NOOB NEEDS HELP UPDATEING BIOS

hi i just built a new computer with a asus rampage formula mobo and i dont know how to update the bios can anyone explain it to me? thanks

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Specs? Mainly the motherboard and CPU.

DO NOT FLASH THROUGH WINDOWS

Message edited by Shadow703793 on 09-07-2008 at 02:46:37 AM

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Reply to Shadow703793

Why not? Flashed my bios countless times in windows. No problem at all

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blackwidow_rsa wrote :

Why not? Flashed my bios countless times in windows. No problem at all

If it's "countless times" then you're extremely lucky. Flashing in Windows can corrupt bios. Chances are low, but it's unpredictable and if you're unlucky, it's a dead board.

Better not risk it unless you're using a board with multiple bios, like Gigabyte's x38/48 models.

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Reply to dagger

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Reply to Shadow703793

Do not flash the BIOS period unless your having a problem that the newer BIOS file addresses. Flashing the BIOS for just the sake of having the latest one is a risk not needed.

If you must flash I do agree DO NOT FLASH IN WINDOWS, and if you can't read the instructions in the motherboard manual and understand what they are telling you to do then don't atempt doing it. Take it to someone that knows what they are doing.

Reply to stoner133

^ right on here.
Unless you need a BIOS update to fix something, flashing your BIOS is completely pointless. If you are not having any problems with your current BIOS, the very best advice anyone can give you it simply leave it alone.

Reply to jitpublisher

^True, unless of course you are a hard core OCer who's concerned about every bit of performance you won't need to mess a lot with the BIOS flashing/modding.

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Reply to Shadow703793

Well if you really need to update your bios, ie to fix a problem or update the cpu microcode for a newer chip, You can find step by step directions on Asus's website.
The rampage is a newer board. I think it allows a bios update actually from the bios with many different media selections CD, flash drive, floppy.
All you need to do is follow the directions.
Google it, there might be a video showing how to.

Reply to bobbknight

you know it really amazes me at all the folks who tell others not to flash "from windoze",,firstly,,,, you are NOT flashing from windoze it is being done from dos,when the flash is done the system has to be rebootedand can go back to windoze,,
the same procedure is taken when one uses norton's ghost,, the system is booted to dos for the ghost and when done is rebooted bask to windoze the ghost cannot be made whilst windoze is running,in the old days we used to use the win command to call up windoze,,
it is the same when the system runs chkdsk on the primary partition it must be done from dos,,too many windoze/crappy apps running,must be shut down to run chkdsk,,,
AND that's why you Always have to reboot your computer after flashing the bios...

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Message edited by dokk2 on 09-07-2008 at 06:08:19 PM

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dokk2 wrote :

you know it really amazes me at all the folks who tell others not to flash "from windoze",,firstly,,,, you are NOT flashing from windoze it is being done from dos,when the flash is done the system has to be rebootedand can go back to windoze,,
the same procedure is taken when one uses norton's ghost,, the system is booted to dos for the ghost and when done is rebooted bask to windoze the ghost cannot be made whilst windoze is running,in the old days we used to use the win command to call up windoze,,
it is the same when the system runs chkdsk on the primary partition it must be done from dos,,too many windoze/crappy apps running,must be shut down to run chkdsk,,,
AND that's why you Always have to reboot your computer after flashing the bios...

Somebody please make the hurting stop...

Reply to mtyermom

dokk2 wrote :

you know it really amazes me at all the folks who tell others not to flash "from windoze",,firstly,,,, you are NOT flashing from windoze it is being done from dos,when the flash is done the system has to be rebootedand can go back to windoze,,
the same procedure is taken when one uses norton's ghost,, the system is booted to dos for the ghost and when done is rebooted bask to windoze the ghost cannot be made whilst windoze is running,in the old days we used to use the win command to call up windoze,,
it is the same when the system runs chkdsk on the primary partition it must be done from dos,,too many windoze/crappy apps running,must be shut down to run chkdsk,,,
AND that's why you Always have to reboot your computer after flashing the bios...

WTF are you talking about???

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Reply to Shadow703793

Thanks alot for the info guys.I called up Asus and after 3 hours on the phone they said they recommend downloading the bios from there site and flash it thru Asus Update but what they didnt say is which bios should i download? the newest one is 4.10,should i download the newest one or older one? ugh frikin confuseing.

Reply to searay8

Again DO NOT update through Windows. Read the manual on how to use EZ Flash.

Also again please provide full specs. (CPU, motherboard,etc).

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Reply to Shadow703793

Intel 8500 cpu
asus rampage formula
pc26400 reaper ram
(2) sapphire 4850 graphics cards
antec 850w ps
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
Antec 1200 case

Reply to searay8

Shadow703793 wrote :

Again DO NOT update through Windows. Read the manual on how to use EZ Flash.

Also again please provide full specs. (CPU, motherboard,etc).

Well, if you don't know how to updated it outside of Windows, might as well use the utility. It would be something like 5% risk compared to 100%. Then again, if you don't know how to do it properly, it's better to not do it at all.

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