Attention Asus Update Utility

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Scott

If anyone uses this to update you bios, PLEASE SHORT THE CMOS MANUALLY
after you do this or you will have problems. Problems usually range from
"system hiccups" to abnormal hard drive activities causing system lock ups
and hiccups


Update bios, uncheck CLEAR CMOS, wait till done, reboot to a shut down,
short the cmos jumper, (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO STANDBY POWER ON, DISCONNECT
YOUR POWER PLUS ALTOGETHER!! DO NOT SHORT CMOS UNTIL THERE IS NO POWER IN
ANY WAY GOING TO YOUR COMPUTER AS I DESCRIBE ABOVE OR YOU WILL MOST LIKELY
DAMAGE YOUR MB!!)

start back up, you will not have any issues!! Peace
 
"Scott" said:
If anyone uses this to update you bios, PLEASE SHORT THE CMOS MANUALLY
after you do this or you will have problems. Problems usually range from
"system hiccups" to abnormal hard drive activities causing system lock ups
and hiccups


Update bios, uncheck CLEAR CMOS, wait till done, reboot to a shut down,
short the cmos jumper, (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO STANDBY POWER ON, DISCONNECT
YOUR POWER PLUS ALTOGETHER!! DO NOT SHORT CMOS UNTIL THERE IS NO POWER IN
ANY WAY GOING TO YOUR COMPUTER AS I DESCRIBE ABOVE OR YOU WILL MOST LIKELY
DAMAGE YOUR MB!!)

start back up, you will not have any issues!! Peace
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Before reaching for the "Clear CMOS" jumper, remember to turn off and
unplug the computer from the wall. This will avoid any possible damage
and isn't properly documented in a number of Asus manuals. Unplugging the
computer guarantees there won't be any power on the motherboard while
you clear the CMOS.

The damage usually happens to a dual diode that logical ORs together
standby power with CMOS battery power. The CMOS jumper shorts the
standby power signal and draws a lot of current through the diode.
The diode burns out as a result, and sometimes a copper track gets
fried. And it was designed this way to save a few pennies on every
board.

Just to clarify what he said with regard to doing a "Clear CMOS"...

Paul
 
Scott said:
If anyone uses this to update you bios, PLEASE SHORT THE CMOS MANUALLY
after you do this or you will have problems. Problems usually range from
"system hiccups" to abnormal hard drive activities causing system lock ups
and hiccups


Update bios, uncheck CLEAR CMOS, wait till done, reboot to a shut down,
short the cmos jumper, (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO STANDBY POWER ON, DISCONNECT
YOUR POWER PLUS ALTOGETHER!! DO NOT SHORT CMOS UNTIL THERE IS NO POWER IN
ANY WAY GOING TO YOUR COMPUTER AS I DESCRIBE ABOVE OR YOU WILL MOST LIKELY
DAMAGE YOUR MB!!)

start back up, you will not have any issues!! Peace
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heya,

run this past me again ??!!?? I have used this twice with NO problems at all
! What are you saying the original problem is ???
 
heya,

run this past me again ??!!?? I have used this twice with NO problems at all
! What are you saying the original problem is ???
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Apparently he has yet to discover the Set CMOS Defaults widget in the system
bios setup utility...
 
daytripper said:
Apparently he has yet to discover the Set CMOS Defaults widget in the system
bios setup utility...
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But in using the Update Utility there is a message pop-up that clearly
states to set the BIOS to default settings both before and after using the
update utility. Literacy is a wondrous thing, is it not?
 
Never a bad idea to reset the bios. Also, when updating bios, I think
you should also make sure that the bios is not shadowed. There is no
reason to have bios shadowing anymore but some folks turn it on
anyway. The default is off (on my MB anyway).
 
system bios setup utility...

But in using the Update Utility there is a message pop-up that clearly
states to set the BIOS to default settings both before and after using the
update utility. Literacy is a wondrous thing, is it not?
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Yes, it surely is...

/daytripper (For the "challenged", a mighty Clue Bat is very handy ;-)
 
| In article <REyFb.36576$m83.18144@fed1read01>, "Scott"
|
| > If anyone uses this to update you bios, PLEASE SHORT THE CMOS
MANUALLY
| > after you do this or you will have problems. Problems usually
range from
| > "system hiccups" to abnormal hard drive activities causing system
lock ups
| > and hiccups
| >
| >
| > Update bios, uncheck CLEAR CMOS, wait till done, reboot to a
shut down,
| > short the cmos jumper, (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO STANDBY POWER ON,
DISCONNECT
| > YOUR POWER PLUS ALTOGETHER!! DO NOT SHORT CMOS UNTIL THERE IS NO
POWER IN
| > ANY WAY GOING TO YOUR COMPUTER AS I DESCRIBE ABOVE OR YOU WILL
MOST LIKELY
| > DAMAGE YOUR MB!!)
| >
| > start back up, you will not have any issues!! Peace
|
| Before reaching for the "Clear CMOS" jumper, remember to turn off
and
| unplug the computer from the wall. This will avoid any possible
damage
| and isn't properly documented in a number of Asus manuals.
Unplugging the
| computer guarantees there won't be any power on the motherboard
while
| you clear the CMOS.
|
| The damage usually happens to a dual diode that logical ORs together
| standby power with CMOS battery power. The CMOS jumper shorts the
| standby power signal and draws a lot of current through the diode.
| The diode burns out as a result, and sometimes a copper track gets
| fried. And it was designed this way to save a few pennies on every
| board.
|
| Just to clarify what he said with regard to doing a "Clear CMOS"...
|

I believe there is a current limiting resistor in series with the
"or-ing" diode to prevent the exact problem you describe, at least
I've seen it in some motherboards. An easy way to check for the
presence of the resistor is to measure resistance from the standby
power signal to the battery positive terminal. Seems rather
short-sighted to not put a current limiting resistor in this circuit
as it is readily foreseeable that users may short the "CMOS clear"
jumper w/o unplugging the computer.
 
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