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The Non Critical Block 2 of my BIOS has been corrupted meaning I no longer have functioning keyboard backlight. And I did not make a backup of my BIOS prior to this issue. Resetting the CMOS or flashing a new BIOS from my notebooks drivers page also does not work. If you are willing, I really need a BIOS dump from an Asus ROG notebook with currently working backlit keyboard so that I can reflash the Non Critical Block 2 of my BIOS. NOTEBOOK MODEL DOES NOT MATTER, ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT YOUR NOTEBOOK IS FROM THE ASUS ROG SERIES If you do not know how, [Link Removed by Moderation] will allow you to save a dump of your BIOS as a rom file. Download, extract, and run "AFUWINGUI.exe", Click "Save" at the bottom of the program, and upload your BIOS dump somewhere I can download it. If anyone is willing to do it, I would really appreciate it.

Except this was never a problem until today. The CPU *will not* go above 3.08Ghz when a game is running regardless on if temps where 50c when before it had no problem going to 3.5 when called for. After more looking around it seems Throttle Stop did change something stopping the CPU from reaching max clocks under certain powerstates after seeing other people have the same issue.

So (seemingly) out of the blue, the boost algorithm decided it no longer wants to go above 3.08Ghz on all cores when under load. If this is a driver issue, would a complete windows reset remove the current drivers? and revert back to basic drivers since this was not an issue until today?

Temps stays under 76. This happens regardless of temp range. Only when I start playing a game.or attempt to benchmark in XTU. And it only started happening today.

After trying out Throttlestop to undervolt and installing an Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver, I noticed that my CPU now downclocks and stays pinned at 3.08Ghz during games but not during regular use as I've seen it at 3.30Ghz. The CPU in question is a i7-6700HQ. I doubt the driver should affect the CPU. But even then, I don't even know which driver to uninstall. And Throttlestop was only temporary. I've already deleted the .ini related to it and restart my system, but the problem still persist. And made sure that Windows is set to High Performance mode. At this point I'm thinking of just doing a full windows reinstall.

This whole problem actually started after updating to a more stable BIOS (I cannot role back the BIOS update to see if that fixes anything). Not sure what happened but the 860 in the system just got corrupted and stopped working after that. And I've tried MBR, legacy, and bootable USB. I can actually boot with the SSD plugged in via USB now, but its still not usable in the machine(s) and I still get hung during post when its in a SATA slot.

Unfortunately, this PC doesn't seem to have a Boot List option to change to UEFI mode, or legacy ROMs. It seems Asus didn't want you to run anything besides Windows on their laptop. Which also explains why I was never able to get Linux to run on this.

The drive is a Samsung 860 Evo 2TB. I was able to format it in another machine and it works in Linux, but I cant get the drive to work properly when I plug it into a machine when its running windows via sata to USB connection. And in the main machine I had it in, for some reason the PC will not boot past the manufacture logo when it detects this specific drive in the sata slot. I'm sure this has something to do with secure boot or legacy BIOS settings, as disabling/enabling those got it to work in the older laptop, but changing the former didn't do anything, and I can't find the latter anywhere in BIOS settings. Plugging it into a Windows machine makes it show up as a 0 byte drive I cant access (in Windows explorer that is). I'm currently reformatting it while also wiping all data in linux on the older laptop to see if that fixes anything. I'll try the command again if this doesn't work and post the output logs. Edit: It should be noted, I was able to install Windows on the drive, I just cant use it on another machine for some reason when its not the boot drive. Along with the problem of not being able to boot into Windows if Legacy BIOS settings is not disabled Edit 2: I'm not sure if the output is supposed to display more than this, but this is what my console says after fragging the drive: 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes copied, 0.00243022 s, 211 kB/s which I assume is completely normal

Hello, the console was able to frag the drive (it seems) as I had no errors and was able to attempt to format it, only I was met with an I/O error presumably because Im doing it over a USB connection. However, I cannot attempt to format it through a pure sata connection as keeping it plugged into a sata connection during post keeps every PC I plug it into unable to boot past the manufacturer logo screen. So close yet so far. Edit: It didnt work on my main PC, but on one of my older laptops I was able to mess around in the BIOS settings and got it to work

I've tried Linux and that didn't work. It just reads it as an unrecognized PMBR partition and is unable to touch it

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I guess the drive is dead then, I've tried Linux and Windows boot installers, third party programs, nothing has worked. I'm able to recover data off the drive, but I cant actually reformat it back to NTFS.

I've tried linux. When I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING outside of professional equipment. Linx is unable to even format the drive as it just says that its an unknown memory tyoe "PMBR"

My SSD got corrupted and nothing I've done has been able to reformat it. I've tried literally everything besides trying to do through a partition manager off of a live USB. But everything I've seen is asking for a $60-300 license just to be able to do that.

I tried the Linux method before but no success. I'll try using a third party wiper like the other person suggested

I've tried Disk Management, it's able to recognize the drive, but it reads it as a RAW partition and gets stuck on 0% format progress then fails. I'll try the third party wiper Edit: No luck

After I did a BIOS update, the 2nd SSD in my system stopped working. I wasn't concerned with the data on it so i tried wiping the drive. But every attempt was met with "you do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation" or "windows was unable to format this drive." Even leaving the drive plugged in during start up leaves me hanging at the manufacture logo and wont even let me access the BIOS settings. If it helps at all the SSD in question is a Samsung 860 Evo. For now i am unable to interact with it at all as it just shows up as an empty 0 byte drive and clicking on it prompts me with a window saying "The parameter is incorrect"

Apparently I cannot downgrade the BIOS (ez flash wont let me) and the methods I see online for downgrading only work with .cap files, which my BIOS files are not. I think ill just use the factory hard drive for now and buy a new SSD later rather than risk it

Sorry, I just edited my post but still have the same problem. Windows was not able to update due to getting a blank BsoD after restarting (not shutdown). Still had the same problem even after a fresh Windows Install and had all my drivers updated. I saw on my laptops page that it had a BIOS update to improve system stability, so I thought maybe that would have fixed it. Only now I ended up with a seemingly fried SSD that crashes Windows for some reason whenever I plug it in.

I updated my laptops BIOS. After the BIOS updated it will no longer boot with the second SSD loaded in. I can't even access BIOS settings with it in the PCIE slot. Thought maybe it could be the PCIE slot, but windows cant even detect the SSD when plugged in externally. Furthermore, it crashes Windows when plugged in.

I cannot acess the UEIF interface at all. All I can do is press CTRL + HOME which brings this up. Keyboard backlight and other lights still work properly. Fans spin up. It just doesn't boot past the Asus logo or allow me to interact with the BIOS Edit: Removing the extra SSD. seems to have fixed the problem. But now I cannot use that PCIE slot or the laptop won't boot

Updated the BIOS for my GL502VT laptop hoping it would fix a minor problem. Instead the update seems to have corrupted the BIOS chip so I can no longer boot past the logo screen. Didn't think it would really solve anything but I removed the CMOS battery to reset the BIOS but that didn't work as expected. Asus motherboards have a BIOS recovery feature by pressing CTRL + HOME that will automatically reflash the detected BIOS on a USB/CD, only mine can't pick up any of the files I have loaded on. Apparently you need to rename them something specific so that the computer can detect the file and flash it, only I can't find that info anywhere for my model. All I've found was maybe renaming the file to "AMIBOOT.ROM" but that didn't work. I've spoken to customer care and they reccomended me to just buy a new laptop which won't be an option for a few months.