Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #45

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Ohh! So, to confirm, you sent him FPT dump, he modified and you flashed in and it bricked right then? If yes, then it\'s a bad mod, and nothing to do with you changing any settings in BIOS. Sorry, I thought you changed something, then it died.

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@chadalu - Ohh OK, thanks for confirming. Yes, tonight I will make you package of all recent BIOS compatible with SOIC8 too, but no rush on this since you can reflash all those at your house anyway once chip in place.
BIOS at post #22 should work for this, and I think it's the only one that even had your system partially up and running again isn't it? I'll redo some of the others too, and get you a few made with alternate ME FW stuff to make sure that is OK as well.
That would be nice if Asus send you a file, it would be similar or same to BIOS at post #22, or more like first one at post #35 actually, since I used near 100% stock BIOS from Asus for one of those.

Sorry, no, I don't know anything about the debug port/cable etc. Only can say that will just add more mess here, more soldering, and it's not needed, wont be any help.
If you can get them to explain, which I doubt, maybe you could read/write EC FW from there, but just guessing. BIOS we can do anyway, so it's not needed at all for that.

ASus denied my request !

Im little busy this weak, i think at friday i ill have the chip soldered in place, and i report you back!

@chadalu - Did you send them the system, or they just denied over email? If over email, why, too late/date, or some other reason?

Denied over email

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Thank you for contacting ASUS product support. On behalf
of Asus we thank you for your patience and your support. Based on the information gathered by our team. Unfortunately you would need to have the unit sent to Asus in order to have this issue resolved or taken to a local repair center as we are unable to provide a flash to assist. Our system shows that your warranty end date was 2020/06/16 . While this repair is not covered in the warranty, we will still be happy to complete it. A Non-Refundable Diagnostic Fee payment of $85 needs to be paid before entering into a servicing arrangement which doesn't represent the cost of repair but will allow for shipping and labor/ assessment. Once the course of action is determined by the Repair Team a quote will be sent to you with the actual cost to repair the unit. To process the fee please visit the link below.

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If i was a US resident would be easier,but to send and receive this notebook via international post will cost me a kidney and i would have bigger problems in brazil customs

Ahh, and just out of warranty, sounds like my luck too They'd probably charge you MUCH more once they seen the re-work done too, or just deny and say the board is damaged etc, and you need to pay to have it sent back etc.
So yeah, that's not ideal to pay hundreds of dollars for such hassles

Oh, Lost_N_BIOS
This weekend i decided to make a wson reader using 8 needles, and conected direct to programer ports
Something like this https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32959689888.html

Believe me or Not!
i Was able to read the chip , erased it, black checked,
(here comes the nice part)

and when the write starts, my hand sliped a little, and i shorted a neddle leg on eprom ground, (Reader 3 pin on Epron 4 Pin)
The neddle point got red hot, and made a little pun on board/chip lateral
Looks like i almost killed the ground trail (pin 4) but it was a fat trail,i burned like half of it. (check images)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/bft9z1lh75owj9v/file

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The trails looks like were not damaged, i removed the chip, and everything was "fine" and i really hope that i didnt shorted anything on the board

the guy decided to not work on my notebook anymore ! (Quitter!!!)

So i ill take it to another pc store on a next city and find someone who can do a clean job on it!

I should update next weak!

Hey @Lost_N_BIOS

i Bought a Bios file for my notebook on ebay, The bios version is 305 (mine was on 307 but should be no problem)
Could you check if it ill be compatible with my notebook?
It is possible to add compatibility to Winbond chip?
I ill send my notebook to another pc store and have the winbond soldered

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w5810zv596...on+305.bin/file

@chadalu - Sorry to hear! That usually damages the trace internally, if not on top of PCB where you can see it blow through, and if not then it also blows the overvoltage protection circuits too usually
When you purchase a file on ebay, they send you stock BIOS with FD and ME (If you get lucky, sometimes they don't even put that on there) So that was waste of $$ and you should try to get refund!
Rare seller might give you some dump from other repair site (ie same as I mentioned above, but they didn't make the file themselves, but this only difference) << That may be why they give you 305 instead of 307, lazy or didn't know how to make same 307
I can't check if BIOS is compatible, if you purchase correct model it should be correct BIOS. I guess I can check the model number in there for you if you want? They should have at least sent you latest BIOS.

You shorted the BIOS traces vss to ground, you need a new motherboard or for someone to repair this board if possible now.
Trace will be blown through, 100% this happens instantly, you would not be quick enough to stop it from happening (it's instantaneous)
You only felt the heat from after-the-fact, and you may not be able to see damage due to it's under chip, and or inside PCB layers.
If you are lucky, only the trace blew out on top layer of PCB and not overvoltage/surge IC, and once chip removed you can repair trace by clean, and connect both sides across the break.
Remove that chip and get me some images of the area cleaned with all solder removed from area. This is your only concern now, BIOS files or BIOS chips do not matter anymore until the board is repaired Sorry this happened!

Yes, he probably quit due to this, nothing he can do unless he wants to, and knows how to, repair the blown out trace.

Wait!! You said you removed the chip? Where is image of clean space there, let me see it?

I bought the bios in case my base was not fine , they did not asked for my dump, so the file is from another Notebook and have another Base.
At least we should try, I uploaded the file in the #53 post.

The damage from the burn was "superficial" , Sorry i didnt take any picture of the area when the chip was removed.
My major concern is that the processe i did in post #52 may shorted something else, like that ITE chip next to it (it is possible?)
The Wson chip is working, i was able to flash it using the ebay file.
But i got no life response from notebook.

I think i ill send my mobo to a repair store in a big city,
I ill ask them to flash a file from post #35 that is known for almost working,at least it boots up,turn the leds on, and shows the splash logo of asus
Just to be sure that i didnt shorted anything else

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Hey @Lost_N_BIOS
Just sent my notebook to a big repair store, lets see what they say.

In this meantime , is it possible to help me add NVMe support to my desktop pc?
The mobo is a Gigabyte H110 D3A.

Hi @Lost_N_BIOS

It has been a long time, and today i receive the good news that the pc repair managed to fix my notebook
and the guy said he used some bios from a "forum he knows" , almost sure it is a bios of yours!

at this point i dont care lol, but i ill figure out when it arrives
I think i ill get my notebook at the weekend, thanks for all your support!

https://imgur.com/a/xOpLE6B

Fixed

@chadalu - Sorry for the super late reply!! I loose posts far too often, stuff gets buried quick here
Great to hear this system is now fixed and working!!

Do you still need NVME mod for H110? I would expect that to already be NVME compatible, but if it's not I can do for you [likeeeeeeeeee

Hi man, no problems,

Really thank you for all your support and attention

I dont need the mod for the h110 anymore, thank you!

At this point im afraid to try another mod on my notebook XD, was really expensive fixing it xD