How to safely and effectively refresh the bios at my Asus Eee PC 1001HA?
Bas Roufs
So far, my attempts to "flash"/ refresh the bios of my netbook failed.
My netbook is an Asus Eee PC 1001HA, with a dual boot configuration:
Kubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and Win7. I tried 3 methods proposed by
Asus:
at the Windows partition, via some special bios update tool;
with MS-DOS or Freedos at bootable CD's and USB sticks, in combination
with the latest version of the so-called 'afudos' utility;
with "EZ flash", also together with a bootable USB or CD.
None of the 3 methods has worked so far in my case.
Does anybody have experience with any method which effectively helps
to refresh the bios of some Asus Eee PC?
Thx. for replying,
Bas Roufs.
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Nathan Bahn
First of all, you don't say what your reasons are for wanting to "flash the BIOS". Flashing a BIOS should only be done for a damned good reason because if ANYTHING goes wrong while the BIOS is being flashed, then your motherboard will instantly become just so much scrap metal (an uninterruptable power source is strongly recommended). FLASHING THE BIOS SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERTAKEN LIGHTLY!!!
Second of all, (and this is a minor thing, but still.....) you don't explicitly state that your optical drive and USB port(s?) are working properly -- and I'm assuming that there's no floppy drive.
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Oh, yeah, and two more things:
- What's the version number of your BIOS?
- It would be helpful if you would type out EXACTLY what you did (along with your computer's responses).
James Michael Fultz
> Dear forum members
>
> So far, my attempts to "flash"/ refresh the bios of my netbook failed.
> My netbook is an Asus Eee PC 1001HA, with a dual boot configuration:
> Kubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and Win7. I tried 3 methods proposed by
> Asus:
> at the Windows partition, via some special bios update tool;
> with MS-DOS or Freedos at bootable CD's and USB sticks, in combination
> with the latest version of the so-called 'afudos' utility;
> with "EZ flash", also together with a bootable USB or CD.
> None of the 3 methods has worked so far in my case.
> Does anybody have experience with any method which effectively helps
> to refresh the bios of some Asus Eee PC?
The following instructions appear to be the easiest platform independent
means of updating the firmware on an Eee PC.
<http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/UpgradeBIOS>
zongo saiba
> Dear forum members
>
> So far, my attempts to "flash"/ refresh the bios of my netbook failed.
> My netbook is an Asus Eee PC 1001HA, with a dual boot configuration:
> Kubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and Win7. I tried 3 methods proposed by
> Asus:
> at the Windows partition, via some special bios update tool;
> with MS-DOS or Freedos at bootable CD's and USB sticks, in combination
> with the latest version of the so-called 'afudos' utility;
> with "EZ flash", also together with a bootable USB or CD.
> None of the 3 methods has worked so far in my case.
> Does anybody have experience with any method which effectively helps
> to refresh the bios of some Asus Eee PC?
>
> Thx. for replying,
>
> Bas Roufs.
>
bios in anyways you mentioned. I could not find out why.
Bas Roufs
> I have the exact same issue with my Eeepc 1001HA. I could not update the
> bios in anyways you mentioned. I could not find out why.
The most important reason why I thought that my bios had not been
sufficiently updated, was a problem with my touchpad in combination
with a jumping cursor. But today, someone at the forum gave me a good
hint:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad
Now, the problem with respect to the touchpad has been solved. The
cursor does not jump any more uncontrollably all the time.
In the mean time, I did manage to 'flash' the bios via a special
update software package at the windows partition. But I am not yet
sure whether this will be also enough for the Linux partition. I will
check this with ASUS and elsewhere and report my findings to this
forum.
Respectfully yours,
Bas.
Xander Pirdy
PARTLY SOLVED.
The most important reason why I thought that my bios had not been
> I have the exact same issue with my Eeepc 1001HA. I could not update the
> bios in anyways you mentioned. I could not find out why.
sufficiently updated, was a problem with my touchpad in combination
with a jumping cursor. But today, someone at the forum gave me a good
hint:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad
Now, the problem with respect to the touchpad has been solved. The
cursor does not jump any more uncontrollably all the time.
In the mean time, I did manage to 'flash' the bios via a special
update software package at the windows partition. But I am not yet
sure whether this will be also enough for the Linux partition.
The bios is located on the motherboard and as such, is hardware based, it doesn't even care about what is on your hard drive. Updating from windows, is a permanent change that is stored to the motherboard. Changing hard drives or booting linux won't change this. Just FYI.
-xander