ASUS Transformer T100TA-DK024H cannot boot any OS

[mferna14]

Hi all, I assume that this is a Software related problem. I am working on an ASUS Transformer T100TA-DK024H. Comes with Win 8.1 32Bit. Storage is on the on-board eMMC*BGA Flash chip 64GB. Wanted to change the OS to Windows 10. I made a Windows 10 USB installation & inserted it in the Dock's USB on the side. It booted up well & could see all the available partitions. As I wanted a clean Win 10 32-Bit, so I deleted all the partitions, created a new one & formatted the drive & installation started. Half the way it gave errors & could not complete the install. Again started the install & same errors twice. So I create another USB installation stick, but this time it was not reading the USB & going directly to the BIOS Setup as though no bootable disc found. I disable SECURE boot & TMP & changed boot sequence in every order but no luck, cannot boot at all, reads the USB & then after few seconds goes to the BIOS setup. I changed BIOS setup in every possible order. Then tried with CDs using external USB Rom Drive, Win 7, Win 8.1 & even Windows XP, no luck, does not boot at all & goes to BIOS without loading any OS. Even I tried to boot with Win Startup Floppy disk, still does not read. I just want Win 8.1 32Bit back on the laptop. Does anyone know what happened or what's wrong or what I am doing wrong???

[reformatt]

Re: ASUS Transformer T100TA-DK024H cannot boot any OS

Probably a bad eMMC chip. These devices are best used as doorstops anyway.

[mcplslg123]

Re: ASUS Transformer T100TA-DK024H cannot boot any OS

I recently faced a similar issue on Lenovo Slim notebook(Dont remember the model anymore) with eMMC storage. Win10/8.1 didnt install. Finally tried with win11 and it loaded without any issues. may be this eMMC chip requires some driver which are not present on win10 but are there in win11.

So, I'll suggest to try with win11 before concluding a bad eMMC chip.

[mferna14]

Re: ASUS Transformer T100TA-DK024H cannot boot any OS

Thanks for all the suggestions., I will re-flow the eMMC chip first. maybe the problem might rectify. I even tried with Win 11, downloaded a totally new, 100% working, first tried the USB stick on another laptop. But this is so strange that Windows 8.1 32-Bit was working 100% fine & no problems at all. In the mean time I will order one 64GB eMMC chip, it's not a costly chip.