Vista64 messed up my PC

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whyteo

Power User
I failed to flash my BIOS through Windows Vista 64 (Asus Update), now the update program cannot see any BIOS, so on attempting to start the PC again, I think it will be dead.

Thanks Microsoft.

This OS is a complete joke.

My Vista 64 Nightmare List:

4GB Flash will not work (Asks for driver which does not exist)
Music Keyboards don't have Vista 64 Drivers
Vista 64 will not shut down correctly (Shutting down screen freezes)
Vista 64 gives cannot locate link for Firefox shortcuts (But Firefox loads with page)
Vista 64 will not recognise my Creative Zen
Vista 64 will not recognise my Motorola Phone
Memory.dll error with Battlefield 2 on high settings

And the BEST till last - Failed and Corrupted BIOS Update- Bye Bye PC
 
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My Computer

System One

The BIOS is your own fault.

AsusUpdate said:
Operating systems
Windows 2003 (32b/64b) (with Admin privilege)
Windows XP (32b/64b) (with Admin privilege)
Windows 2000 (with Admin privilege)
Windows NT 4 (starting from SP5) (with Admin privilege)
Windows ME
Windows 98/98SE
Windows 95 (A/B/C)
Click to expand...

And most of the other problems if not all of them aren't Microsoft's fault.
 

My Computer

System One

You should never flash your BIOS through windows.. Either use a flash utility and bios on a floppy disk or key drive or use the built in motherboard flashing utility (Asus Mobos) and the bios on a CD to flash.

Don't blame windows for that. Also, you should have done more research on the things that you currently use before you upgraded to Vista to see if they are Vista-compatible. You should have made sure by going to the manufacturer's website for everything in your PC to see if they were Vista ready.
 

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System One

Hi whyteo,

The BIOS is written by the manufacturer of the motherboard or BIOS flash chip. It is their responsibility to make sure it works on Vista. Then it is your responsibility to make sure you have the correct version of the BIOS for your specific motherboard model and Vista version. You can not use a 32 bit flash program on 64 bit Vista. It must be specifically writen for 64 bit Vista not 32 Vista or it will fail. You might check back at the motherboards website to see if by luck they have a BIOS recovery program that you can use to reflash your BIOS, and fix it hopefully. If you didn't build your own computer, you might be able to take it back to where you got it and have them do it for a small price.

Vista on itself does have a few quirks. However, the majority of the problems people are having with Vista are all coming down to the device drivers or programs that are not fully compatible with Vista. XP and Vista are two completely different beasts, and XP's programs do not always play nice with Vista.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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