After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Well I'll be darned, your USB 2.0 ports on that board are red! Sorry to question that, just seemed odd IMO.

Actually, at one time (Z77 days) I think red was used on some USB 2.0 ports to identify them as providing power even when the PC was shutdown. That was a new feature at the time, IIRC. But they did not stick with that, and went back to black.

Of course Instant Flash works fine, was there ever any doubt?

That's ok, I see there is no such markings on the killer board, I thought it was a good idea the colour coding....
sorry i didn't resize the pic, it was huge lol

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Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Well I'll be darned, your USB 2.0 ports on that board are red! Sorry to question that, just seemed odd IMO.

Actually, at one time (Z77 days) I think red was used on some USB 2.0 ports to identify them as providing power even when the PC was shutdown. That was a new feature at the time, IIRC. But they did not stick with that, and went back to black.

Of course Instant Flash works fine, was there ever any doubt?

[- wardog -]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Why da hell i didnt saw anywhere instruction about F6 trick in manual or www / faq on ASrock webpage.

It's in your Fatal1ty 990FX Killer manual, pg 6

ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient
BIOS update tool allows you to update the system BIOS in a few clicks without
preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. Just save
the new BIOS file to your USB storage and launch this tool by pressing <F6> or
<F2> during POST to enter the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.
Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file
system.

And it might, IIRC, be on the ASRock POST splash screen too.

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Ok.. I did it.... i used instant flash from BIOS for update (v1.10), and just like you said - it works perfectly good.

Well done, happy days...

[bischop]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Ok.. I did it.... i used instant flash from BIOS for update (v1.10), and just like you said - it works perfectly good.

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Yes I would be a bit scared too, but instant flash should be ok, I flashed my Laptop a few years ago with windows flash because that was all Dell offered and it bricked but lucky just like you I found a guide and brought it back from the dead.
Well good luck if you try the latest bios, and you English is perfect..
regards
joe

[bischop]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

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Shoot, we should have told bischop to use the 1.10 BIOS file, but no big deal. I bet you could flash to BIOS 1.10 using Instant flash with the 1.10 file on your USB flash drive, without any trouble at all.

IMO, no one is forcing anyone to use the Windows BIOS update method, beyond it being available. My ASRock Z77 board had over ten BIOS updates, and every one of them had a Windows BIOS update file. I applied every BIOS update that ASRock added, but I never used any method but Instant Flash.

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The description/instructions for the ASRock Windows update method states you must close ALL other programs while running the update, which is normal. For Windows 7 and 8, it must be run as Administrator. Also, you did not say that you were prompted to restart the PC, as should happen when this update method is complete. Actually, none of the description in the instructions matched at all what you described happened while you ran the update, so clearly something was wrong.

I did bios update on many, many other motherboard as well (never under Windows).
Well i think i will try that v1.10 bios, but im little scared now :D

I tried that Windows-flashing but just like i said: its logged me out after process and thats it. But i red your post right now, and ... i launched that toold on my account. That account got "administrator" privilages, but i didnt launched toold as "Run as administrator".

Anyway im not going to use Windows-flashing-tool ever again.

About that forcing - maybe not, but manufacturers deliberately introduced the method of update under MS Windows, because in my opinion Microsoft somehow is affecting software vendors that they are developing that kind of Windows-flashing tools to make in the eyes of users, Windows more user friendly.


p.s.
i got hope my english is understandable

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

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Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Great, glad that worked for you! Apparently this F6 BIOS recovery procedure is available on more ASRock boards than we know. It might be an AMI feature, AMI is the source of the UEFI/BIOS code used in most ASRock boards.

None of the USB 2.0 ports on my ASRock boards have a red tint... do you have some lighting that might cause that?

Shoot, we should have told bischop to use the 1.10 BIOS file, but no big deal. I bet you could flash to BIOS 1.10 using Instant flash with the 1.10 file on your USB flash drive, without any trouble at all.

