Asus GX501v keyboard not working - keyboard firmware - solved!

[kara]

Hello, i had a problem with this laptop keyboard. not working even after replacing with new original palmrest.

Solution after hours of researching is using a small software found on asus forum !

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-ga.../701169/page/6

Thank you Bogdan Ciulei

Finally some good news :

I have managed to fix the problem.

First,

I am not responsible for any damage you might do to your hardware !

YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK ! I ONLY PROVIDE POINTERS , DO NOT REPRESENT ASUS AND ONLY POST THIS AS INFORMATIVE I DO NOT PRETEND ITS A SURE FIX AND THIS MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR LAPTOP !

How to obtain the files :

Install 7zip
Download "ASUS Keyboard Adjustment Tool" from Downloads->Others.
Open archive, extract KeyboardUpdate.exe

Right click on it, 7zip->Open Archive
Inside it, go to .rscr ->1028
Extract folder Binary on your desktop.
Go to folder. Create new folder inside called "fw tool".
Right click on file FW_TOOL ->7zip->Open archive
Extract files in "fw_tool" folder

Go to "fw tool" folder
Go to "INI" folder.
Edit file UsbUpdate.ini
Change initial values to this:

[MESSAGE]
RECORD_MESSAGE=1

[FUNCTION]
AUTO_RUN=1
CHECK_THEN_UPDATE_FW=0
CHECK_FW_ONLY=0
FORCE_CHECK_AND_UPDATE_FW=1

Now for the tricky part .
Inside the "fw tool" folder , there 's a NK.bin

That file is initially with a version or hardware name of NK00060003
That version resulted in the keys switch.
You have to replace that file with one of the NK* files in the main "Binary" folder.
For me "FW_NK0003000B" worked. For you ,it might be different.
You need to copy that file over the NK.bin - delete the original, copy file and change its name to NK.bin

Then just run the exe, ASUS NKey FW Update Tool_v0.0.9T2.exe
You will need to wait for a few minutes, during which you will see the keyboard backlight blinking.
After a successful run, the tool will produce a log (ASUS_USB_Update_Result.log) that reads something like this:

Load setting parameters from ini file......Done !

File path : C:\Users\x\Desktop\New folder\fw tool\NK.bin

File size : 57344KB

File FW version : NK0003000B



[Tip] : Press AUTO button to update FW.

Searching USB device......

Found device, VID/PID = 0B05/1837.

ASUS HID device initialization done !

Device FW : NK00060003

Entering flash mode......Done !



========= Start Update Device FW ===========

Flash erasing......Done !

Flash is checking......Done !

Flash is programing......Done !

Flash is verifying......Done !

PASS !

Reset device, please wait......

For reference, my Model Number is

G752VS-GB125T

. Again, another file might be needed for your model.

This solution is working also on Asus GX501v

My nk file was NK00070003

rename it in Nk.bin AND run from RW_EC_Mem folder the executable RW_EC_MEM.exe. It will produce e ne update log in initial folder fw tool named Asus_USB_Update_Result. i get a lot of FAIL result until at 4 run of RW_EC i get this result:

Load setting parameters from ini file......Done !
File path : C:\Users\Asus\Desktop\fw tool\NK.BIN
File size : 57344KB
File FW version : NK00070003

[Tip] : Press AUTO button to update FW.
Searching USB device......
Found update interface, VID/PID = 048D/89DB.
Entering flash mode......Done !

========= Start Update Device FW ===========
Flash erasing......Done !
Flash is checking......Done !
Flash is programing......Done !
Flash is verifying......Done !
PASS !
Reset device, please wait......


After this my keyboard is working.

in my case i have also a good result before with another file named in NK.bin but letter C was not working, after changet NK.bin with NK00070003 all keyboard is ok.

Atached is a zip with initial version from wich i started. with this version i repaired keyboard and found that c letter was not working.

This solution is good also for asus laptop that have IT817x chip for keyboard.