[GSOD Fix?] Beta vBIOS update for G73JH

[wagnard]

yes Tho the overdrive is mostly vbios dependant

[HeavenCry]

HellCry, were you able to test HDMI and VGA on the modified BIOS u got?

I did and i didnt have success with it. Cant get it to work. I do have a little buggy Bravia TV here in my apartment, but i tried all four HDMI ports and usually if it craps out on one the other works. But to be sure ill wait for Wagnard to test it himself too.

[The Beast]

Ok, here is my results:

1) Flash BIOS to 209 from 211 via EZFlash
2) Reboot, flash the vBios to the unmodified Beta
3) Reboot, uninstall Asus 10.1 drivers
4) Reboot, go into Safe Mode, run DriverSweeper, remove all references to ATI
5) Reboot, run the ATI-10.7a Hotfix installer, install Express
6) Reboot, run Furmark 1.8.2, stress-test, Xtreme Burning mode, Post-FX

Results:

20+ minutes of Furmark without a single glitch, error, GSOD or problem.

For reference:

Model: G73Jh-A3
BIOS: 209
vBios: Beta unmodified
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (non-clean install, in-place upgrade from Home Premium)
VRAM: Samsung

I was unable to run any driver before other than Asus 9.12 or 10.1 without a GSOD in Furmark within a few minutes.

I will try 10.8 and see if I have problems, but 10.7a is working great so far.

[jaolhe2]

so with all of the posts i think we lost sight of the new asus vbios beta...what is the verdict?

It sounds like its better but not perfect. is this acurate?

Im going to hold off on this or the MSI till i hear more from you guys...

Well the verdict can be seen quite easily in many previous posts: Asus beta vbios is neither a fix nor in any way better than stock vbios, perhaps worse. Stay away from it.

MSI vbios (file dated March 8th 2010) named br36532.018 works very well and without any flickering/gsod problems with every Ati driver and Asus system bios. You only cannot use hdmi/vga connectors using this vbios.

[crashdude09]

well is there a way to install the old vbio to my g73 so i can have hdmi right now i have the beta install

[lord_neno]

Ok, here is my results:

1) Flash BIOS to 209 from 211 via EZFlash
2) Reboot, flash the vBios to the unmodified Beta
3) Reboot, uninstall Asus 10.1 drivers
4) Reboot, go into Safe Mode, run DriverSweeper, remove all references to ATI
5) Reboot, run the ATI-10.7a Hotfix installer, install Express
6) Reboot, run Furmark 1.8.2, stress-test, Xtreme Burning mode, Post-FX

Results:

20+ minutes of Furmark without a single glitch, error, GSOD or problem.

For reference:

Model: G73Jh-A3
BIOS: 209
vBios: Beta unmodified
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (non-clean install, in-place upgrade from Home Premium)
VRAM: Samsung

I was unable to run any driver before other than Asus 9.12 or 10.1 without a GSOD in Furmark within a few minutes.

I will try 10.8 and see if I have problems, but 10.7a is working great so far.

welcome to the club of the lucky ones!

I'm downloading l4d2 to see if it works, do you have splinter cell conviction to test it?

[DRevan]

Well the verdict can be seen quite easily in many previous posts: Asus beta vbios is neither a fix nor in any way better than stock vbios, perhaps worse. Stay away from it.

MSI vbios (file dated March 8th 2010) named br36532.018 works very well and without any flickering/gsod problems with every Ati driver and Asus system bios. You only cannot use hdmi/vga connectors using this vbios.

What do you mean by worse? It's not worse, if it gives GSOD for some1, just reinstall the stock VGA driver.

[ziddy123]

I heard that the later MSI vbioses really might have bricked G73's. But the older one from March posted in the beginning of that 'vbios update' thread is already version 012.020 and it works great, for me at least (don't need hdmi/vga).

Yes that's what I typed, the latest one bricked my G73.

[TurboTsunami]

Asus beta vbios is neither a fix nor in any way better than stock vbios, perhaps worse. Stay away from it.

It IS better than stock vBIOS, so dont talk to others without testing it yourself!

[HeavenCry]

One question The_Beast; Do you also have ATI HDMI Installed or not? I suspect you dont since you did a clean 10.7a install and If you dont could you install it (just run the stock 10.1 setup, its in there and its the only driver that will be installed if you run it) and test again?

The beta does have proper powerplay so i guess you could call it better if you ignore the GSODs. But im so used to changing power plans i dont really need automatic clocks switching anymore .