Fully charged to at least 80% to prevent mid-process shutdowns.

The primary risks include "bricking" your device (making it non-functional), voiding your warranty (if it is somehow still active), and potentially compromising your security if you install software from an untrustworthy source.

Essential for storing the ROM and custom recovery ZIP files. 2. PC Setup and Drivers

By 2016, it was obsolete. By 2018, ASUS had long forgotten it. By 2021, finding one in a drawer probably meant a cracked screen and a battery that lasted forty-five minutes. Most people recycled theirs.

Enter Fastboot Mode: Power off the device. Hold Power + Volume Up until the ASUS logo appears with "Fastboot Mode" text.