Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM need help with bios

[Exia00]

Hi guys i have an older system with a core i5 2500 but i wanted to upgrade to something more like an i5 3570 or a i7 3770 just to be a little more future proof for certain games i play and originally i was thinking of building a new system with a i5 7500 but the prices here in Canada is a little expensive (mainly costing me 800$ without a GPU because i have a 1050 Ti right now and not planning on changing anytime soon) and right now my Bios reads out as version 0303 which i have also contacted Asus but it didn't help because i tried out every bios they have.

I have taken 2 screen shots trying to use the Asus updater program that originally came with my motherboard which will show you that the bios wont really be accepted and also if i might be downloading the right bios because of my other screenshot

Also please note that i have also tried to update from the bios screen as well which gave me error messages which i have no idea what to do now because i know with the bios i have in my system i would not be able to use a 3rd gen i core series which to be honest i am having high hopes on at least getting a i7 3770.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Why are you trying to load a .ROM file? I have no idea what that is but I don't think its the BIOS. The Bios should be in a .CAP file. You can get it in the link below. It might need to be renamed something, look in your manual. I personally always update the BIOS in the BIOS.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8H61M_LECSM_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

 

[Exia00]

Why are you trying to load a .ROM file? I have no idea what that is but I don't think its the BIOS. The Bios should be in a .CAP file. You can get it in the link below. It might need to be renamed something, look in your manual. I personally always update the BIOS in the BIOS.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8H61M_LECSM_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H61M_LE/ This is actually the model i am using to be more specific which on their update page which i have downloaded all the bios versions are all .ROM and not .CAP.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well then check your manual, like I said the file may need to be renamed for it to be recognized. My old ASUS mobo was like that.

 

[Exia00]

Well then check your manual, like I said the file may need to be renamed for it to be recognized. My old ASUS mobo was like that.

You mean like changing the .ROM to .CAP and also is it common for a Asus boards to have the bios manufacturer from American Megatrends?

 

[GhislainG]

Why are you trying to load a .ROM file? I have no idea what that is but I don't think its the BIOS. The Bios should be in a .CAP file. You can get it in the link below. It might need to be renamed something, look in your manual. I personally always update the BIOS in the BIOS.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8H61M_LECSM_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H61M_LE/ This is actually the model i am using to be more specific which on their update page which i have downloaded all the bios versions are all .ROM and not .CAP.

You can't flash the P8H61-M LE BIOS on a P8H61-M LE/CSM; fortunately the code prevents you from making that mistake.

Download the correct BIOS from the link provided by Dunlop0078; you don't need to load them all; just get the latest one (Version 1414).

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well then check your manual, like I said the file may need to be renamed for it to be recognized. My old ASUS mobo was like that.

You mean like changing the .ROM to .CAP and also is it common for a Asus boards to have the bios manufacturer from American Megatrends?

Every ASUS board I have owned uses an American Megatrends BIOS. Like GhislainG said, according to your asus software you have a Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM mobo, you cant use the ROM BIOS for the P8H61-M LE with your board. Use the CAP file in my link.

No just the name of the file, not the extension. Like I said this info is in your manual.

 

[Exia00]

Why are you trying to load a .ROM file? I have no idea what that is but I don't think its the BIOS. The Bios should be in a .CAP file. You can get it in the link below. It might need to be renamed something, look in your manual. I personally always update the BIOS in the BIOS.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8H61M_LECSM_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H61M_LE/ This is actually the model i am using to be more specific which on their update page which i have downloaded all the bios versions are all .ROM and not .CAP.

You can't flash the P8H61-M LE BIOS on a P8H61-M LE/CSM; fortunately the code prevents you from making that mistake.

Download the correct BIOS from the link provided by Dunlop0078; you don't need to load them all; just get the latest one (Version 1414).

Ok i tried out what he suggested and i went in my Bios with the .CAP update but the file was not even showing at all and yes my pen drive that i put it in is Fat32 so is there a way of converting it to to a .ROM because really it doesn't show any files that is .CAP.
Also my Bios for when i go for flashing the Bios is EZ Flash 2 and would like to also mention that my Bios looks like this

So is there a way to convert it over at all?

 

[GhislainG]

I don't know why you renamed the file; it's original extension should have been .ROM and you shouldn't rename it. All my Asus motherboards have a .ROM extension and yours can't be different.

What do you mean by "So is there a way to convert it over at all?"

 

[Exia00]

I don't know why you renamed the file; it's original extension should have been .ROM and you shouldn't rename it. All my Asus motherboards have a .ROM extension and yours can't be different.

What do you mean by "So is there a way to convert it over at all?"

The one suggested to me when i look at the update files for the Bios is all .CAP and where i was told where to go from Asus to get my updates are all .ROM but when i try to update my Bios i get the error message from the Windows app "The model of the bios image doesn't match the bios rom currently present" and when i try doing it straight from the bios i get another error which i forgot what it was called again and those errors are from the .ROM files which you are able to see from the image i have posted so i would like to see if you might have a better solution than Dunlop0078 because really i want to update it so i could start to use 3rd gen i7's.

 

[GhislainG]

Would you know why your BIOS is version 0303 when the first released BIOS is version 0402? Try to flash version 0402.

 

[Exia00]

Would you know why your BIOS is version 0303 when the first released BIOS is version 0402? Try to flash version 0402.

Ok so i went on this site instead https://driverscollection.com/?H=P8H61-M%20LE/CSM&By=ASUS&SS=BIOS&dpage=4 and found out that 3605 was the one i needed but the funny thing is everything on page 4 and 5 is what my motherboard needed because if you look here on this image this is how i actually figured it out.

PS. if i tried to update it to lets say 4601 it still gives me the error which i think at the time of my board my bios chip might be an older one that the Asus site no longer provides because on that site on page 1 you will see "ASUS P8H61-M LE/­CSM BIOS v.­4601" but really it gives this results after when trying it out.

 

[GhislainG]

We all failed to notice your motherboard is the first release; not R2.0 or newer. I figured it out because BIOS version 0303 matches the version for the first release of that motherboard.

Version 4601 is for the P8H61-M-LE, not the P8H61-M-LE/CSM that you have. You can download the correct BIOS for your motherboard from https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/P8H61-M%20LECSM/HelpDesk_Download/ Version 4501 will work.

 

[Exia00]

We all failed to notice your motherboard is the first release; not R2.0 or newer. I figured it out because BIOS version 0303 matches the version for the first release of that motherboard.

Version 4601 is for the P8H61-M-LE, not the P8H61-M-LE/CSM that you have. You can download the correct BIOS for your motherboard from https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/P8H61-M%20LECSM/HelpDesk_Download/ Version 4501 will work.

Thanks i am just happy that i am able to upgrade my processor to an i7 3770 and make my system last another 3-4 years,
Also if you do not mind me asking but if i change my processor so i need to format windows or can i keep using it the way it is now?

 

[GhislainG]

You may have to delete the processors in Device Manager and reboot the system for the new CPU to be fully detected by Windows.