Updating your BIOS is easy, in theory. Download the latest ROM from ASUS, put it on a USB thumb drive, insert, and turn on. The EZ-Flash 2 utility is built in, and knows how to read FAT32 disks, USB, or otherwise. You may, however, get the following message after loading the ROM, and confirming that you would like to update:
Error Occurred While Erasing Blocks
Sounds bad, eh? Indeed, but as it turns out, if your ROM file has more than 8 letters in its name, this error can show up even if your BIOS is fine. Of course, ASUS tends to name their files with >8 letter names all the time, so you can arrive at this through no fault of your own. Just rename the file & reboot (you have to reboot, or you still get the message).
I have to say, this level of quality control does not inspire. Especially, since if you search around you'll see that this problem has been popping up for at least the last year.
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Asus_M4A78-VM ugyanez történt. De a válaszod útján megoldódott a probléma! Köszönöm!
ReplyDeleteThank You for that bit of information.
ReplyDeleteIt makes since when i backed up the older Bios it was an 8 character file and would not let you go past that amount that should have been a clue
Thanks again
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCuriosamente sigue sucediendo. Y me llama la atención que Alan Robinson haya escrito esta solución en 2010, y aquí estemos agradeciéndoselo más de 10 años después: estamos reciclando motherboards?
ReplyDeleteStrangely it keeps happening. And it strikes me that Alan Robinson wrote this solution in 2010, and here we are thanking him more than 10 years later: are we recycling motherboards?