Asus Update Utility - Asus Pundit P3-PH5 User Manual

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ASUS Update utility

The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the
motherboard BIOS in Windows
to:
• Save the current BIOS file
• Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update. See page 3-3 for the
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Utilities screen menu.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
Quit all Windows
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Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size should be smaller than
8GB.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
can cause system boot failure!
environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you
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applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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Chapter 5: BIOS setup