that first, if there is no link to point towards.


Add to that, why make a 2nd thread, just add to the existing one.

[zKslol]

wow youre dense. it even says it's under

that's where my initial post is. yes, not a link to the original thread, but the message from my initial thread. how are you not getting this? :/

edit: as for the last thing, i did that because people tend to not reply to new replies to old threads.

[ShyguyXPC]

Excuse me... putting two emoticons for your thread link is NOT helping people, people can not click those and then go to the previous thread's URL link and see what was posted.



And actually people DO reply to new replies in old Threads, in fact if this is related to the same topic its one of the forums rules that they want things to be kept in one topic only, instead of creating 2 or 3 or more topics all related to the same thing by a single user/member.


Hell, I can merge your threads if I wanted to, since I AM a Moderator... but I figured it would be better if you posted the actual link to your prior thread yourself, since you asked people to read that first, instead of making others having to go search for it.

Its behavior like that, that can cause many of us here to look the other way, if a person is unwilling to be cooperative and do some of the work in their queries, and expect us to do, research, etc everything, then many of us just won't bother and just ignore the new posts, and old as well.

[zKslol]

Are you drunk? Or high? Or both..? Please read everything i said again, properly. And then either contribute or stay quiet. My god man.. im not trying to insult u but ur replies are amazing. And not in a good way. First person that didnt understand my post. Grats.

[ShyguyXPC]

merged all 3 threads.

[zKslol]

>
Oh, one more thing:

the guy at the repair shop tried all the bios files on the asus website.. and the N61Ja.BIN in C:\.. but none worked..

He told me this:

>>>
biosfile is 2048kB in size.
normally you put the biosfile in the chip from address 0
chip is twice the size. this is sometimes used for a/the backup bios and sometimes just isn't used at all (also they can then release bigger bios versions that will still fit, if they want)
sometimes you put the bios file in from the 2nd or 3rd block; tried all of that
also tried loading it from address 10000h which has worked on a laptop before but that didn't work either
laptop fans and led working says nothing; theyre being powered but without the right bios thats all they will be
<<<

He tested the bios chip and the cmos battery and both were fine, btw