BIOS Update

Rickster

Rickster

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Hi all,

I see there is a update for my motherboard BIOS, Im very sceptical on updating things like this due to the fear of it being completely buggered, or damaging other components.


I know some of you will say "If it aint broke, dont fix it" but i see there are some major improvements and I would like to utilize them.

So, the bottom line is will it be 100% safe to do if i follow the instructions correctly?

PS: I think my Mobo have a Bios USB flash back thing incase of a failure .


Any suggestions welcome.
 
if its under warranty go for it
its not often BIOS updates cause any damage, as long as its the right BIOS for your board then you should be safe
if you still nervous, wait till sunday and at least you can RMA it monday without having to go the rest of the weekend PC-less ;)

what m/b is it?
 
nivek said:
if its under warranty go for it
its not often BIOS updates cause any damage, as long as its the right BIOS for your board then you should be safe
if you still nervous, wait till sunday and at least you can RMA it monday without having to go the rest of the weekend PC-less ;)

what m/b is it?
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Its the Asus P8Z77-M

Current Bios: 1806

Planned update: 2105
 
I see it comes in a .CAP file, how would one install it?


As i said I have a USB port dedicated to the BIOS Flashback.

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Rickster said:
I went on youtube and found a better way to do it, I have done it and it has not broke anything.
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Technically, I would never do these new USB autoupdates and updates from within an OS. The safest way is to put it on a USB and then flash it from within the BIOS itself.

Glad it worked though.

What were the new features of this update?
 
feo said:
Technically, I would never do these new USB autoupdates and updates from within an OS. The safest way is to put it on a USB and then flash it from within the BIOS itself.
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Thats exactly what I did, I copied the file to a USB then booted into the Bios, selected BIOS EZ Flash Util, then setected the file and it loaded and rebooted and it was done.


I cant see any improvements but i have noticed the CPU not downlocking itself, ill check the speed step in the bios later.
 
Just a little tip as well - I have often seen (Especially with ASUS) that if something does go wrong during a BIOS update, you can restore the original BIOS version from the disks they provide (driver CD IIRC). It goes to a type of a secondary start-up, not the normal POST - from there it actually starts looking for the disk and, if found, restores it.

It's not so easy anymore to entirely brick a mobo during BIOS updates. Don't recall it ever happening to me.

I have however bricked a few of those old Telkom Mega 100/105 routers in my day though :erm:
 
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