Asus Hummingbird - Manual (Page 47)

ASUS Hummingbird 4-3
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 EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a USB flash disk.)
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 USB flash
disk drive in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
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 to enable it.
Or, press + during the POST to enable EZ Flash 2.
ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.12
Current ROM
Update ROM
A:
Note
[Enter] Select or Load [Tab] Switch [V] Drive Info
[Up/Down/Home/End] Move [B] Backup [Esc] Exit
PATH: A:\
BOARD: HUMMINGBIRD
VER: 0203
DATE: 01/29/2010
BOARD: HUMMINGBIRD
VER: 0204
DATE: 02/02/2010