Chapter.4:.Bios.setup; Managing.and.updating.your.bios; Asus Update Utility - Asus V6-P5G41E User Manual

4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS.Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows
2. ASUS.EZ.Flash.2: Updates the BIOS using a USB flash disk.
ASUS.CrashFree.BIOS.3: Updates the BIOS using a bootable USB flash
3.
disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
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.
4.1.1. 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 DVD 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 DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install.ASUS.Update.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
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environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you
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applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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environment.
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Chapter 4: BIOS setup