@Lost_N_BIOS - winbond 25q64fvsiq
I flashed withnvramucode2FIT BIOS all works fine.

@tarask1n - What software and ID have you been using? In my testing, for general CH341A and W25Q64FV, you need to use 1.30 or 1.34 and W25Q64BV ID or all writes will fail
Thanks for report back, good to hear all is OK with the ucode updated BIOS

@Lost_N_BIOS - I'm using Coright EP01 with latest FW 1.2.0.3 It correctly recognised Winbond chip and flashed it well when the chip is not soldered (non ISP mode).

Good to know, I don't recognize any of that, so must be some programmer I'm not familiar with.

It is very popular programmer on Aliexpress market which has enormous amount of clones called EZP2010, EZP2013 etc.

Ahh, yes, I am familar with EZP20xx models, but I've never used them. What year kit did you get? I may have to pick one up sometime just for testing purposes

2013 design board.

Chalk up a third person with Q302LA 205 BIOS issues. I was doing the same thing as the OP after a RAM upgrade, and started with the recommended BIOS update. Same non-boot scenario as above.

Just purchased a CH341A, so I have a day or so to learn how to flash it properly. Can someone point me to some links on what I need to know?

Thanks in advance.

Hi @Lost_N_BIOS

The same thing happened to me with the update of bios 205 of the Q302L notebook, the screen freezes and I cannot access the bios setup. This update is done on January 26 after changing ram and ssd (previous Bios 203). I am waiting for programmer CH341A to be able to start the process described in the guide and follow the steps with which you helped to solve @Techsavvydad.

Hi @Lost_N_BIOS and rest of the people suffering from the bad 205 update,

Count me as yet another person facing the same problem. I updated my laptop with a new SSD and then went on to update the BIOS (since I was at 203 and the website showed me 205). I am a noob, however, and I used the ASUS Winflash utility downloaded from their website. Everything looked like it went smoothly, didn't see any errors and the verification of the image was successful. But lo and behold, all I saw was the ASUS logo.

I read through this thread and have learned that it is indeed 205 that is screwing with everyone. Lost_N_BIOS, thank you for helping everyone with this. I am hoping you are able to help me too.

Since I am totally new at this, what is it that I need tov do to be able to provide you with a dump of my BIOS? I have ordered myself a CH341A programming kit. Techsavydad helped me find the BIOS chip. So my next question is, can I use something like this to connect to the CH341A without desoldering the IC:

https://www.amazon.in/DHRUV-PRO-SOIC8-So...ZMJ6ZTT7EJRYNCX

Any help from anyone will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Sid

Hi @Lost_N_BIOS,

I have extracted the BIOS from my chip - here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sUuzMW...lTqG0cmxnh65RUI

This is the image after I upgraded the BIOS to 205 and it stopped working after that. Could you please help me and provide a fixed image I can flash the chip with? If you need the S/N and a photo of the back label, I can PM that to you.

Thank you,
Sid

Hi @sidmodi ,
I've prepared a BIOS image for you with all your sensitive data from the bricked image.
Just try http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...386292481436255

@tarask1n it worked! Thank you so much for preparing the image for me. I will now try and get ASUS to pull that 205 image down from the Q302LA page. I will link this thread to them, hopefully they are able to do something about it.

Well, I should have researched before updating the BIOS using Winflash and 205 from ASUS site, it was previously BIOS 203.

Exact same problem as here and why I joined this forum: Asus Q302L BIOS update problems

They should have a compatibility warning of sorts on their site for their BIOS 205 like others... Should I contact ASUS tomorrow? I searched high and low for an alternative to contacting customer service. Not sure how I'm going to tell my 10 yo he's gonna have to wait for a fix on his laptop because daddy (or ASUS) is a bone head updating the BIOS when nothing was wrong with it in the first place.

You know the old saying, if it ain't broken...however I could not resist as it was released last year and labeled "Optimize system performance."

Add me to this list, CH341A kit is being delivered tomorrow for Asus Q302LA-BBIT14 going from 203 to 205 BIOS that bricked. Chip is W25Q64FV where this pdf, pages 6-9, helps understand what we’re doing: https://www.winbond.com/resource-files/w...%2007182017.pdf

...when performing this procedure: [GUIDE] The Beginners Guide to Using a CH341A SPI Programmer/Flasher (With Pictures!)