G752 --- New BIOS for VL / VY / VT / VSK / VM / VS (OC) -- XG Station 2 support

[CladMaster]

New BIOS for all the G752 laptops listed below.

Select the one that is for your laptop from the list below.

BIOS 303
Support XG Station 2

This new BIOS can be found on the support / drivers section for your laptop under 'Others' in the OS drop down section. You will see a new download area for the XG Station 2 with a new BIOS for your laptop.
I have included the links here for direct download for each model.

G752VL
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G752VL/G752VLAS_XG_303.zip?_ga=2.197052396.1140846584.1497178265...

G752VY
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G752VY/G752VYAS_XG_303.zip?_ga=2.195872492.1140846584.1497178265...

G752VT
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G752VT/G752VTAS_XG_303.zip?_ga=2.200280046.1140846584.1497178265...

How to flash the BIOS

1/ Use WinZip or 7-Zip to unpack the file

2/ Copy the unpacked file to a USB flash drive (not inside a folder)

3/ Reboot the laptop and press F2 repeatedly until you get to the BIOS and select the Easy BIOS Flash utility
If you end up at Windows Login, repeat step 3, you need to be fast when pressing F2 before the ROG logo comes up.

4/ In the left window there will be a list for drives -- ie F01, F02 F03 or FS0, FS1, FS2 etc.
Select each one until you see the firmware file in the window on the right that you copied to the flash drive.

5/ Once found, select it and press enter and answer yes to flash the new firmware (should take around 30 - 40 seconds).

6/ Go back into BIOS and press F9 to load Defaults and save and exit.

After that, enter bios again to make any changes that you need in the BIOS for your BOOT device (RAID 0 etc).

Thunderbolt Firmware plus new drivers / software, follow the links below.

Thunderbolt 3 Firmware update for G752 VL / VY / VT -- Visit the link below for details on how to update / flash the new Firmware.
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?93231-Asus-ROG-G752VY-Thunderbolt-3-firmware-upgrade-(2017...

Thunderbolt Driver -- Version 16.3.61.275
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?94002-NEW-Intel-Thunderbolt-Software-Driver-Version-16-3-6...

UPDATE 1
06-11-2017

I don't know if the BIOS is a cumulative BIOS update, there are no notes (ASUS does not post notes on updates / fixes for some strange reason). I would suggest that you update to the latest BIOS in the BIOS section for your laptop before flashing the BIOS listed above.

UPDATE 2
08-21-2017

New BIOS released for
G752VS: BIOS 310 Intel® Core™ i7 6820HK Processor, Intel® Core™ i7 6700HQ Processor
G752VM: BIOS 306 Intel® Core™ i7 6700HQ Processor
G752VS: BIOS 302 G752VS (7th Gen Intel Core)
G752VSK: BIOS 302 G752VS OC Edition (7th Gen Intel Core)

Visit the support section for your laptop to download the new BIOS, follow the steps above to help find and flash the new BIOS.

UPDATE 3
06-26-2017

If you need to downgrade your BIOS, download the last BIOS before BIOS 30x (ie G752VL 219 BIOS)
Make sure that you have downloaded the correct BIOS for your G752 model before flashing the BIOS

Follow the steps below to flash the older BIOS.

Download Winflash for VL / VT / VY models from the link below
Version 3.1.0
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/...669.1498478639

G752 VS / VSK / VSK OC
Download the latest WinFlash for your model from the support section for your laptop.

Uninstall Winflash from the laptop.
Unzip the new Winflash from the link above and install it. (VS models, same applies, install the new version)
Unzip the older BIOS file and place it in the ROOT of C: or on a USB flash drive
Unzip the 302 BIOS (VS models) 303 BIOS (VL / VT / VY models) file and place it in the ROOT of C: or on a USB flash drive (This is so you can re-flash it if needed using the steps above 1 - 6)
Make sure that you have downloaded the correct BIOS for your G752 model before flashing the BIOS

Make sure the power lead is connected to the laptop.

Reboot laptop and log back in.

Right click on Start icon and select Command Prompt (Admin) to run it, answer yes to continue.

Type the following and press enter

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\WinFlash

Type the following and press enter

dir

Look for Winflash.exe

Type the following and press enter

winflash /nodate

Select the option that allows you to select the BIOS from the laptop and not the Web / Internet

Select the old BIOS that should be in the root of C: drive or on the USB flash drive.
Make sure that you have downloaded the correct BIOS for your G752 model before flashing the BIOS

Proceed with the flash, do not touch / turn off laptop while it is flashing the BIOS. Laptop will reboot after the flash has completed.

