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2.1.2 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. • ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). • This utility is available in the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Quit all Windows® applications before you update the BIOS using this utility. Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS: 1. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate to launch the ASUS Update utility. 2. From the dropdown list, select any of the updating process: Updating from the Internet a. Select Update BIOS from the Internet, then click Next. b. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or click Auto Select then click Next. c. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download then click Next. The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update the utility to avail all its features. Updating from a BIOS file a. Select Update BIOS from a file, then click Next. b. Locate the BIOS file from the Open window, then click Open. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the updating process. 2-2 ASUS P5KPL-AM

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ASUS P5KPL-AM
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
This utility is available in the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package.
Updating the BIOS
To update the BIOS:
1.
From the Windows
®
desktop, click
Start
>
Programs
>
ASUS
>
ASUSUpdate
>
ASUSUpdate
to launch the ASUS Update utility.
2.
From the dropdown list, select any of the updating process:
Updating from the Internet
a.
Select
Update BIOS
from the Internet
, then click
Next
.
b.
Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or click
Auto
Select
then click
Next
.
c.
From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download then click
Next
.
2.1.2
ASUS Update utility
The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the motherboard
BIOS in Windows
®
environment.
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1.
Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The
Drivers
menu appears.
2.
Click the
Utilities
tab, then click
Install ASUS Update
.
3.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Quit all Windows
®
applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update
the utility to avail all its features.
Updating from a BIOS file
a.
Select
Update BIOS from a file
, then click
Next
.
b.
Locate the BIOS file from the
Open
window, then click
Open
.
3.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the updating process.