Mobo Bios update help

Hello i have recently built a new pc and i need to update my motherboards BIOS.

However i feel abit unsure about how to do this. Im not sure which things i should update so im turning to you the once that no doubt have alot more experience in these kind of things. I have read the manual for my Mobo but i still dont feel 100% sure.

My motherboard is an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z with a AMD CPU.

Link to MOBO

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/CROSSHAIR_V_FORMULAZ/HelpDesk_Download/

The CPU im using is a FX 9590.

I dont know if this is good or bad but i have already installed my OS(windows 7 64bit).

Any help or tips will be greatly appreciated.

Download the Bios file listed next to the FX-9590 under the CPU Support section on the website. Then download "Bios Renamer for USB BIOS Flashback". Put the Bios .cap file and the tool in the same folder and run tool. Then put the re-named bios .cap file on a BLANK usb drive. Make sure there is NOTHING else on the USB. Then follow the manual on how to perform the usb bios flash.


P.S. This will not affect your windows install at all. However.... if you make a mistake like removing the USB before the flash is complete, or not renaming the file correctly, or a power loss during the flash - then you could brick the BIOS. Some Asus boards have 2 bios and a switch to change to the 2nd BIOS. IF you make this mistake and it kills the PC just switch bios's and try again.

 

  1. Go to Asus website and download the latest bios for your board. Bios 2201
  2. Unpack the rar file in a folder, you will get a cab file.
  3. Go to AI suite, and go to update, select bios update.
  4. Follow the steps, BUT DONT let Asus look online for a bios, But select the bios cab file you just have unpacked by hand manualy.
  5. Click next.
  6. Dont change the bios theme. just go next.
  7. Bios update proces will start, leave the system alone during this. After a minute or so it will be done.
  8. Reboot the system wenn done, go into bios, and check if the bios is updated.

Also the USB flash option from within the bios as @Carl Hinkel says is also a good option.

Ok thanks great explanation. just one question there are alot of different Bios for this one MOBO should i put do all of the steps above for all of them on their own or can i just go trough them all in one go? And does this go for the LAN and Audio updates too?

Both recommendations are pretty solid. I did a video on this as part of a greater topic when buidling. You can go to approx the 20 min mark which discusses a general step by step on how to update the UEFI ( BIOS ). This was for a Intel board but the process is pretty much the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxnUJQhFZs 

Hope this helps and best of luck.

Thanks for the reply. For some reason i cant see the video you linked to, could you give me a link instead?

 

There is no need to do a "step-up" from 1 bios to the other (unless specified by the website that you need to do that.) 99% of the time in my experience all you need is the most recent, as this should have all updates and changes that have collectively been done to date.