Smart Switches - ASROCK X299 Taichi XE Manual

2.7 Smart Switches

The motherboard has two smart switches: Clear CMOS Switch and BIOS Flashback
Switch, allowing users to clear the CMOS values or flash the BIOS.
Clear CMOS Switch
(CLRCBTN)
(see p.9, No. 14)
This function is workable only when you power off your computer and unplug the power
supply.
BIOS Flashback Switch
(BIOS_FB1)
(see p.9, No. 15)
To use USB BIOS Flashback function, press the BIOS Flashback Button for three seconds. Please
follow the steps below.
1. Download the latest BIOS file from ASRock's website : http://www.asrock.com.
2. Copy the BIOS file to your USB flash drive. Please make sure the file system of
your USB flash drive must be FAT32.
3. Extract BIOS file from the zip file.
4. Rename the file to "creative.rom" and save it to the root directory of X: USB flash drive.
5. Make sure that the CPU is not installed; then install PSU and turn it on.
6. Press the BIOS Flashback Button for about three seconds. Then the LED starts to
blink.
7. Wait until the LED stops blinking, indicating that BIOS flashing has been completed.
*If the LED light turns solid green, this means that the BIOS Flashback is not
operating properly.
USB BIOS Flashback port
Clear CMOS Switch
allows users to quickly
clear the CMOS values.
BIOS Flashback Switch allows
users to flash the BIOS.
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