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Software Problem - BIOS
Updating the BIOS.
1.  Please verify the Notebook PC’s exact model and download the 
latest BIOS file for your model from the ASUS website and save 
it in your flash disk drive.
2.   Connect your flash disk drive to the Notebook PC and power on 
the Notebook PC.
3.   Use the 
Start Easy Flash function on the Advanced page of the 
BIOS Setup Utility. Follow the instructions shown.
4.   Locate the latest BIOS file and start updating (flashing) the BIOS. 
A S U S   T e k .   E a s y   F l a s h   U t i l i t y
[] :   S w i t c h       []   :   C h o o s e       [ q ]   :   E x i t
F L A S H   T Y P E : G e n e r i c   F l a s h   T y p e
                            C u r r e n t   P l a t f o r m P l a t f o r m :      G 5 6 V e r s i o n :          2 0 0 B u i l d   D a t e :  D e c   6   2 0 1 1
                                N e w   P l a t f o r m P l a t f o r m :      U n k o w n V e r s i o n :          U n k o w n B u i l d   D a t e :  U n k o w n
5.  You must Restore Defaults on the Exit page after updating 
(flashing) the BIOS. 
:     S e l e c t   S c r e e n :  S e l e c t   I t e m E n t e r :   S e l e c t 
+ / — :    C h a n g e   O p t . 
F 1 :    G e n e r a l   H e l p 
F 9 :    O p t i m i z e d   D e f a u l t s 
F 1 0 :    S a v e         E S C :     E x i t 
V e r s i o n   2 . 0 1 . 1 2 0 8 .   C o p y r i g h t   ( C )   2 0 1 1   A m e r i c a n   M e g a t r e n d s ,   I n c .
                                                            A p t i o   S e t u p   U t i l i t y   -   C o p y r i g h t   ( C )   2 0 1 1   A m e r i c a n   M e g a t r e n d s ,   I n c .             M a i n        A d v a n c e d        C h i p s e t         B o o t         S e c u r i t y         S a v e   &   E x i t
      P O S T   L o g o   T y p e   [ S t a t i c ]
      S t a r t   E a s y   F l a s h
      P l a y   P O S T   S o u n d  [ N o ]
      S p e a k e r   V o l u m e  [ 4 ]      I n t e r n a l   P o i n t i n g   D e v i c e [ E n a b l e d ]
      W a k e   O n   L i d   O p e n   [ E n a b l e d ]
      A S U S   U S B   C h a r g e r +   i n   b a t t e r y   m o d e  [ D i s a b l e d ]
      I n t e l   V i r t u a l i z a t i o n   T e c h n o l o g y  [ D i s a b l e d ]
      V T - d   [ E n a b l e d ]
  S A T A   C o n f i g u r a t i o n  I n t e l ( R )   A n t i - T h e f t   T e c h n o l o g y   C o n f i g u r a t i o n  U S B   C o n f i g u r a t i o n  I n t e l ( R )   S m a r t   C o n n e c t   T e c h n o l o g y  N e t w o r k   S t a c k
P r e s s   E N T E R   t o   r u n   t h e   u t i l i t y t o   s e l e c t   a n d   u p d a t e   B I O S .
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Recovering Your Notebook PC
Using Recovery Partition 
The Recovery Partition quickly restores your Notebook PC’s software 
to its original working state. Before using the Recovery Partition, copy 
your data files (such as Outlook PST files) to USB storage devices or 
to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration 
settings (such as network settings).
About the Recovery Partition
The Recovery Partition is a reserved space on your hard disk drive 
used to restore the operating system, drivers, and utilities installed 
on your Notebook PC at the factory.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT delete the partition named RECOVERY. 
The Recovery Partition is created at the factory and cannot be 
restored if deleted. Take 
your Notebook PC to an 
authorized ASUS service 
center if you have problems 
with the recovery process.
Using the Recovery Partition:
1.  Press [F9] during bootup.
2.   Press [Enter] to select Windows Setup [EMS Enabled].
3.   Select the language you want to recover and click 
Next.
4.   Read the ASUS Preload Wizard messages and click 
Next.
5.   Select a partition option and click 
Next. Partition options:
Recover Windows to first partition only.
  This option deletes only the first partition and allows you to keep other 
partitions, and to create a new system partition as drive “C”.
Recover Windows to entire HD.
 This option deletes all partitions from your hard disk drive and creates 
a new system partition as drive “C”. 
						

