- Aug 29, 2011
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Right, so thought it was a pretty self explanatory process. Thought I had the whole process down pat. Thought I knew what to do. Messed it up man. Messed it up bad.
Basically. Was having framerate issues with Planetside 2. Ran a virus scan. Computer went reeeeeeal messed up on me, couldn't even load up File explorer. Did a windows 10 reset/recovery sorta thing. Seemed to be working fine. (I can go into more detail on that part of the story if necessary). Did a full reset thing (but kept files), reinstalled all my drivers (MOBO (except VGA, don't have to do VGA right cause I have a standalone card?)/GPU/Oculus Rift), reinstalled core programs. Last thing I was gonna do was reinstall BIOS. Everything 'seemed' to be working fine up until that point. Infact I had 10% less CPU load on idle than I did pre format even with all my core programs reinstalled/running.
The process I undertook was exactly as follows :
Downloaded BIOS thing for my hardware from here,
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/HelpDesk_CPU/
clicked 'CPU Support', then clicked i7 3770k and go, downloaded from that. (is that the right link? Did I download the right one?)
Used the renamer program thing here (windows 10 64 - > BIOS utilities) :
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/HelpDesk_Download/
ran the renamer on the updated BIOS I downloaded, put that file onto a flash drive, put flash drive into BIOS FLASHBACK slot on back of motherboard.
Restarted, pressed DEL to access BIOS menu, went into advanced mode, tools tab, bios flashback tool thingy, accessed the BIOS on the flashdrive, and clicked update.
It did its thing. Said it needed to restart. Said OK. Then it sorta, went to restart. Turned itself off. Turned back on. "turned itself off again" then back on again, went to a blue screen (will detail that in a sec), every time I try n turn it off it turns back on. Left it on the BIOS screen cause it makes me less depressed than the blue screen (marginally)
Blue screen says :
Recovery Media? How do I access that? I upgraded from Windows 7 to the W10 preview build thing when W10 was in beta. I'm not even sure what happened to my windows 7 disc. Still have the key though. Is there any way I can redownload the stuff that's required? Fix something up so I don't need to reset again maybe? WHAT DO I DO? Do I just reinstall the BIOS again? Do I need to reinstall Windows? Did I make a brick out of my MOBO/CPU? WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WHAT DO I DO NOW? D=
PLZ HALP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING! D=
Oh jesus please help, I don't want my baby to die like this. D=
edit : system specs :
MOBO : Asus Sabertooth Z77
CPU : Intel i7 3770k
GPU : nVidia GTX 770
RAM : 32gb G.Skill Ares 1866mhz
Basically. Was having framerate issues with Planetside 2. Ran a virus scan. Computer went reeeeeeal messed up on me, couldn't even load up File explorer. Did a windows 10 reset/recovery sorta thing. Seemed to be working fine. (I can go into more detail on that part of the story if necessary). Did a full reset thing (but kept files), reinstalled all my drivers (MOBO (except VGA, don't have to do VGA right cause I have a standalone card?)/GPU/Oculus Rift), reinstalled core programs. Last thing I was gonna do was reinstall BIOS. Everything 'seemed' to be working fine up until that point. Infact I had 10% less CPU load on idle than I did pre format even with all my core programs reinstalled/running.
The process I undertook was exactly as follows :
Downloaded BIOS thing for my hardware from here,
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/HelpDesk_CPU/
clicked 'CPU Support', then clicked i7 3770k and go, downloaded from that. (is that the right link? Did I download the right one?)
Used the renamer program thing here (windows 10 64 - > BIOS utilities) :
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/HelpDesk_Download/
ran the renamer on the updated BIOS I downloaded, put that file onto a flash drive, put flash drive into BIOS FLASHBACK slot on back of motherboard.
Restarted, pressed DEL to access BIOS menu, went into advanced mode, tools tab, bios flashback tool thingy, accessed the BIOS on the flashdrive, and clicked update.
It did its thing. Said it needed to restart. Said OK. Then it sorta, went to restart. Turned itself off. Turned back on. "turned itself off again" then back on again, went to a blue screen (will detail that in a sec), every time I try n turn it off it turns back on. Left it on the BIOS screen cause it makes me less depressed than the blue screen (marginally)
Blue screen says :
Recovery Media? How do I access that? I upgraded from Windows 7 to the W10 preview build thing when W10 was in beta. I'm not even sure what happened to my windows 7 disc. Still have the key though. Is there any way I can redownload the stuff that's required? Fix something up so I don't need to reset again maybe? WHAT DO I DO? Do I just reinstall the BIOS again? Do I need to reinstall Windows? Did I make a brick out of my MOBO/CPU? WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WHAT DO I DO NOW? D=
PLZ HALP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING! D=
Oh jesus please help, I don't want my baby to die like this. D=
edit : system specs :
MOBO : Asus Sabertooth Z77
CPU : Intel i7 3770k
GPU : nVidia GTX 770
RAM : 32gb G.Skill Ares 1866mhz
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