Managing And Updating Your Bios; Asus Update Utility - Asus M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 User Manual

Chapter 2
BIOS information
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Managing and updating your BIOS

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.
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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 environment.
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• ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
• This utility is available in the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package.
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support DVD into the optical drive.
Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II.
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3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Quit all Windows
Updating the BIOS
To update the BIOS:
1. From the Windows
II X.XX.XX to launch the AI Suite II utility. The AI Suite II Quick Bar appears.
Click Update button from the Quick Bar, and then click ASUS Update from the popup
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menu. The ASUS Update main screen appears. From the list, select either of the
following methods:
Updating from the Internet
a. Select Update BIOS from the Internet, then click Next.
b. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, and then click
Next.
c. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you want to download then click
Next.
ASUS M4A88T-V EVO Series
applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > AI Suite II > AI Suite
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