Need help updating BIOS

[Coldlucidity]

Okay, I can't find anything on my motherboard, it's a weird one. The name of it is either K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD or Intel Core I3 4160, somebody help me please? It's an ASUS motherboard.

 

[clutchc]

Is this the PC it is in? https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/M31AD/

 

[Coldlucidity]

Is this the PC it is in? https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/M31AD/

This pc was built by ibuypower. I just clicked a build that some guy used and bought it.

 

[Coldlucidity]

Is this the PC it is in? https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/M31AD/

It's a small motherboard, it did come with windows 8.1, so possibly?

 

[clutchc]

OK. I guess you're saying the one I linked to is not it.
If the motherboard is a real Asus, it should have a model name printed on it around the middle of the board. Another way to find out is to run CPU-Z and look under the mainboard tab. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[Coldlucidity]

OK. I guess you're saying the one I linked to is not it.
If the motherboard is a real Asus, it should have a model name printed on it around the middle of the board. Another way to find out is to run CPU-Z and look under the mainboard tab. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD is the model number.

 

[Coldlucidity]

Brand says American Megatrends Inc. Manufacturer:ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

 

[clutchc]

OK. I guess you're saying the one I linked to is not it.
If the motherboard is a real Asus, it should have a model name printed on it around the middle of the board. Another way to find out is to run CPU-Z and look under the mainboard tab. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD is the model number.

That's what I used to reach the link above. "K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD" is not an Asus motherboard model number. Run CPU-Z if that is all that is printed on the board.

 

[Coldlucidity]

OK. I guess you're saying the one I linked to is not it.
If the motherboard is a real Asus, it should have a model name printed on it around the middle of the board. Another way to find out is to run CPU-Z and look under the mainboard tab. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD is the model number.

That's what I used to reach the link above. "K30AD-M31AD-M51AD-M32AD" is not an Asus motherboard model number. Run CPU-Z if that is all that is printed on the board.

http://imgur.com/ry3lcsE

 

[Coldlucidity]

Confusing, right?

 

[Coldlucidity]

Bump? Somebody help please.

 

[clutchc]

I would get in touch with iBuypower and let them tell you which Asus board they actually used in your build. Apparently, they used one of several. And the exact board and its revision no. is required to get the correct BIOS update. Otherwise you risk bricking the PC.
What do you need the BIOS update for, exactly?

 

[Coldlucidity]

I would get in touch with iBuypower and let them tell you which Asus board they actually used in your build. Apparently, they used one of several. And the exact board and its revision no. is required to get the correct BIOS update. Otherwise you risk bricking the PC.
What do you need the BIOS update for, exactly?

Trying to upgrade my ram, used crucials scanner to find out what I need. Have 2 4gb sticks and only the old one will work so I decided to just try and update my bios to see it that will fix it. When I put it in the first time the pc would power up and shut down, power up and shut down ex. It did completely power up then I recieved a no signal from my monitor so idk what the deal is, very frustrating, something as simple as putting a stick of ram into your computer.

 

[clutchc]

A modern Haswell motherboard should not need a BIOS update to use any RAM that is DDR3. What RAM are you wanting to use?
Btw, can you take a picture of the motherboard and post it here?

 

[Coldlucidity]

Hey, sorry about the late reply, I work 12s I hope you're still willing to help. I took 3 pictures of my motherboard, it's still in the case.
http://imgur.com/TAKnPdU
http://imgur.com/p4PhD4Q
http://imgur.com/IcNEZS2

The ram I am wanting to use is ddr3l 1600 udimm.

 

[clutchc]

That white label partly covered by the cooler's fan cable is the model of the board. I think it is an Asus H81M-E: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H81ME/
If you can verify that, the above site should have all the info you need for the board. But the board should be fine with any and all DDR3 1600 MHz RAM w/o needing any kind of BIOS update as you can see by going to the specifications tab.

 

[Coldlucidity]

That white label partly covered by the cooler's fan cable is the model of the board. I think it is an Asus H81M-E: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H81ME/
If you can verify that, the above site should have all the info you need for the board. But the board should be fine with any and all DDR3 1600 MHz RAM w/o needing any kind of BIOS update as you can see by going to the specifications tab.

That's pretty much the same one I have with a few added extras, goodjob finding it. But can you think of any reason why I can't get a signal to my monitor when I have both of the sticks in?

 

[clutchc]

That white label partly covered by the cooler's fan cable is the model of the board. I think it is an Asus H81M-E: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H81ME/
If you can verify that, the above site should have all the info you need for the board. But the board should be fine with any and all DDR3 1600 MHz RAM w/o needing any kind of BIOS update as you can see by going to the specifications tab.

That's pretty much the same one I have with a few added extras, goodjob finding it. But can you think of any reason why I can't get a signal to my monitor when I have both of the sticks in?

One stick might be bad. One DIMM slot might be bad. You may not have had the stick fully seated in the slot. Try each stick individually in each slot individually. If good...
Then run Memtest on each stick individually in each slot individually for at least one full pass each time. http://www.memtest86.com/

Btw, don't try downloading/flashing the BIOS from the above Asus web page unless you are 100% certain that is the same board as you have. That could brick your board. (Theoretically, if the BIOS update does not recognize the board correctly, it will abort the update operation. But why take a chance)