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Thread ID: 121913	2011-11-21 05:53:00	Bios update problem	Driftwood (5551)	Press F1

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1244627	2011-11-21 05:53:00	Puting a system together for a friend. All used componants. Asus P5K-E mobo Intel E8500 cpu HD 4870 gpu Win7 x64 os At bootup "Unknown CPU is detected, updating BIOS is required to unleash its full power! Press F1 to resume" Went ahead & installed the os & installed latest drivers. Still getting this prompt at bootup. Have the latest Bios & update utility from Asus but system rejects it, claiming: "The version of this file is not compatable with the version of windows you are running. Check your systems information to see whether you need an x86 etc etc" Well, all the drivers came from Asus for Win7 x64. So what am I doing wrong?	Driftwood (5551)
1244628	2011-11-21 05:58:00	Get the BIOS update (looks like its up to 1305 if its P5K-E), extract it to a USB flash drive. Then use EZ-Flash in the BIOS to update the BIOS. Wait for it to finish updating it, reconfigure / save the settings. If that message keeps appearing (and you cant update the BIOS), you'll have to install a lower spec CPU, flash it then put that E8500 CPU back in	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1244629	2011-11-21 07:35:00	Thanks Speedy. The EZ Flash update appears to have solved the problem. But it had me worried as the instructions in the manual differed from what I was actually doing on the screen.	Driftwood (5551)
1244630	2011-11-21 07:40:00	There's 3 different ways you can update a BIOS on an ASUS mobo. The windows program (ASUSupdate). But you should load the BIOS into it (dont let it find then update it). It'll probably freeze and kill it. Unless the mobo supports crashfree BIOS. Most of the recent ASUS mobos do. The old way use a DOS floppy or USB flash drive (if the mobo supports USB) Or the easiest way EZ-Flash. Thats if the BIOS supports it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1244631	2011-11-21 09:10:00	Yeah forget those Winflash programs unless you have no other option. They have the highest chance of failure and bricking your system, then you can be down for some real fun trying to fix it (although not impossible, but do require the right tools and skills) EZ-Flash and such utilities are better but not always bug free either. Personally I boot plain DOS from somewhere, usually a floppy disk, and flash that way, never had an issue doing it that way either.	Agent_24 (57)
1244632	2011-11-21 10:01:00	@ Agent_24. Agreed.	Snorkbox (15764)
1244633	2011-11-21 18:21:00	Some BIOS's can be buggy too. The other computer here, the latest BIOS USED to corrupt the BIOS (funny how it used to corrupt itself when it felt like it). It used to stuff itself up like every 6 mths. But the latest BIOS is on it now. And its been fine for a while. And another computer I fixed, the latest BIOS made it loop continuously. If you turned it on, it would never boot into windows (it would loop, after detecting what was in the system). Too bad if you dont use floppies. Unless the system supported USB, you wont be able to flash a BIOS	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1244634	2011-11-21 18:54:00	I may have caused my problem. Unsure of the mobo's history I reset the bios before putting it all together. In hindsight it may have been better not to.	Driftwood (5551)
1244635	2011-11-21 19:50:00	And another computer I fixed, the latest BIOS made it loop continuously. If you turned it on, it would never boot into windows (it would loop, after detecting what was in the system). Too bad if you dont use floppies. Unless the system supported USB, you wont be able to flash a BIOS Or if you have a hardware EEPROM programmer like I do ;) I may have caused my problem. Unsure of the mobo's history I reset the bios before putting it all together. In hindsight it may have been better not to. No, if the BIOS on there didn't support the CPU, it would never support the CPU. Resettng the BIOS only puts user-changeable settings back to defaults. It does NOT revert the BIOS to an older version.	Agent_24 (57)
1244636	2011-11-21 23:41:00	This systerm I have put together has same specs to another I have here, so thought I would compare porformance index figures. Identical except for memory which is 6.7 & 6.9 Have even swapped the memory with the same result. Different mobos, P5K-E/Wifi & GA-EP35-DS3 Gigabyte has the higher reading. Also has a higher ouput PSU, don't know if that would have any bearing. Had visions of keeping the Asus board for my self, thinking it would be a better board.	Driftwood (5551)
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