Flash Bios with CD?

[uaewhitey]

I just purchased the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and the Asus web site has just updated the Bios. I have just set up the box, but haven't given it life yet. I don't have an A:floppy drive. Can I flash the Bios with a CD? or does it have to be done with a floppy?

 

[Crashman]

You can flash BIOS from Windows using AsusUpdate. Since you already have the file downloaded, just select "Update BIOS from a file" in the first menu.

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[endyen]

Does that board have a special bios, so even if you screw it up your safe?

 

[Crashman]

Uh, well, I can't remember. But if the flash fails, you keep trying and hope you don't have to shut down before a flash works.

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[pIII_Man]

you could also extract the bios and make a dos bootable cdrw and burn the necissary bios files on there...more work but the only solution for flashing from dos...

Im pretty sure however in the event of a bad flash you will need a floppy drive to do a bios recovery (assuming you dont know the flash went wrong and you shutdown the comp). However in this scenario im sure a freind will lend you a floppy drive to save your ass.

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