Managing And Updating Your Bios; Asus Ez Flash 2 Utility - Asus P7F-X SATA 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:
ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.)
1.
2. BUPDATER utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB
flash disk drive.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (To recover the BIOS using a bootable USB flash
disk drive 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 bootable
disk drive
motherboard BIOS using the BUPDATER utility.
4.1.1

ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility

The ASUS EZ Flash 2 feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to use
a DOS-based utility.
Before you start using this utility, download the latest BIOS from the ASUS
website at www.asus.com.
To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2
1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file to the USB port.
2. Enter the BIOS setup program. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ Flash 2
and press <Enter> to enable it.
ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V3.34
FLASH TYPE:
Current ROM
BOARD: P7F-X
VER: 0205
DATE: 07/23/2009
PATH: A:\
A:
Note
[Enter] Select or Load
[Up/Down/Home/End] Move
ASUS P7F-X Series
in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
MXIC 25L1605A
[Tab] Switch
[B] Backup
Update ROM
BOARD: Unknown
VER: Unknown
DATE: Unknown
[V] Drive Info
[Esc] Exit
USB flash
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