[SOLVED] Frequent freezes on "Loading initial ramdisk ..."

QUICKguils · 2021-06-18 09:20:37

I have exactly the same laptop (Asus N752VX) with exactly the same problem (freeze at restart).

By reading dmesg output, I've noticed a BIOS firmware bug from quite a while, but I didn't expect that a DOWNGRADE to the oldest version would solve this issue!

Can you let me know how did you manage to downgrade the BIOS version ? When I try to downgrade with EZ-Flash utility from the BIOS, it fails and tells me
"Build date is too old!!".

Xwang · 2021-06-18 11:19:29

QUICKguils wrote:

I have exactly the same laptop (Asus N752VX) with exactly the same problem (freeze at restart).
By reading dmesg output, I've noticed a BIOS firmware bug from quite a while, but I didn't expect that a DOWNGRADE to the oldest version would solve this issue!
Can you let me know how did you manage to downgrade the BIOS version ? When I try to downgrade with EZ-Flash utility from the BIOS, it fails and tells me
"Build date is too old!!".

If I remember correctly I've run in windows the WinFlash utilty from a command window run as administrator adding the /nodate parameter as explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NB2JkTCd8

QUICKguils · 2021-06-18 14:00:19

Ah yes I got it. With WinFlash it works.
Thanks for you quick reply !!

Xwang · 2021-06-18 14:34:06

QUICKguils wrote:

Ah yes I got it. With WinFlash it works.
Thanks for you quick reply !!

You're welcome!
It's nice to know that someone else is using the n752vx with archlinux.

Arch Linux

#76 2021-06-18 09:20:37

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent freezes on "Loading initial ramdisk ..."

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