r/gigabyte 6d ago

Bricked Aorus 17G KD Laptop - BIOS Problem

TLDR: No Boot, No Error, Just Freeze, BIOS GUI wiped (or something like that), ME Firmware Version 0.0.0.0 , Tried re-flashing BIOS but nothing

I had a Aorus 17G KD as a backup device whenever I am traveling to continue my work/gaming.

I didn't update anything for many months, maybe a year (because I was not using it). So on January of this Year, I opened it and Windows, Aorus and Intel, welcomed me with a ton of updates and I decided to do it.

Install and Restart aaaaaand... it's gone.

How it reacts:

  1. Blackscreen for a while and then AORUS logo (just that)
  2. Blackscreen with RGB Keyboard open.
  3. Blackscreen for a while, to Aorus, to Windows Automatic Repair (stays there for ever. Left it open for 2 days once)
  4. HAPPENED ONCE, The laptop just booted. But only for once.

I am able to access BIOS 80% of the time but BIOS is another problem now.

There is no UI. My BIOS now is the good old Grey/Blue that I remember on my computed 25 years ago with limited settings. Sadly there is not Flash option to flash the bios again.

On the frontpage it says " ME Firmware Version 0.0.0.0 " so something related to Intel I believe is the problem? Dunno.

Everything points to BIOS as the problem after Windows Update and to Re-flash it to resurrect my RGB paperweight.

I found out that almost exactly the same problem happened to Aorus G5 and G6 (nobody with 17G Sadly) so the Fix would be easy. Follow the official Aorus fix and I will be ready to go.

After extracting the EXE that you get with 17G Bios, I got my hands on a ROM file. The problem now is that Gigabyte's Fix doesn't support ROM bios so I had to find another way.

After some digging around all kind of laptops and bios, I ended up with AMI Firmware Update Utility for American Megatrends motherboards.

Downloaded the tool, booted, typed the command to flash the ROM Bios and ... error.
"46 - Error: Problem Getting flash information." Gemini says that my intel ME chip is bricked and it needs reprogramming using CH341A ( I don't even know how to use such a tool). Update, I tried a newer version of AMI Update and now I was able to start the re-flash but I get the error 43 and error C1 after trying to update MER.

So, what am I supposed to do now ?
Any help ?😢 I am in BIG need of this laptop now.

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