Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (
More info?)
In article <katca1tqa77v5v1jg4vi8u5rdoeomubpoi@4ax.com>, Pete
<peteroe@REMOVETHISwritebros.org> wrote:
> Has anybody risked a BIOS update on the K8VSE Deluxe using the windows
> environment program supplied with the mb's cd?
Check the support.asus.com.tw download page, click the BIOS button,
read the "BIOS history" link. It will tell you, that if the
motherboard has certain early BIOS versions installed, you
can corrupt the BIOS by using Asus Update. You can also
check Google, and see how many victims of flashing accidents
there are.
The reason for this, could be that either the flashing code
inside the BIOS has a bug, or it has something to do with the
flashing of the boot block. The boot block doesn't get changed
on every release, and perhaps the later releases are making
changes to the boot block found in an earlier release.
I think I would use the floppy in this case. If the floppy
based method works for you the first time, you can consider
changing over to Asus Update for future updates, as long as
there are no new warnings listed against a newer BIOS file.
HTH,
Paul