can you guide me on BIOS update P5K Asus

ashmanuk67

ashmanuk67

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I have never done a bios update and would be great if someone could give me a step by step guide.

I have just got a second 4870 card to crossfireX on my Asus P5K Pci-e 16X and one at 4X motherboard my system see,s the second card but says secondary device disabled and i have done as much as i can to make it work with help from forum members, I think the last step to try would be a bios update.

The Bios that is showing is 1.0.06 "well something like that" I have had the M/B for about two plus years, So maybe this is the fault.

I know i am limited by the 4X lane but for now i would just like to get Xfire working.

Thankyou in advance...
 
For god's sake do not use the Asus windows flashing software. Download the latest bios to a usb stick and use EZ-Flash in the bios (Alt + F2 on startup).

You enable crossfire in the ATI CCC by the way. Total waste of time on a P35 board though as your card will be severely crippled by that 4x slot. You would have been better off getting a new board.
 
I have a thread in the graphics department so have been through the ccc part, i will do as you say, is it that easy???

Thankyou for your help...
 
Can someone tell me what folder to put the Bios update in,

When i press Alt F2 I see the update program and I see drive a:/ b:/ and c:/ but I do not see my USB drive with the Bios in ??? "I can see my USB drive in Windows"

Thanks
 
Put the bin file in the root of the drive.

Is the USB drive formatted in FAT32 (if it's a flash drive then it probably is).

I found with the newer P5Q that I had to plug in the USB drive before I powered on the machine otherwise the BIOS wouldn't see it.
 
I Reformated in NTFS and in fat32 and both did not work, also "Put the bin file in the root of the drive" ?? I just copy and past onto the USB stick.

Is there something i should switch on in Bios?

Thanks
 
The root is just the main part of the drive, so that's what you're doing.

BIOS shouldn't really need anything changed, tho go through it to ensure that the USB options are enabled.

Is the flash drive listed in the list of hard drives in your BIOS (where you set which hard drive the computer should try to boot from first).

If you've no further luck then stick the BIOS onto a CD and use that instead of the USB drive.
 
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