Flashing my BIOS

DampCat · 18 Jun 2007 at 18:13

So.. what ARE the implications of this? Surprised there isnt a sticky about it here

Also, i dont have a floppy drive, should i go through the polava of making an .ISO (dont know if i can link the guide) or just use the Asus EZFLASH program?

Saul · 18 Jun 2007 at 21:28

DampCat said:
So.. what ARE the implications of this? Surprised there isnt a sticky about it here

Also, i dont have a floppy drive, should i go through the polava of making an .ISO (dont know if i can link the guide) or just use the Asus EZFLASH program?

Use the EZFLASH program. Just make sure you get the right BIOS or your screwed.

Justintime · 18 Jun 2007 at 23:03

Implications? bug fixes, cpu support, better stability? or the implications of it going wrong? i.e nothing booting up, lost functionality, toast if blind recovery dosen't work and its soldered onto the board so no hot flash or unstable system etc ?

MPK · 19 Jun 2007 at 09:28

Having just finished my new system, everything working perfectly, I had the brilliant idea to update the BIOS with the Asus Update utility in windows. BAD MISTAKE! BIOS gone, board had to be sent back

So do use EZ Flash, not Asus Update!

dave24 · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:27

why would any company solder a bios chip to the board,crazy

Will_3rd · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:28

just update it in the BIOS using a USB stick easy peasy

kkthxbye · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:35

used a usb stick for the first time with my new board and it was easy as pie, ill defo use it this way again. No problems

Mansize_tissue · 19 Jun 2007 at 18:14

Will_3rd said:
just update it in the BIOS using a USB stick easy peasy

Yeah, it's by far the easiest way.

BUFF · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:46

dave24 said:
why would any company solder a bios chip to the board,crazy

it's cheaper to manufacture.
I'm sure that Asus will say that with all the recovery options that a socketed solution is no longer necessary but the forums would tend to say otherwise ...

dave24 · 19 Jun 2007 at 21:16

just plain crazy though.

BUFF said:
it's cheaper to manufacture.
I'm sure that Asus will say that with all the recovery options that a socketed solution is no longer necessary but the forums would tend to say otherwise ...