[amarok1981]

Hi

I have a 1 month old ASUS laptop (U46S) running windows 7 pro. It was working like a dream until a couple of days ago when I started up to be greeted with the "asustek easy flash utility" which told me all about what bios version I have. There was a progress bar which said "erasing" which worried me slightly. When it reached 100% another progress bar appeared saying "programming". When it reached 100% the system shut down. When I press the power button it will not even reach the BIOS stage now. I have already tried removing the battery and holding down the power button for a while before restarting. This worked once and then a few days later the whole thing happened again. This time nothing seems to be working with regards to fixing the issue. I really don't want to have to send it back to Asus since I bought it in the UK but I live in Italy. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I took a video of the whole thing the 2nd time it happened in case it helps,

Cheers

[Triple6]

You need to contact Asus for warranty service, you have a BIOS flash that went bad, they'll either walk you through a solution or request the laptop be sent in for repair or replacement.

[ThePCguy95]

You should be able to find the bios utility on their website, i believe it will make a usb tool to boot from on the laptop and update/replace the bios which might fix this issue.

If not, you may need to send it back, because I cant think of anything else to do.

[prunejuice]

Why on God's green earth would you flash a one month old laptop that was, in your words:

Originally Posted by amarok1981

...working like a dream...

[ThePCguy95]

I don't think he was trying to flash it, but things happen. It may have been a fluke, or something he accidentally hit in the bios. But there is the chance it is broken somehow.

[amarok1981]

Thanks for the replies. I've contacted Asus to see what solutions they offer. Prunejuice, there is no way I was wanting to flash the BIOS of a brand new laptop. This flash utility started of its own accord. I didn't press a single key on startup. Very weird. I'll have a browse through the Asus website and see if I can get a utility on USB to help out.

[managed]

The Usb utility would be used to flash the Bios, I don't think you should try that yet. I would wait to see what Asus recommend.