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Is it possible to recover a computer from a failed BIOS update?
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While attempting the update the BIOS on an Asus motherboard, i learned the Asus Update Utility for Windows doesn't fully support Windows 64-bit. It was able to erase the BIOS without problems, but failed to write the new BIOS. i knew that when i next rebooted the computer: it would be a brick. When…
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Fix for: Is it possible to recover a computer from a failed BIOS update?
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The following is from ASUS P5B Deluxe Bios Recovery SPI Flash Cable, but reproduced here for Wiki-sake: WARNING: Never use the ASUS Windows based bios flash utility. There have been scores of people with the same issue, if only I had known before ha…
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