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ASUS B85-PRO GAMER

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2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

The ASUS website publishes the latest BIOS versions to provide enhancements on system

stability, compatibility,and performance. However, BIOS updating is potentially risky. If

there is no problem using the current version of BIOS, DO NOT manually update the BIOS.

Inappropriate BIOS updating may result to system’s failure to boot. Carefully follow the

instructions in this chapter to update your BIOS when necessary.

Visit http://www.asus.com to download the latest BIOS le for this motherboard.

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard BIOS setup program.

1. EZ Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows

environment.

2. ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a USB ash drive.

3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or

a USB ash drive when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.

4. ASUS BIOS Updater: Updates the BIOS in DOS environment using the motherboard

support DVD and a USB ash disk drive.

Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a USB ash disk in case you need

to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS

Update utility.

BIOS information

2.1.1 EZ Update

EZ Update is a utility that allows you to automatically update your motherboard’s softwares,

drivers, and the BIOS version easily. With this utlity, you can also manually update the saved

BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST.

Click to automatically

update your

motherboard’s

driver, software and

firmware

Click to find and

select the BIOS

from file

Click to select a

boot logo

Click to update

the BIOS

EZ Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an ISP (Internet

Service Provider).

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