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  • samstown
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2021
    • 122
    • Switzerland

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    Asus Z170 Pro Gaming bios and TPU request

    I've had something similar with Z170 Pro Gaming. One morning, it wasn't booting. I replaced battery CR2032 then it boot once, I could access BIOS and that was the last time after I restarted it never boot again. I didn't change anything from BIOS. I've tried with no RAM with another CPU... real headache.

    Now when I press power button, fan spins for 2 secs then stop... again spin 2 secs and stop and it will repeat this sequence forever. Asus support said I should buy a new one.... I've reflash Z170 PRO GAMING BIOS 3805 with my programmer but still same.

    Looking at my Z170 Pro Gaming, I've identifed MX25L512. i've read it using SOIC 8 PIN connected to EEPROM prgrammer and I get a 64K file. I've attached BIOS and TPU. Now I need to figure it out.
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  • peste
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2016
    • 12582
    • ROMANIA

    #2
    Re: Asus Z170 bios and TPU request

    Originally posted by samstown
    I've had something similar with Z170 Pro Gaming. One morning, it wasn't booting. I replaced battery CR2032 then it boot once, I could access BIOS and that was the last time after I restarted it never boot again. I didn't change anything from BIOS. I've tried with no RAM with another CPU... real headache.

    Now when I press power button, fan spins for 2 secs then stop... again spin 2 secs and stop and it will repeat this sequence forever. Asus support said I should buy a new one.... I've reflash Z170 PRO GAMING BIOS 3805 with my programmer but still same.

    Looking at my Z170 Pro Gaming, I've identifed MX25L512. i've read it using SOIC 8 PIN connected to EEPROM prgrammer and I get a 64K file. I've attached BIOS and TPU. Now I need to figure it out.
    Bios extracted from the update on the Asus website page..
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    Last edited by SMDFlea; 08-09-2023, 08:20 AM.
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    • samstown
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2021
      • 122
      • Switzerland

      #3
      Re: Asus Z170 bios and TPU request

      Thank you but I have the BIN file however I don't know how to get the TPU.

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      • SMDFlea
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        • Jan 2018
        • 20631
        • UK

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        Re: Asus Z170 bios and TPU request

        Originally posted by samstown
        Thank you but I have the BIN file however I don't know how to get the TPU.
        Ive extracted the TPU FW from the bios at post #2 and its exactly the same as your backup.

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        • McKey
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          • Jun 2024
          • 51
          • Hungary

          #5
          Originally posted by SMDFlea
          Re: Asus Z170 bios and TPU request



          Ive extracted the TPU FW from the bios at post #2 and its exactly the same as your backup.

          .
          Hi, how could you extract the TPU FW?
          I dumped the contents of a TPU chip, i de-CAPped all the bios versions, but i cant find the first row of the TPU fw in any the BIOS files, using HxD. (I expect that i have mismatching TPU flash and BIOS flash chips on the board!)

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          • McKey
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2024
            • 51
            • Hungary

            #6
            samstown​ if you still in the need...
            Im stupid, it was easier to just pull both from the working board.
            Bios version 3805 and its TPM flash. Both pulled from a working board.
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