Asus F50GX v213 Asus 2.1 SLIC

[jsl2000]

Request of SLIC 2.1 for Asus F50GX
link:as attached file

[DMAN999]

ASUS_F50GX_NoteBook_AS213_ASUS_SLIC_2.1_SSV2.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/psm7ru

[jsl2000]

ASUS_F50GX_NoteBook_AS213_ASUS_SLIC_2.1_SSV2.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/psm7ru

Thanks.
Unfortunately after successful flashing with this modified BIOS my Asus F50GX laptop can NOT boot any more.
Total blank of screen with blinking of hard disc light.
Any resecure procedure to recover it ?

[DMAN999]

AMI BIOS Recovery


AMI has an embedded recovery technique in the 'boot block' of the BIOS. In the event that the BIOS becomes corrupt the boot block can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state. The routine is called when the 'system block' of the BIOS is empty or corrupt. The restore routine when called will access the floppy drive (1.44Mb floppy disk drive) looking for a file named AMIBOOT.ROM.
This is the reason the floppy drive light comes on and the drive appears to be in use. If the file (AMIBOOT.ROM) is found it is loaded into the 'system block' of the BIOS to replace the corrupted information.
To restore your BIOS copy the most recent version of your motherboards BIOS file to a floppy diskette and rename it AMIBOOT.ROM. The diskette does not need to be bootable or contain a flash utility. It will access the floppy from 2-5 minutes the system will beep four times. Remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the computer. if when you turn on the system it does not try to access the floppy, press and hold the 'CTRL' and 'HOME' keys at the same time. This will force the system (assuming the 'boot block' isn't corrupted) to access the flopy and look for the AMIBOOT.ROM file.

Step by Step:


Method 1.
1. Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a blank floppy disk. e.g. Rename 12345678.ROM to AMIBOOT.ROM
2. Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system
3. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. Follow insructions on the screen and it will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive.
4. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk.
5. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

If this does not work, try this:

Method 2. Asus only...
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Create new text document and type the folowing:
Afudos.exe /iamiboot.rom /pbnc /n
Autoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/123981086/autoexec.rar
save it as autoexec.bat and copy it to the boot flopy you have created.
3. Rename your BIOS to amiboot.rom and copy it to the bootable flopy.
4. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
5. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

Latest Afudos that I could find:
http://rapidshare.com/files/123979630/AFUDOS.rar
Tool provided by @offon7544

Method 3.
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Create new text document and type the folowing:
amif895.exe /iamiboot.rom /pbnc /n
save it as autoexec.bat and copy it to the boot flopy you have created.
Atoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115841024/Autoexec.rar
3. Rename your BIOS to amiboot.rom and copy it to the bootable flopy.
4. Start you computer.
5. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
6. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

Latest amiflash I could find amiflash 8.95:
http://rapidshare.com/files/113925838/amf895.zip
Tool provided by @amiga

[jsl2000]

AMI BIOS Recovery


AMI has an embedded recovery technique in the 'boot block' of the BIOS. In the event that the BIOS becomes corrupt the boot block can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state. The routine is called when the 'system block' of the BIOS is empty or corrupt. The restore routine when called will access the floppy drive (1.44Mb floppy disk drive) looking for a file named AMIBOOT.ROM.
This is the reason the floppy drive light comes on and the drive appears to be in use. If the file (AMIBOOT.ROM) is found it is loaded into the 'system block' of the BIOS to replace the corrupted information.
To restore your BIOS copy the most recent version of your motherboards BIOS file to a floppy diskette and rename it AMIBOOT.ROM. The diskette does not need to be bootable or contain a flash utility. It will access the floppy from 2-5 minutes the system will beep four times. Remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the computer. if when you turn on the system it does not try to access the floppy, press and hold the 'CTRL' and 'HOME' keys at the same time. This will force the system (assuming the 'boot block' isn't corrupted) to access the flopy and look for the AMIBOOT.ROM file.

Step by Step:


Method 1.
1. Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a blank floppy disk. e.g. Rename 12345678.ROM to AMIBOOT.ROM
2. Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system
3. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. Follow insructions on the screen and it will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive.
4. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk.
5. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

If this does not work, try this:

Method 2. Asus only...
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Create new text document and type the folowing:
Afudos.exe /iamiboot.rom /pbnc /n
Autoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/123981086/autoexec.rar
save it as autoexec.bat and copy it to the boot flopy you have created.
3. Rename your BIOS to amiboot.rom and copy it to the bootable flopy.
4. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
5. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

Latest Afudos that I could find:
http://rapidshare.com/files/123979630/AFUDOS.rar
Tool provided by @offon7544

Method 3.
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Create new text document and type the folowing:
amif895.exe /iamiboot.rom /pbnc /n
save it as autoexec.bat and copy it to the boot flopy you have created.
Atoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115841024/Autoexec.rar
3. Rename your BIOS to amiboot.rom and copy it to the bootable flopy.
4. Start you computer.
5. If no floppy access occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
6. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart the computer.

Latest amiflash I could find amiflash 8.95:
http://rapidshare.com/files/113925838/amf895.zip
Tool provided by @amiga

Thanks for your detailed information.
There is no internal floppy drive in this Asus F50GX laptop.
Unfortunately these methods are not working for me because I can NOT boot its external USB floppy drive even press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update it.
So another possibility is hardware failure of my mainboard because I found no spin of its CPU's fan after power on. Only power on light and hard disc activity light are visible.

[jsl2000]

ASUS_F50GX_NoteBook_AS213_ASUS_SLIC_2.1_SSV2.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/psm7ru

According to andyp:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads...dification

New AMI BIOS tool for performing SSV2/3 and Dynamic SLIC Modification

A new tool to perform insert a SLIC table using one of three main methods:

1) SSV3 - used for most AMI BIOSes. Does NOT work for some MSI boards. This is the safest for non-MSI boards.

2) SSV2 - used for MSI boards. Asus boards should use the SSV3 method, SSV2 is NOT needed.

3) Dynamic - The SLIC table is introduced into the BIOS so that, along with other ACPI tables, it's memory location is dynamically allocated by the BIOS. This is how manufacturers would insert a SLIC table, HOWEVER, it requires code modification to overcome locks - hence it is less safe than SSV2 or 3 which should be used in preference.

Can you modify SLIC 2.1 of Asus F50GX with SSV3 instead of SSV2 ?

[DMAN999]

I have modded about 4 thousand AMI and Award Bioses and the ASUS Notebooks almost always require SSV2 Method no matter what you read.
SSV3 may work in your case but as a General Rule SSV2 is the method to try first on ASUS NoteBooks.

Try using a Bootable USB Flash Drive instead of a Floppy.

ASUS_F50GX_NoteBook_AS213_ASUS_SLIC_2.1_SSV3.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6iiecf

[jsl2000]

I have modded about 4 thousand AMI and Award Bioses and the ASUS Notebooks almost always require SSV2 Method no matter what you read.
SSV3 may work in your case but as a General Rule SSV2 is the method to try first on ASUS NoteBooks.

Try using a Bootable USB Flash Drive instead of a Floppy.

ASUS_F50GX_NoteBook_AS213_ASUS_SLIC_2.1_SSV3.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6iiecf

This 213_SSV3.ROM can work on my Asus F50GX laptop now after replacement of MB today.
Thanks again !

[DMAN999]

Thanks for the Feedback.
How did you Flash it ?
AFlash2, EZFlash, AFUDOS ??