*solved* ASUS P8P67-M BIOS Update Reading Failed

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I was planning to update the BIOS to version v3701 using Asus EZ Flash 2 Utility v01.04.
My motherboard is a P8P67-M P67 B3 Revision. (UPC: 6108317973 / part number : 90-MIBDVA-G0UAY0DZ)

When I was planning to do the update i did not have a USB with me that time, so I searched and saw a video that you could access the ROM file from the HDD. So that's what I did. This is also I believe the begining of the problem and my mistake. After selecting the ROM from the Asus EZ Flash 2 Utility v01.04, the EZ Flash Utility said Update successful and the computer would restart. After the restart my computer would just keep going back to EZ Flash Utility and a window saying "Reading Failed!".

I've rebooted and just keeps going back to EZ Flash while saying "Reading Failed!"

There is no way to enter the BIsOS settings.
I have tried to select the original BIOS from the Support CD but it just says it's outdated.

Whenever I move the mouse a message : "reading failed" appears. Though I am ABLE to navigate through my PS2 keyboard.

Is there anyway I could fix this issue?
How can I get my system back to work?
Will this be fixed if I update propperly through a USB stick?

Since the incident I have not yet turned on my PC hoping to find the right way to solve this before I turn it back on.

Thank you for your help in advance and hoping I could still save my system. :)

P.S. I'm new to this BIOS stuff and I admit that what I did, not backing up my BIOS and not following proper protocols was stupid and noobish. Pardon my ignorance. :)

Image of the "reading failed" : http://postimg.org/image/lf5kruszp/
 
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I had the exactly same problem with my Asus P8P67 EVO motherboard. I started to update the BIOS using the EZ Flash updater from the dowloaded update file on my HDD (C:\Temp\BIOS\P8P67-EVO-ASUS-3602.ROM)
When the update was finished the computer restarted and stopped at "Reading failed!" and nothing else I could do.

I put the update file on a USB-flash drive. Same thing = Reading failed!

Then I put the update file in the same folder on the USB-drive as I had previously on the HDD -> :\Temp\BIOS\P8P67-EVO-ASUS-3602.ROM and renamed the USB drive to the same as the HDD. (Don't know if renaming was necessary)

Worked instantly!

Sincerely,

Marcus
Närpes, Finland
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Have you tried reseting the bios? In the motherboard manual there should be instructions on how to do so each motherboard is a little bit differnt usually it requires you moving a jumper onto some pins and restarting the computer then turning it off placing them back and turning it on again. This might help so give it a shot
 
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Thank you for a swift reply sir =) . I haven't tried that yet, as I was thinking that I might make matters worse. Though since you have suggested it, are there certain repercussions that I should take note of? Thank you! :)
 
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Good for no RAID, that's about the biggest thing, other than that not really - but wanted to throw it out quick...other things to keep in mind, if OCing or have DRAM 1600 and up, may well have to restet it, if you have an SSD that's set up properly may want to check that drives are set to AHCI, many mobo BIOSs default to IDE mode.....but YES, there can be repercussions, most of are the annoying easy kind, rebuilding a RAID, can be a pain if it uses custom block sizes, etc
 
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No OC here also :) , using a RIP JAWS F3-1066. No SSD set up also, all of my HDD are SATA. :) . Will keep the notes in mind sir! :) Thank you! :)
 
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Hey all,

I just wanted to confirm that this works as I just had the exact same problem crop up with trying to update the bios from a secondary hard drive. Switching to a USB key did the trick.

Awesome job!
 
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I had the exactly same problem with my Asus P8P67 EVO motherboard. I started to update the BIOS using the EZ Flash updater from the dowloaded update file on my HDD (C:\Temp\BIOS\P8P67-EVO-ASUS-3602.ROM)
When the update was finished the computer restarted and stopped at "Reading failed!" and nothing else I could do.

I put the update file on a USB-flash drive. Same thing = Reading failed!

Then I put the update file in the same folder on the USB-drive as I had previously on the HDD -> :\Temp\BIOS\P8P67-EVO-ASUS-3602.ROM and renamed the USB drive to the same as the HDD. (Don't know if renaming was necessary)

Worked instantly!

Sincerely,

Marcus
Närpes, Finland
 
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Solution
After poking at this I noticed that the "reading failed" message only appeared when I moved the mouse after closing the previous message.

So don't move the mouse. Unplug it if you have to. Navigate using the keyboard (tab, arrows, enter) and go to the drive with the BIOS .ROM file and select it to update again.
 
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Thank you guys! I also had a similar problem. Was using a USB stick to update my bios and on every boot i got stuck at the ez flash tool. Apparently the Bios changed the drive letter and couldnt find the update to finish it after the reboot. Tried to clear cmos and nothing helped. But i reformated my USB drive on another computer, recopied the update file, unplugged everything but mouse keyboard and usb stick and this time the ez flash tool found the update file! it worked :)))
 
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