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| Date | 2025-07-13 19:20 -0400 |
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| From | bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> |
| Subject | Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief |
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
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On 7/13/25 5:35 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 13/07/2025 07.58, Paul wrote:
>> On some systems, switching off the power three times, when the machine
>> is in trouble, initiates "load setup defaults" so you (in theory) can
>> get back in control of the machine.
>
> This been true on my earlier Asus boards, my current one is an ASRock,
> which is a bit different compared with Asus branded. Both have the
> common on newer cards that you should be able to flash from usb with a
> clean board, described on page 57 in the manual for the ProArt x870e
> Creator (copy can be downloaded from asus homepage).
That's one of three sections I was looking at but it's unclear, I'll
also include a link to a youtube video for the benefit of anyone
googling for info.
3.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
=========================
..
2. Rename the file using one of the following methods:
- Launch the BIOSRenamer.exe application to
automatically rename the file.
- Manually rename the file to the BIOS CAP filename
specified in the Specifications summary section.
(A5560.CAP in my manual)
- Manually rename the file to ASUS.CAP.
so is it A5560.CAP or ASUS.CAP?
The download page says to use A5560.CAP
3. Copy the renamed file to your USB storage device.
4. Turn on the system.
5. Insert the USB flash drive containing the BIOS file
to a USB port.
6. The utility automatically checks the devices for the
BIOS file. When found, the utility reads the BIOS
file and enters ASUS EZ Flash 3 automatically.
... WHICH 'utility'?
7. The system requires you to enter BIOS Setup to recover
the BIOS setting. To ensure system compatibility and
stability, we recommend that you press the <F5> hotkey
to load default BIOS values.
... Presumably the BIOS is loaded (with some data) enough to be
'enterable' to be then reset to defaults. What is the data loaded if it
is not 'defaults'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb6FbJwVg8Y
includes a step missing in the manual which possibly explains that the
'utility' is in fact the UEFI BIOS setup:
@ 1:34
it shows a winblows BIOSRenamer doing the renaming
but I can't make out what it ranames to
@ 2:01
- insert usb
- power ON, *then*
"Press the Del or F2 key to enter UEFI BIOS"
This one to get the CrashFree BIOS 3 going
@ 2:26
"the system will auto reboot"
at which time you again 'Press the Del or F2 key to enter UEFI BIOS
This one to advisedly revert BIOS to 'defaults'
So..
- I disconnected everything down to a near naked box
- 8gb non-ecc memory only and in slot 2 [A2]
- cleared CMOS
- plugged in an old cheap keyboard that even my old
crosshair-IV can detect (as opposed to DURGOD-320
which in 15 years it detected maybe 20 times)
- inserted the 14gb fat32 usb labeled ESD-USB with
only one file on it
A5560.CAP size = 33,558,528 (32.0 mb)
- powered ON
- held the 'Del' key for over 3 minutes
- repeated with a freshly downloaded/unpacked/renamed file
All I got was the yellow (DRAM) LED.
So much for the *ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3* that works after a BIOS hose.
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Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-12 00:45 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-12 03:04 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-12 11:02 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-07-12 17:24 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-12 19:14 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-12 20:46 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-13 01:58 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-07-13 11:35 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-13 19:20 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-13 22:20 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-14 01:36 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-15 19:26 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-16 04:44 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-16 09:34 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-16 11:11 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-16 17:19 -0400
new board ..Re: Asus x870e: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-31 22:48 -0400
Re: new board ..Re: Asus x870e: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-01 05:16 -0400
Re: new board ..Re: Asus x870e: more grief Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-08-02 14:59 +0300
Re: new board ..Re: Asus x870e: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-08-03 06:29 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-07-12 10:23 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-07-12 08:53 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-07-12 17:11 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-01 14:02 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-01 09:41 -0400
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-01 19:49 +0200
Re: Asus x870e Proart Creator motherboard: more grief bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-08-03 06:29 -0400
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