							
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Recover Windows to entire HD with two partitions.
 This option deletes all partitions from your hard drive and creates two 
new partitions “C” (40%) and “D” (60%).
6.  Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery 
process. 
Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for updated drivers and 
utilities.
Using Recovery DVD (on selected models)
Creating the Recovery DVD:
1.   Double-click the AI Recovery Burner icon on the Window 
desktop.
2.   Insert a blank 
writable DVD 
into the optical 
drive and click 
Start to start 
creating the 
Recovery DVD.
3.   Follow the onscreen instructions to complete creating the 
recovery DVD.
Prepare enough blank writable DVDs as instructed to create the 
Recovery DVD.
IMPORTANT! Remove the external hard disk drive before 
performing system recovery on your Notebook PC. According 
to Microsoft, you may lose important data because of setting up 
Windows on the wrong disk drive or formatting the incorrect 
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Using the Recovery DVD:
1.  Insert the Recovery DVD into the optical drive. Your Notebook 
PC needs to be powered ON.
2.   Restart the Notebook PC and press [Esc] on bootup and select 
the optical drive (may be labeled as “CD/DVD”) and press [Enter] 
to boot from the Recovery DVD.
3.   Select 
OK to start to restore the image.
4.   Select 
OK to confirm the system recovery.
Restoring will overwrite your hard drive. Ensure to back up all 
your important data before the system recovery.
5.  Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery 
process. 
WARNING: DO NOT remove the Recovery disc, unless instructed 
to do so, during the recovery process or else your partitions will 
be unusable.
Ensure to connect the power adapter to your Notebbook PC 
when performing system recovery. Unstable power supply may 
cause recovery failure.
Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for updated drivers and 
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DVD-ROM Drive Information
The Notebook PC comes with an optional DVD-ROM drive or a 
CD-ROM drive. In order to view DVD titles, you must install your 
own DVD viewer software. Optional DVD viewer software may be 
purchased with this Notebook PC. The DVD-ROM drive allows the 
use of both CD and DVD discs.
Regional Playback Information
Playback of DVD movie titles involves decoding MPEG2 video, digital 
AC3 audio and decryption of CSS protected content. CSS (sometimes 
called copy guard) is the name given to the content protection 
scheme adopted by the motion picture industry to satisfy a need to 
protect against unlawful content duplication. 
Although the design rules imposed on CSS licensors are many, one rule 
that is most relevant is playback restrictions on regionalized content. In 
order to facilitate geographically staggered movie releases, DVD video 
titles are released for specific geographic regions as defined in “Region 
Definitions” below. Copyright laws require that all DVD movies be 
limited to a particular region (usually coded to the region at which it is 
sold). While DVD movie content may be released for multiple regions, 
CSS design rules require that any system capable of playing CSS 
encrypted content must only be capable of playing one region.
The region setting may be changed up to five times using the 
viewer software, then it can only play DVD movies for the last 
region setting. Changing the region code after that will require 
factory resetting which is not covered by warranty. If resetting 
is desired, shipping and resetting costs will be at the expense of 
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Region Definitions
Region 1
Canada, US, US Territories
Region 2
Czech, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, 
Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 
Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
Syria, Turkey, UK, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republics, Slovakia
Region 3
Burma, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Region 4
Australia, Caribbean (Except US Territories), Central America, New 
Zealand, Pacific Islands, South America
Region 5
CIS, India, Pakistan, Rest of Africa, Russia, North Korea
Region 6
China 
						

							
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Blu-ray ROM Drive Information 
(on selected models)
Region Definitions
Region A
North,  Central  and  South  American  countries,  and  their  territories; 
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, Korea (South and North), South East 
Asian countries and their territories.
Region B
European, African, and South West Asian countries and their territories; 
Australia and New Zealand.
Region C
Central, South Asian, Eastern European countries and their territories; 
China and Mongolia.
Refer to Blu-ray Disc website at www.blu-raydisc.com/en/Technical/
FAQs/Blu-rayDsicforVideo.html for more details. 
						

							
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Internal Modem Compliancy
The Notebook PC with internal modem model complies with 
JATE (Japan), FCC (US, Canada, Korea, Taiwan), and CTR21. The 
internal modem has been approved in accordance with Council 
Decision 98/482/EC for pan-European single terminal connection 
to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). However due 
to differences between the individual PSTNs provided in different 
countries, the approval does not, of itself, give an unconditional 
assurance of successful operation on every PSTN network 
termination point. In the event of problems you should contact your 
equipment supplier in the first instance.
Overview
On 4th August 1998 the European Council Decision regarding the 
CTR 21 has been published in the Official Journal of the EC. The CTR 
21 applies to all non voice terminal equipment with DTMF-dialling 
which is intended to be connected to the analogue PSTN (Public 
Switched Telephone Network). 
CTR 21 (Common Technical Regulation) for the attachment 
requirements for connection to the analogue public switched 
telephone networks of terminal equipment (excluding terminal 
equipment supporting the voice telephony justified case service) 
in which network addressing, if provided, is by means of dual tone 
multifrequency signalling.
Network Compatibility Declaration
Statement to be made by the manufacturer to the Notified Body and 
the vendor: “This declaration will indicate the networks with which 
the equipment is designed to work and any notified networks with 
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Network Compatibility Declaration 
Statement to be made by the manufacturer to the user: “This 
declaration will indicate the networks with which the equipment 
is designed to work and any notified networks with which the 
equipment may have inter-working difficulties. The manufacturer 
shall also associate a statement to make it clear where network 
compatibility is dependent on physical and software switch settings. 
It will also advise the user to contact the vendor if it is desired to use 
the equipment on another network.”
Up to now the Notified Body of CETECOM issued several pan-
European approvals using CTR 21. The results are Europe’s first 
modems which do not require regulatory approvals in each 
individual European country.
Non-Voice Equipment 
Answering machines and loud-speaking telephones can be eligible 
as well as modems, fax machines, auto-dialers and alarm systems. 
Equipment in which the end-to-end quality of speech is controlled 
by regulations (e.g. handset telephones and in some countries also 
cordless telephones) is excluded. 
						

							
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This table shows the countries currently under the CTR21 
standard.
Country   Applied More Testing
Austria1    Yes    No   
Belgium     Yes    No   
Czech Republic     No    Not Applicable   
Denmark1    Yes     Yes   
Finland      Yes    No   
France       Yes    No   
Germany     Yes    No
Greece       Yes    No  
Hungary     No    Not Applicable   
Iceland      Yes    No   
Ireland       Yes    No   
Italy       Still Pending Still Pending  
Israel       No    No 
Lichtenstein     Yes    No    
Luxemburg     Yes    No   
The Netherlands1 Yes     Yes   
Norway     Yes    No 
Poland       No    Not Applicable   
Portugal     No    Not Applicable 
Spain       No    Not Applicable 
Sweden     Yes   No   
Switzerland     Yes   No 
United Kingdom   Yes   No