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Ever since I upgraded the BIOS from 0801 to 1202 the notebook stopped charging my high-capacity battery, a genuine Asus 5600mAh part. I'm sure it's because of the BIOS so I am looking to revert the upgrade. Unfortunately I can't find a way. The Asus Update program on Windows 7 says I should do it in DOS, but the DOS-based BUPDATER tool insists that the 0801 version cannot be flashed because it is older.
I believe I'll need a third-party BIOS flashing program, or an engineering version of the BUPDATER utility, to do the downgrade. Hoping to minimize the risk by using a proven method. Anyone able to give me a hand? There has always historically been a way to rollback a BIOS flash in the Asus systems, but I can't recall what that is. It wasn't too convoluted, but did take a couple of steps and specific settings - the protocol has been discussed here in the past within various thread responses, but I can't find it with a quick search. Aha - it's in former moderator E.B.E.' S Follow the segments written in Green, which cover the BIOS downgrade pathways.
It's a good bit older, so there may be bits that won't apply to more current Asus models, but worth a look to see if you can make it work. Else, you can also send a PM to Ken Lee @ GenTechPC - I'm sure he'll know the details.
Click to expand.I downloaded and installed the package but the error message persists. I got the 2010.09.10 version of 'ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities' from the U30JC download page and tried two WinFlash versions: one from Asus U30JC download page ('Windows BIOS Flash Utility' dated 2010.07.14); and one from Asus V5J (dated 2007.04.23). Phase 6 premium.
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I think I understand why; in my experience, on systems that need this driver, like some Asus motherboards, the BIOS exposes a special device that this driver is installed on. Without an explicit ATK device in the 1015 notebook, the driver file may be present on the system, but it would never be loaded by Windows.
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Need AFUDOS engineering edition to flash retail ASUS BIOS on prebuilt MBHey guys, have an older ASUS Essentio CM5. Not my main rig.