Variations of this question have been asked before and solved, however there are some things I'm still no clear on,
I'm doing my first build in a long time. I have the ASUS M5A97 mobo with an fx 6300 and an SSD for boot drive. On initial out of case \ breadbox test everything worked and it booted to POST perfectly - without the SSD installed. This is my first time with an SSD so I'm kinda nervous about getting this right. Should I flash before installing the SSD and Win 7? Or just go ahead, boot, see how it goes and if all is well, update BIOS after through the BIOS interface on screen. I'm built in case now and ready to go with SSD installed but haven't powered on yet.
Also on ASUS website http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/#support
under Support>Drivers & Tools there are several categories. I'm not sure which of the files I'm supposed to download and rename in order to use the BIOS flashback button if I go that route. Is it just Support>Drivers & Tools>BIOS and then the most recent file named M5A97 BIOS 1605 ? It's for Win 7 64 bit.
I'm doing my first build in a long time. I have the ASUS M5A97 mobo with an fx 6300 and an SSD for boot drive. On initial out of case \ breadbox test everything worked and it booted to POST perfectly - without the SSD installed. This is my first time with an SSD so I'm kinda nervous about getting this right. Should I flash before installing the SSD and Win 7? Or just go ahead, boot, see how it goes and if all is well, update BIOS after through the BIOS interface on screen. I'm built in case now and ready to go with SSD installed but haven't powered on yet.
Also on ASUS website http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/#support
under Support>Drivers & Tools there are several categories. I'm not sure which of the files I'm supposed to download and rename in order to use the BIOS flashback button if I go that route. Is it just Support>Drivers & Tools>BIOS and then the most recent file named M5A97 BIOS 1605 ? It's for Win 7 64 bit.