Just finally got a shiny new Aorus X7 DT V6. Just from what I could test, it was love at first sight. Notwithstanding, I was getting some weird behavior from the keyboard where sometimes keys would offset to the left by a single key increment, figured might be the "Fusion" driver Aorus utilises for their macro engine.
TL;DR A driver update did not help matters, as such decided to update the UEFI through the included utility, mind you all done on Win 7 x64, a proper install with DISM- injected drivers AND the official and purportedly supported utility from Aorus(all drivers do officially support Win 7) etc... Update completes "Successfully", reboot, aaannd BRICK.
I did the usual yes, yes, clear CMOS, check for post error codes by removing RAM etc. Nothing. Same behavior with or without hardware.
Has anyone ever had to directly flash a (SMT) laptop EEPROM because of a borked update?? I have contacted Gigabyte for an RMA( got the form and sent; awaiting authorisation). Nonetheless I am still curious if anyone has had any measure of success in a similar situation..
never dont it but takes some special tools and depending on the bios chip can end up quiet costly. Lcky you provided a good enough image to pull off specs
you have to remove the chip and use these devices to flash it. never done it because most of the stuff i repair that had this happen is too old to be cost effective
Yup, I looked into the datasheet beforehand and other SPI tools beforehand and could theoretically pull it off, but I was mostly wondering about the experience of others who tried similar endeavors.
Nice, I guess I was not around back in those EEVblog days pre ~600 odd.
I am gathering more data to figure out if the risk outweighs the hassle, and potential costs (Shipping/repair) of an RMA. (Might go for the RMA though given the value of the hardware).
TL;DR I fixed it, bought a cheap SPI programmer and wrote the binary to the flash chip.
I did go for the DIY flashing.
I remembered at all I panic-posted this in the midst of attempting to find a solution to the issue discussed as a result of Wendell’s video on the Deskmini Quadro upgrade.
I did get the CH341a usb adapter, DIY’d a clip from an old header riser and after a couple of attempts and driver fiddling flashed it successfully.
I once bricked a Supermicro X10SRH-CF while trying to flash it from linux with afulinux.
Used a raspbery pi with the help of a friend to rescue the board.
Since then, i only update either through the bios or the EfI Shell.
