Chapter 2: Bios Information; Managing And Updating Your Bios; Asus Update Utility - Asus M4N78 - PRO w/ Athlon II X2 240 User Manual

Chapter 2
BIOS information
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Managing and updating your BIOS

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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:
Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
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Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update.
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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
ASUSUpdate to launch the ASUS Update utility.
2. From the dropdown list, select any of the updating process:
Updating from the Internet
a. Select Update BIOS from the Internet, then click Next.
Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or click Auto
b.
Select then click Next.
c. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download then click
Next.
The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update
the utility to avail all its features.
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate >
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