Overview

This article will cover following objectives i.e.

How to update ASUS motherboard BIOS using USB BIOS Flashback option?

How to recover corrupt BIOS during BIOS update?

How to update BIOS in an environment when you’re not able to get into posting the system and BIOS settings at all?

Steps to perform safe & successful update:

For above all perform the following steps:

Get a USB drive of no larger than 8 GB to avoid corrupt media. Format the USB drive on a separate computer or laptop with FAT32 file format system. Download the latest BIOS files from the following link after choosing the right motherboard. In this case, I am performing BIOS Update for ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA VIII.

http://www.asus.com/supportonly/MAXIMUS%20VIII%20FORMULA/HelpDesk_Download/

Extract the downloaded BIOS file in a separate folder. Now download the BIOS Rename Tool from the following link and it works for most of BIOS files renaming.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65045444/BRenamer.zip