Go back into BIOS and press F9 to load Defaults and save and exit.

After that, enter bios again to make any changes that you need in the BIOS for your BOOT device (RAID 0 etc).


UPDATE 4
07-01-2017

Added link above in main post for details on how to flash the new Thunderbolt 3 Firmware for the G752 VL / VY / VT models.
Added link above for new Thunderbolt Drivers

[EttoreA]

Humm, I think I'll follow Davemon50's golden rule: if it aint broke dont fix it. Any ASUS's guy who sheds some light on ?
Thanks for the really good tutorial anyway.

[CladMaster]

So, now that ASUS has released two new updates (new Thunderbolt 3 firmware and new BIOS) for these older flagships with GTX 9xx series GPU's, does that mean that ASUS will be releasing the XG Station 2 to the USA market soon ?

Can someone @ASUS please respond to this post with some news for us ?

[Bahz]

CladMaster wrote:
So, now that ASUS has released two new updates (new Thunderbolt 3 firmware and new BIOS) for these older flagships with GTX 9xx series GPU's, does that mean that ASUS will be releasing the XG Station 2 to the USA market soon ?

Can someone @ASUS please respond to this post with some news for us ?

Unfortunately we can't share this information but I already contacted our VGA team regarding this. They're still discussing internally on the launch date for US, I have contacted them a few weeks ago regarding this and our VGA team is already discussing with local sales team.

[Faberge]

I believe they had to make some serious changes to BIOS, to go for 303 ver. right after 213 one. Going to install that today, very curious about it.

Such a shame they do not comment on all the changes, still better than nothing. Thanks for the info!

[DVSSi]

Flashed BIOS to 303 ver. After many hours of listening to music and watching movies I can say with certainty that this update has resolved my issue with the excessive heat coming from the audio port side of my G752VY. There is little to no heat emanating from there now consistently. Just thought I'd let the forum know. Hopefully this helps.

[Bahz]

DVSSi wrote:
Flashed BIOS to 303 ver. After many hours of listening to music and watching movies I can say with certainty that this update has resolved my issue with the excessive heat coming from the audio port side of my G752VY. There is little to no heat emanating from there now consistently. Just thought I'd let the forum know. Hopefully this helps.

Great to hear, thanks for sharing this with everyone.

[CladMaster]

DVSSi wrote:
Flashed BIOS to 303 ver. After many hours of listening to music and watching movies I can say with certainty that this update has resolved my issue with the excessive heat coming from the audio port side of my G752VY. There is little to no heat emanating from there now consistently. Just thought I'd let the forum know. Hopefully this helps.

This is good to hear.

I've also noticed that my Thunderbolt external hard drive (Lacie) is not being lost / disconnected with BIOS 303.

I have also noticed that the audio from the built in speakers seems to be more punchy / louder.

[Faberge]

DVSSi wrote:
Flashed BIOS to 303 ver. After many hours of listening to music and watching movies I can say with certainty that this update has resolved my issue with the excessive heat coming from the audio port side of my G752VY. There is little to no heat emanating from there now consistently. Just thought I'd let the forum know. Hopefully this helps.

Great news to hear! I will remember to check this place from time to time in future days, as I believe I had this problem also. Just updated to 303 ver. and actually I think they have changed the boot up logo. At least it looks like so to me. If someone consider updating the BIOS, please take attention to this fact, as I am not 100 % confident but very curious to know for certain.

[JustinThyme]

Faberge wrote:
Great news to hear! I will remember to check this place from time to time in future days, as I believe I had this problem also. Just updated to 303 ver. and actually I think they have changed the boot up logo. At least it looks like so to me. If someone consider updating the BIOS, please take attention to this fact, as I am not 100 % confident but very curious to know for certain.

Im not having any issues so Im not going to update at this time. IF they ever release the XG2 in the US market that was promised more than 2 years ago I may consider it. At the rate this is going the XG2 will be obsolete before it hits the market. A friend with the same G752VY bought a Razor Core LAST YEAR that works just fine with 1080.

[GunsAndRozer]

Where is the BIOS for Asus GL502VMK , grrrrr