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Does anyone have experience on where the BIOS chip is located

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The laptop as stated in subject is an ASUS F15 TUF Dash FX517ZC.

Due to partner powering down laptop during BIOS update I need to find the BIOS chip and try externally flash it with a CH341a as it is corrupted. In order to do this I need to locate the BIOS chip. Has anyone got any experience of this model and where it may be or what flash chip was used?

I have currently came across two 8 pin flash chips, but they are too small capacity (Winbond was 2MB, Macronix was 1MB). Finding the chip seemed easier on other models from an online search!!!

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For anyone else in the same situation, I believe the bios chip is a GD25R256D in a WSON8 package so the pins are mostly underneath. Getting a good connection to the underneath is extremely difficult

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possibly near the ssd slot, look for winbond or mxic printed on the chip

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@Caffeinecrazy How did you manage do connect the chip? Did you desolder it or use a clamp? If you used a clamp, where did you put it? Underneath or on the top?

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