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  • mferna14
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    • Jun 2018
    • 1086
    • Canada

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    BIOS for ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

    Hi friend., working on this motherboard ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0. It boots up but freezes on the logo screen. I downloaded the CAPs extension file from the ASUS web site for this mmodel. Changed the .CAP to .BIN extension. Tried 3 files but none of them give any display, but the Original atleast gives display in the start & freezes, cannot go to setup or does not boot up. Can anyone please fix the Original BIOS Bin file, thanks in advance.
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  • noname2024
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    • Aug 2024
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    Originally posted by mferna14
    Hi friend., working on this motherboard ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0. It boots up but freezes on the logo screen. I downloaded the CAPs extension file from the ASUS web site for this mmodel. Changed the .CAP to .BIN extension. Tried 3 files but none of them give any display, but the Original atleast gives display in the start & freezes, cannot go to setup or does not boot up. Can anyone please fix the Original BIOS Bin file, thanks in advance.
    try ok
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    • SMDFlea
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      • Jan 2018
      • 23912
      • UK

      #3
      Originally posted by mferna14
      Hi friend., working on this motherboard ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0. It boots up but freezes on the logo screen. I downloaded the CAPs extension file from the ASUS web site for this mmodel. Changed the .CAP to .BIN extension. Tried 3 files but none of them give any display, but the Original atleast gives display in the start & freezes, cannot go to setup or does not boot up. Can anyone please fix the Original BIOS Bin file, thanks in advance.
      Did you notice the size of the .CAP file, 8194KB ,there`s a 2KB CAPsule header that needs deleting with a hex editor, or the bios can be extracted with UEFITool -> capsule -> Extract body.

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      • mferna14
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        • Jun 2018
        • 1086
        • Canada

        #4
        Dear @SMDFlea thanks for the information. I never noticed the size. Anyway I will message you someday. Teach me out there. See you taught me how to edit the Hp BIOS, now I do them by myself & even help others. & thanks noname2024 ​, I will try your updated file.

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        • mferna14
          Badcaps Legend
          • Jun 2018
          • 1086
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          #5
          Dear @noname2024 all worked 100% like charm.. Thank you very much. I will learn how to trim the original.​

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