Chapter 2: Bios Information; Managing And Updating Your Bios - Asus Z97-PRO GAMER Manual

BIOS information
2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The ASUS website publishes the latest BIOS versions to provide enhancements on system
stability, compatibility,and performance. However, BIOS updating is potentially risky. If
there is no problem using the current version of BIOS, DO NOT manually update the BIOS.
Inappropriate BIOS updating may result to system's failure to boot. Carefully follow the
instructions in this chapter to update your BIOS when necessary.
Visit http://www.asus.com to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard.
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard BIOS setup program.
1. EZ Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows
ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a USB flash drive.
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or
3.
a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.
ASUS BIOS Updater: Updates the BIOS in DOS environment using the motherboard
4.
support DVD and a USB flash disk drive.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you need
to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS
Update utility.
2.1.1 EZ Update
EZ Update is a utility that allows you to automatically update your motherboard's softwares,
drivers, and the BIOS version easily. With this utlity, you can also manually update the saved
BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST.
Click to automatically
update your
motherboard's
driver, software and
firmware
EZ Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an ISP (Internet
Service Provider).
ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER
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Click to find and
select the BIOS
from file
environment.
Click to select a
boot logo
2
Click to update
the BIOS
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