IMO, no one is forcing anyone to use the Windows BIOS update method, beyond it being available. My ASRock Z77 board had over ten BIOS updates, and every one of them had a Windows BIOS update file. I applied every BIOS update that ASRock added, but I never used any method but Instant Flash.

Sometimes ASRock only provides one method to update to a new version, or when they provide beta BIOS updates. They all only use Instant Flash.

The description/instructions for the ASRock Windows update method states you must close ALL other programs while running the update, which is normal. For Windows 7 and 8, it must be run as Administrator. Also, you did not say that you were prompted to restart the PC, as should happen when this update method is complete. Actually, none of the description in the instructions matched at all what you described happened while you ran the update, so clearly something was wrong.

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Well I be dammed it worked!!!
great, yea stay away from the windows flash util that's for sure....

[bischop]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

p.s.2
about that hibernation recovering when key is pressed - i found (i think in ASRock FAQ) they are suggesting to change some settings in keyboard driver or keyboard settings somewhere... - it was about Windows XP or Windows 7/Vista problem, but maybe it will work as well in Windows 8.x
Ofc maybe its same problem with Logitech keyboard as well.

Here is is:

http://europe.asrock.com/support/QA/TSDQA-74.pdf

[bischop]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Hurra!! its fixed!!

So F6 + USB 2.0 + just simple raw ROM file on USB did it.

Guys, i love you all :D

What i wonder is:
- why those morons are forcing Windows flashing tools when its not working,
- Why da hell i didnt saw anywhere instruction about F6 trick in manual or www / faq on ASrock webpage.

p.s.
I recovered from www bios version 1.00, not 1.10. But... i think i will stay with that old version for a while, becouse i dont wanna take a risk again :D

p.s.2
about that hibernation recovering when key is pressed - i found (i think in ASRock FAQ) they are suggesting to change some settings in keyboard driver or keyboard settings somewhere... - it was about Windows XP or Windows 7/Vista problem, but maybe it will work as well in Windows 8.x
Ofc maybe its same problem with Logitech keyboard as well.

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Ye s I don't like the windows flash file and they should remove them, btw I don't mean the esata but I can see how they may confuse things, the 5 usb ports should have a red tint to them as mine do but sulttle, is it when you have a mixture of usb 2 and 3 ports they coat the usb 2 with red and the usb 3 blue, I thought that's how it was but maybe it's just me...
It will probably be a change bios chip hey?

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Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Use the Instant Flash 990Kill1.00 file in the USB flash drive, the DOS version will not work with the BIOS recovery method Joe-912 suggested you try.

Joe-912, good idea to try that method, really the only option left. BUT the red port on the IO panel is NOT a USB port, that is an eSATA port. There are two USB 2.0 ports just above the red eSATA port, and also below the network input jack. They are black inside, the standard for USB 2.0.

Why oh why do manufactures still provide Windows BIOS update programs, they tend to fail more than any other method. I would never use the Windows BIOS update program, I only use the Instant Flash method (or Internet Flash method, which just adds downloading the Instant Flash file). Instant Flash is the most dependable method for flashing a BIOS, I've used it many times without any problems.

I doubt having hibernated the PC caused your BIOS update to fail. The Windows BIOS update method simply does not work well, we see threads about failures using it all the time.

Your first post, about the PC waking from Hibernate from the keyboard, what do I yet again see that is common to so many people that have issues like that: a Logitech keyboard. So many Logitech products must have their driver software running or they won't function correctly. Nothing is running when in Hibernate or Sleep mode, so that might explain the behavior of your keyboard.

[Joe-912]

Re: After hibernation PC is restoring after keyboard is pressed - why?

Yes extract the original version 1 instant flash file from your download page and put on root of formatted fat 32 usb stick, use usb 2 port on the back io shield (the red ones)
It's probably a very long shot but worth a try, if not you need Asrock to send you a new bios chip...