Asus GL703V Bios

[mrcorovic]

this is old bios i find and i download new on site i upload bouth

[SMDFlea]

this is old bios i find and i download new on site i upload bouth

The bios at posts 7 and 18 are both good. If it won`t boot with those then youve got some other problem.

[Rigged_joker]

Hello guys, several months ago i used this thread to install firmware compatible with my laptop to remove the BIOS password set by the previous owner who abandoned it. I succeeded at unlocking the laptop thanks to your efforts and i am grateful.

Now at the present, i wanted to install some RAM modules for the laptop to upgrade it from 16GB to 32GB. The stock ram i had at the time had max RAM timings of 2400MHz (1200MHz) cuz DDR and all that. The new RAM i bought can go up to 3200MHz which i knew wouldn't be supported by the laptop but i believed the ram timings would go down to a frequency suitable for functionality.

Here is an image which provides the Serial Number of the Laptop in question :

When going into the UEFI, the system recognized the 32GB of RAM. When trying to boot into Ubuntu, i was stuck at the loading screen which then the circular progress bar promptly froze.
Switching back to my old RAM solved the issue.

To delve deeper into the issue, i booted onto MemTest86 and tried the memory for both cases, with the old and new RAM


Here are my results when using the OLD RAM :

The memory is clocked at 1203MHz

NEW RAM :

The memory is running at 1604 MHz!!!
The CPU is not rated to handle that. What i tried next to force a downclock on the memory was to mix the old and new to get 24GB (8 + 16)GB which resolved the issue.


What i want to know is, is there a possible way to force a downclock on the memory? The UEFI does not give me access to such options and was hoping to see if modifying the firmware would resolve this.

Here is the dump of the firmware :

[SMDFlea]

Now at the present, i wanted to install some RAM modules for the laptop to upgrade it from 16GB to 32GB. The stock ram i had at the time had max RAM timings of 2400MHz (1200MHz) cuz DDR and all that. The new RAM i bought can go up to 3200MHz which i knew wouldn't be supported by the laptop but i believed the ram timings would go down to a frequency suitable for functionality.

The serial number must be typed as text as per the forum rules. Anyway, the easy fix is to use matching pairs of ram, i doubt there is anything that could be modded in the bios. If you wanted to keep the ram maybe you could edit the SPD but that`s a whole different topic.

Info from google AI:
The system supports RAM speeds of 2400 MHz and 2666 MHz (PC4-19200 and PC4-21300/PC4-21300U). Faster modules (e.g., 3200 MHz) will automatically downclock to the maximum speed supported by the motherboard.
Best official setup: 2 x 16 GB DDR4-2666 SO-DIMM modules.
Maximum potential setup: 2 x 32 GB DDR4-2666 (or faster, which will downclock)

[Rigged_joker]

The serial number must be typed as text as per the forum rules. Anyway, the easy fix is to use matching pairs of ram, i doubt there is anything that could be modded in the bios. If you wanted to keep the ram maybe you could edit the SPD but that`s a whole different topic.

Info from google AI:
The system supports RAM speeds of 2400 MHz and 2666 MHz (PC4-19200 and PC4-21300/PC4-21300U). Faster modules (e.g., 3200 MHz) will automatically downclock to the maximum speed supported by the motherboard.
Best official setup: 2 x 16 GB DDR4-2666 SO-DIMM modules.
Maximum potential setup: 2 x 32 GB DDR4-2666 (or faster, which will downclock)

Hey thanks for the reply.
Yes i do have matching pairs of 2X16 GB.
Its true that in the images i only used 1 stick but the result stays the same if i use two of them. Logically i thought it would automatically downclock to a speed the laptop would support when using the RAM but it seems to not be the case...
Im not familiar with SPD modding but i doubt i have the tools to flash the RAM sticks nor do i know if they are locked or not.