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4 asus update utility, Installing asus update, Updating the bios through a bios file – Asus KFN5-Q/SAS User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

Installing ASUS Update

To install ASUS Update:

1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.

4.1.4 ASUS Update utility

The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update

the motherboard BIOS in Windows

®

environment. The ASUS Update utility

allows you to:

Save the current BIOS file

Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file, and

View the BIOS version information.

This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard

package.

ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network

or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Quit all Windows

®

applications before you update the BIOS using this

utility.

Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file

To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:

1. Launch the ASUS Update utility

from the Windows

®

desktop by

clicking Start > Programs > ASUS

> ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate.

The ASUS Update main window

appears.

2. Select Update BIOS from a file

option from the drop-down menu,

then click Next.

3. Locate the BIOS file from the

Open window, then click Save.

4. Follow the screen instructions to

complete the update process.