I have an ASUS P9X79 Deluxe. I cannot get the ASUS USB BIOS Flashback to work. I push the USB Flashback button and release when the light starts to flash. Light flashes 3 times and then the LED on the button stays solid. No activity on the USB drive.I have tried the following:. Format a 16G and 8GB USB stick to NTFS and FAT32 respectively. BIOS file is named to P9X79D.CAP.
Put P9X79D.CAP file on USB stick. No other files present on USB stick.
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So, i want to use Flashback BIOS procedure using a USB 2.0 stick, formatted FAT 32, with only Z77VD.CAP file on it. I plug it on the specific green USB port. PC power is on, W7 not running. Pressing 3-5 sec the BIOS Flash button lights blue led intermittently 3 to 5 sec, not more, and then the blue led light remains on. 雷神 ROG THOR 1200W 白金牌认证电源搭载 Aura Sync 神光同步与 OLED 显示屏,带来引人入胜的使用体验!.
BIOS file on USB stick is a different version than on the board. Insert USB into white USB Flashback port. Push button and release when light begins to flashMy reason for doing this method versus using UEFI to upgrade the BIOS is to install a modded version of the latest BIOS to allow a NVMe SSD to boot when using a PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter.Please tell me what I'm missing.
I remember in the past being able to upgrade my BIOS in this way, so I know it's possible.
System NameHellbox 3.0(same case new guts)Processori7 4790K 4.6MotherboardAsus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1CoolingTT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)AC Cuplex Kryos CPU Block/NoctuaMemory2x8GB Corsair Vengance Pro 2400Video Card(s)Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 64StorageWD Caviar Black SATA 3 1TB x2 RAID 0 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD BlueDisplay(s)Samsung CGH70 27” 1440 144hz Freesync 2 HDRCaseTT Kandalf L.C.S.Audio Device(s)Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1Power SupplySeasonic X-1050W 80+ GoldMouseG502 Proteus SpectrumKeyboardG19sSoftwareWin 10 Pro x64. When I installed my 980ti in my x79 mobo - my pc wouldn't start. After some blind panic (had redone my water loop) I thought about BIOS stuff. Although our boards are different gens the issues may be similar?I dl'ed a CAP (converter) file from my wife's laptop and used the EZ flashback option. That's the one on standby when you don't turn PC on. My first few attempts failed until i tried a newer USB stick.
The USB must be formatted to FAT or NTFS. My older USB stick wasn't formatted correctly (i think). Do as Pill Monster says and make sure the file is named 100% correctly (I used ASUS' support section to get the info for my mobo).
Once the file is on a compatible stick, you pop it in the EZ flash USB slot (PC power led on mobo is on but not powered up). Hold the flashback button beside the USB port until it starts flashing and let go.
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It should flash for a while. When it stops flashing completely - you can restart system.If you've done all that anyway and it didn't work - I'm all out of ideas. System NameHellbox 3.0(same case new guts)Processori7 4790K 4.6MotherboardAsus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1CoolingTT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)AC Cuplex Kryos CPU Block/NoctuaMemory2x8GB Corsair Vengance Pro 2400Video Card(s)Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 64StorageWD Caviar Black SATA 3 1TB x2 RAID 0 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD BlueDisplay(s)Samsung CGH70 27” 1440 144hz Freesync 2 HDRCaseTT Kandalf L.C.S.Audio Device(s)Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1Power SupplySeasonic X-1050W 80+ GoldMouseG502 Proteus SpectrumKeyboardG19sSoftwareWin 10 Pro x64. Tried the renamer, The BIOS Flashback doesn't read the file either it's really strange.
Like if I rename it to a.ROM the BIOS doesn't even see the file but either the 'raw' file or the 'renamed' file it refuses to read them.As for the USB format I have tried FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. All with the same resultEdit: To clarify when I ask EZFlash to read the file it comes back 'Not a Proper BIOS file' or something to that effect.Flashback(using the renamer)it blinks 3 times then goes solid(so no completing). Tried the renamer, The BIOS Flashback doesn't read the file either it's really strange.
Like if I rename it to a.ROM the BIOS doesn't even see the file but either the 'raw' file or the 'renamed' file it refuses to read them.As for the USB format I have tried FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. All with the same resultEdit: To clarify when I ask EZFlash to read the file it comes back 'Not a Proper BIOS file' or something to that effect.Flashback(using the renamer)it blinks 3 times then goes solid(so no completing). Tried the renamer, The BIOS Flashback doesn't read the file either it's really strange. Like if I rename it to a.ROM the BIOS doesn't even see the file but either the 'raw' file or the 'renamed' file it refuses to read them.As for the USB format I have tried FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. All with the same resultEdit: To clarify when I ask EZFlash to read the file it comes back 'Not a Proper BIOS file' or something to that effect.Flashback(using the renamer)it blinks 3 times then goes solid(so no completing). System NameHellbox 3.0(same case new guts)Processori7 4790K 4.6MotherboardAsus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1CoolingTT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)AC Cuplex Kryos CPU Block/NoctuaMemory2x8GB Corsair Vengance Pro 2400Video Card(s)Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 64StorageWD Caviar Black SATA 3 1TB x2 RAID 0 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD BlueDisplay(s)Samsung CGH70 27” 1440 144hz Freesync 2 HDRCaseTT Kandalf L.C.S.Audio Device(s)Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1Power SupplySeasonic X-1050W 80+ GoldMouseG502 Proteus SpectrumKeyboardG19sSoftwareWin 10 Pro x64.
USBF tends be a bit finicky sometimes, as the54thvoid mentioned. From say idk 100 usbf flashes there would be maybe 5 or 6 that didn't work for me the first time.Don't give up yet.If the board is X99 pro rename the file X99P.CAP, then delete everything on the flash stick and drop the file on it. That's all, but stick has to be totally clean. Might take a couple of rinse and repeats.Maybe try different bios version.?when using EZYFlash don't rename the file, instead just leave it as ASUSX99 Pro.cap or whatever it's called. System NameGaming PCProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3300 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)MotherboardGA-B75M-D3H (rev. 1.1)CoolingStockMemorycrucial dominator 8gb DDR3 dimmVideo Card(s)AMD HIS 6870 (barts XT) Fan 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/DP/2xDVIStorageHDS722580VLSA80Display(s)19' Acer P215HCaseold silver case from the officeAudio Device(s)Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer Sound Card without the remotePower SupplyRX-730SS 730WMouseKiwi Technology Optical mouse m/n kw114KeyboardMitsumi keyboard unitSoftwareOS is Windows 7 home premium, sometimes I use linux mint mate or sabayon both liveBenchmark ScoresCL-RCD-RP-RAS Write Speed 2x DDR3-1333 SDRAM 9-9-9-23 CR1 10484 MB/s. Done this a few times, once my old RIVE board displayed the OO Q code.
I thought for sure I needed to RMA it, but saw this video my first few attempts failed. Think I ended up holding the button longer or something as if the bios light starts to flash but then stop after only a few seconds it did not flash, think I counted to 60 seconds or so(I did it a few times).
Again it was easy on the RIVE board as it has 2 bios chips to begin with, my issue at the time was a Q code of 00 after an overclock failure.presently I have a Asus X79-Deluxe(no dual bios) board works fine with my 3930K CPU, I bought a Zeon CPU and when powered up I get the 00 Q code.