BIOS update

d.arbib · 11-18-2006, 07:24 PM

This is an unusual request for help.

I have Asus A8N-SLI motherboard and up until yesterday the BIOS rev was 1016
and I had no problems. Looked on the Asus site and found there was an update to 1805 beta.

I installed this latest version using the updater and the BIOS was duly installed on the CMOS.

Xpro/SP2 and all programs ran OK but in BIOS setup I cannot find "boot from keyboard or space bar" which existed in 1016

So I tried to return to 1016 but this cannot be done using the updater. I have emailed Asus but have no reply, so you geniuses please help a 73 year old geriatric

pip22 · 11-20-2006, 11:51 AM

Well if the new BIOS flashing utility didn't offer to backup your existing BIOS (which it usually does with most BIOS updaters), there's no way you can return to it now. I see the new BIOS was a beta release (unfinished) which could well explain the missing boot features.

Updating with an unfinished BIOS release is not something I would do. In fact I would have to be very sure that any new BIOS that was available (beta or not) offered some vital new benefits before I flashed over the existing one. Did you check what the new BIOS offered in the way of new features before you went ahead with it?

11-18-2006, 07:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
d.arbib Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18 OS: XP pro SP2	BIOS update This is an unusual request for help. I have Asus A8N-SLI motherboard and up until yesterday the BIOS rev was 1016 and I had no problems. Looked on the Asus site and found there was an update to 1805 beta. I installed this latest version using the updater and the BIOS was duly installed on the CMOS. Xpro/SP2 and all programs ran OK but in BIOS setup I cannot find "boot from keyboard or space bar" which existed in 1016 So I tried to return to 1016 but this cannot be done using the updater. I have emailed Asus but have no reply, so you geniuses please help a 73 year old geriatric

11-20-2006, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
pip22 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 82 OS: XP	Well if the new BIOS flashing utility didn't offer to backup your existing BIOS (which it usually does with most BIOS updaters), there's no way you can return to it now. I see the new BIOS was a beta release (unfinished) which could well explain the missing boot features. Updating with an unfinished BIOS release is not something I would do. In fact I would have to be very sure that any new BIOS that was available (beta or not) offered some vital new benefits before I flashed over the existing one. Did you check what the new BIOS offered in the way of new features before you went ahead with it?