The reason I asked is to get the board up and running quicker @sylar76
I thank you for your help on this

In order to get your board up and running quicker you need to dump your current bios as it contains specific
info of your motherboard, like MAC Address, UUID and MB S/N which are needed to make it properly working.

I want to help you, but it seems you're only wasting your time.

Hi Sylar this is the bios dump it did come up with error 18 when i saved it , hopefully everything is there @Sylar76

@Sav

Here is your reconstructed bios from Asus including info taken from your dump. This is the bios you need to flash with the eeprom programmer.

Zitat von Sav im Beitrag #59

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The chips off eBay do they come already programmed, so I can just swap them over?

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So remove bios chip install into the programmer and use the same programme that i used to dump the bios file to programme it ?
Thank you for all the help

@Sav

If you have bought the CH341A programmer, you have to install drivers first, then insert the eeprom chip in the right way, open ASProgrammer 1.4.0 (which can be found on the net but if you need I can upload on my google drive),
erase the eeprom chip of your motherboard and flash the M7HBackup.bin I've attached few posts above.

Then, reinsert eeprom chip in the eeprom housing, do a clear cmos (button on rear of your case) and power on your PC and you should be able to see the ME version properly reported inside bios info.

Ok programmer ordered I’ll see if I can find the program. If it doesn’t show the me version after flashing it, what would be the next step ?

If bios is flashed properly, ME version will be shown with no errors at all. I've used the same version (beta) of the dumped bios you linked me.

ok no worries thank you for your help.
When you looked at the bios dump northing else looked corrupted or missing ?
When you have time could you please link the ASProgrammer 1.4.0 ?
I will keep you posted when the programmer arrives.
Thanks again for the help

@Sav

Go here

@Sylar76 programmer turned up and about to remove chip .
Just double checking nothing else is needed off the original bios?

@Sav

Take the M7HBACKUP linked above, detect chip on CH341A with ASProgrammer 1.4.0, read its content (only for a second backup),
then erase eeprom and write the bios from my link. That's all.

erased and reprogrammed with your bios still the same @Sylar76

I did the same as this video.
https://youtu.be/5NYe21nFSDI