Official ASUS X38 Boards: P5E, P5E3 - Info/BIOS Thread

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Have you tried EZ-Flash built right into the bios? I never had problems flashing with that!! Try EZ-Flash in the bios using a USB thumb drive.

I believe you can also flash using a DOS utility called AFUDOS. However, because the bios is 2MB and won't fit on a floppy, you will need a blank usb flash drive and make it bootable. You can make it bootable using this utility (you will also need to download the Win98 DOS System files (link provided on the page). It says this is optional, but in fact is required under WinXP:

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool : http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

Document (Read!): AFUDOS BIOS Update Procedure (last doc on the page dated 2007/03/07)
http://support.asus.com/technicaldoc...Language=en-us

DOS Flash Utility: AMI BIOS flash utility (version 2.29)
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...map&mapindex=1

Step by Step Instructions on the Net with pictures:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/flashutl/afuusb.pdf

NOTICE: I have not personally flashed the bios on the P5E using this method. But I would use a DOS flash before I would ever use a windows flash method. The EZ-Flash in the bios is the safest method.

Anyone a trick how to downgrade to an older BIOS? Older ASUS Update mentionend here do not work, they say, "No ASUS board found" .. I have the P5E3, by the way.