Re: Flashing the bios from Windows seems like a bad idea ?!? (Also does asus report on investigations ?)

In article <f3pq95$n08$1@xxxxxxxx>, Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Skybuck The Destroyer wrote:
Hello,

Asus has made available a tool to flash the bios from Windows !

I have not used this tool, but it is installed on my system ?

I do not know how it works ?

Is there a windows api for slashing the bios ?

What does asus use ?

Anyway,

I think this is/could be dangerous !

Virusses, trojans, worms could use asus software to flash bios and
destroy them ?!

My motherboard is now as good as dead.

I still think it's from power surges from the power button hanging or
possibly beta bios 1405.

I have contacted my supplier and soon Asus will probably see my
motherboard returned to them =D

The motherboard has a 3 year warranty.

Asus will probably send me a new motherboard and I wonder which bios
version will it have ?

I hope it will have a newer stable bios version, it probably will ;)

I also kinda hope it will fix the sound issue with x-fi and
battlefield 2.

Probably not though !

If asus wants I could write "skybuck" on it lol.

But I won't do that because maybe they won't like that.

Ofcourse the supplier could attach a note writing: "this motherboard
is from skybuck" :)

Hmmm that raises an interesting.

I *really* would like to know Asus's oppinion on:

1. What is wrong with the motherboard ?

2. What damaged it ?

These are good questions...

I will ask these question to my supplier as well, in case I don't get
a response on this newsgroup.
(Ofcourse they can't react now because they haven't examined it yet :)
only share other experiences maybe)

Because knowing what killed it, might prevent another kill in the
future !

But my main point/question is:

Will asus report it ? Will they tell it to my supplier ? or to me ?
after they examined it...

Oh well, time will tell... I don't think so... but I would be amazed
if they did report it... that would be handy and cool and nice too,
unless they come to a really mean conclusion ofcourse LOL.

I am not even 100% sure the motherboard is dead, just 99.9% ;)

Bye,
Skybuck.


Flashing from Windows doesn't sound like a good idea. Using a
DOS boot floppy, and flashing from there, might be less risky,
as there isn't a complete Windows OS to mess it up.


What i dont understand from you guy is, you say that you are fearfull of
flashing from windows for fear of messing up, yet you trust DOS and a 25 year
old disk technology to do the flash?




Asus won't tell you what was wrong. They could either return
your original motherboard, or send a refurbished (repaired) one,
not necessarily the same one you gave them. Look for a serial
number on the motherboard or some other kind of unique sticker,
if you wish to track whether the same motherboard came back or not.
There are sometimes several stickers on a motherboard, and
they can be stuck to the side of a connector on the motherboard
surface.

Paul
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