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2 hours ago, robeng said:

But when do you know it's necesary?

When per exemple theres a new feature that your board could support, but wasnt implented at the launch of your motherboard, so then sometimes you will need to update bios to get access to these features / supports...

Besides of that, no need to update the bios..

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Hi! Im running a Z97-A motherboard from ASUS. I went to there website to get the latest drivers. And i downloaded a couple of drivers from there website. everyone has an .exe file in them but the BIOS driver has a .cap file. I googled but did't find any good instructions. So im wondering if someone would help me with this by linking a good instruction or writing a quick one your selfs!

 

Thanks in advance!

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I don't think you have to download the BIOS update seperately anymore. Last time i checked you could 1-click download and install it from the BIOS directly, at least on my Sabertooth. :D

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Doesn't asus have a manual that tells you how to do this? 

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ASUS Z97-A
2-1
2.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
The ASUS website publishes the latest BIOS versions to provide enhancements on system
stability, compatibility,and performance. However, BIOS updating is potentially risky. If
there is no problem using the current version of BIOS, DO NOT manually update the BIOS.
Inappropriate BIOS updating may result to system’s failure to boot. Carefully follow the
instructions in this chapter to update your BIOS when necessary.
to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard.
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard BIOS setup program.
1.
EZ Update
: Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.
2.
ASUS EZ Flash 2:
Updates the BIOS using a USB flash drive.
3.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3:
Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or
a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.
4.
ASUS BIOS Updater:
Updates the BIOS in DOS environment using the motherboard
support DVD and a USB flash disk drive.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you need
to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS
Update utility.
 

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1 hour ago, Aytex said:

If your bios isn't broken, don't mess with updating it.

But when do you know it's necesary?

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2 hours ago, robeng said:

But when do you know it's necesary?

When per exemple theres a new feature that your board could support, but wasnt implented at the launch of your motherboard, so then sometimes you will need to update bios to get access to these features / supports...

Besides of that, no need to update the bios..

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3 hours ago, robeng said:

...the BIOS driver has a .cap file.

If the .cap file was part of a .zip file, there should be a BIOS flash .exe in the zip with it.

If not, there should be a BIOS flash utility somewhere on the ASUS site. Usually, it's either on the same page or there should be a link to it on the same page as the BIOS file.

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