Reboot time after BIOS flash?

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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member -  
TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member -
Hello,
How long does it take to reboot the PC after flashing a BIOS via Asus Update?
Thank you
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
What?! You want to know how long you have to wait to reboot it? Well, you can do it right away or wait 10 seconds just to be safe, but not longer.
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
Hi
I flashed the BIOS using the ASUS update.
At the end of the flash, it asked me to reboot ... which I did, and then the PC restarts but it's a black screen ...
No action possible.
After waiting for 10 to 15 minutes, I did a reset.
The new BIOS is there, but I'm worried about the outcome of the operation I performed.
Do you have any advice??
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
Well, it's normal; he needs to update the BIOS, configure it, and all that!
So problem solved?!
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
what do you mean?!
does your PC start up fine?
do you have your XP?
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Hi The Fly Fab,

"Do you have any advice??": Yes, you've been warned little rascal :D

More seriously, the best thing is to restore the BIOS to its original state (before you started tinkering with it, in fact). To do this, since you have an Asus motherboard, you can use the "Asus OC Profile" function (if you configured it...)

Bye.
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
Hi, and thanks already
Actually, no, I hadn't configured it. I did save my original BIOS though. I'll take a look.
But I have a quick question
The revision of my BIOS at startup is indeed the right one, so how can I tell if the flashing worked or not??
Because I won't mess with it if it's good.
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Re,

Well, to see if everything is working fine, you can already restart your PC to see if it behaves in the same way, that is to say, booting in the same amount of time as you described above.

Otherwise, nothing prevents you from going to check without saving anything.

Bye.
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
re
the PC reboots fine ... it's just after the flashing that it restarted in a weird way, namely black screen
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
euh ... yes but how long do you have to wait after flashing the BIOS before it restarts??
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Re,

That's good then, because it’s really a very delicate element often "mistreated" wrongly without caution: I'm not saying this for you :PP.

"Well, it's normal he needs to update the BIOS, configure it and all that!":
I've never seen such a long time.

"So, problem solved?!": That's not false ;))

Looking forward to it.
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
Well, actually, you just need to restart it once; either you're lucky and it's already applied, or it's not applied, so you start it, black screen, you wait a bit
you turn it off, you reboot.
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
Ok thanks
So if I understand correctly
I flash
I restart
the black screen on restart
I turn off the PC (brutally)
I restart
and if it boots and the BIOS version appears correctly on the startup screen
is that good??

Am I right??
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Re,

""the black screen at restart
I turn off the PC (like a brute)
" :

Binhh ... if it doesn't come back on its own, yeah, you don't have a choice ...

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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
lol ok thanks for the info
(sorry for being such a pain)
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Re,

"lol ok thanks for the info" : No problem.

"(sorry for being such a burden)" : No, not at all, you have to say that. You managed to flash your BIOS on the first try without any issues (especially since if you mess up in the BIOS, boom!, it's a guaranteed major crash ...), that's really good, it means you did the right steps.

Bye.
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
Yeah, when you flash the BIOS, you wait a little moment, time to go check the paste or smoke a cigarette or have a coffee just to make sure everything installs properly, and then you reboot!
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
Re,

Yeah, that's right, you even have time to go and get yourself f*****.
Everything is said.

Best regards.
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tarznague Posted messages 838 Status Member 105
 
Yes, that's exactly what I meant!
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Intern@ute Posted messages 838 Status Member 181
 
LOL !
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TheFlyFab Posted messages 49 Status Member 10
 
ok
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