How To Update Bios Windows 10 Asus

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This wikiHow teaches you lot how to update an ASUS computer'south motherboard software. You can update this software, known every bit the BIOS, past downloading an update file from ASUS's website and and so selecting the update file from within the BIOS. Keep in mind that the BIOS doesn't usually need to be updated if you're still installing regular Windows updates.

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Open Start . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
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Open Settings . Click the gear-shaped icon in the lower-left side of the Start carte du jour.

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Click System . Information technology'due south a monitor-shaped icon in the upper-left side of the Settings window.
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Click About . This tab is in the lower-left side of the window.
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Discover your reckoner's model proper noun. Y'all should see the model name betwixt the "Device specifications" heading and the "Device name" heading.

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Click the "Delight enter a model name" text box. It's nigh the acme of the folio.
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Enter your computer's model proper noun. Type in the model proper noun you establish in the "About" department of the Organization Settings menu. Every bit you blazon, a driblet-down carte du jour with matching results will appear.
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Select the correct model proper noun. In the drop-down carte, click your calculator's model number.
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Click Driver & Utility . Information technology'south a link on the right side of the page.
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Click the BIOS & FIRMWARE tab. You'll find this nigh the eye of the page.
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Look for an available update. You'll see the latest BIOS update file here. If the engagement on the BIOS update file is more recent than the appointment on which your computer was manufactured, your BIOS most likely needs to exist updated.
- If the file is several years onetime, chances are that your BIOS isn't in need of an update.
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Click DOWNLOAD . It'southward to the right of the BIOS file. Doing so prompts the BIOS file's ZIP folder to download onto your calculator.

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Unzip the downloaded update folder. You'll need to use WinRAR to unzip the BIOS annal:
- Install WinRAR if you don't have it.
- Double-click the downloaded update binder.
- Click Extract To at the top of the window.
- Click OK.
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Copy the BIOS file. One time the folder finishes extracting, double-click the extracted folder to open information technology, then find the BIOS file (usually a blank, white file with your computer's model number), click it, and press Ctrl+C .
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Open This PC. Click This PC on the left side of the File Explorer window.
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Double-click your hard drive. It's under the "Devices and drives" heading.
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Double-click the "Windows" folder. Yous'll find this near the bottom of the window.
- You may take to curl downwardly to come across this binder.
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Double-click the "ASUS" folder. Information technology's in the "Windows" binder.
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Paste in the copied file. Press Ctrl+Five to do then. You should see the copied file appear in the "ASUS" folder.
- You may demand to click Continue after pasting in the file to confirm your determination.
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Close down your computer. Click Start

, click Power

, and click Close down to practice so.
- Do not restart your computer.
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Hold downward F2 . Once your reckoner has completely shut downwards, begin belongings down this fundamental.
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(On some models, east.yard. X102BA, y'all accept to use the "Delete" key instead of "F2").
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Press the Power button. With the F2 key held down, press your computer's concrete "Power" button to turn it back on.
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Release F2 when the BIOS opens. The BIOS screen will announced after a few seconds, at which point you may release the F2 primal.
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Select the Advanced tab. It's at the summit of the BIOS.
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Select Showtime Piece of cake Flash . Y'all'll find this selection at the top of the "Advanced" page.
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(On some models, eastward.thousand. X102BA, a message is displayed saying that a bombardment with at least 20% capacity must be plugged in before Easy Flash will work. But a mains connection with an exhausted battery will not work.)
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Select your BIOS update file. You'll do this by using the FS1 directory to browse to the ASUS folder on your computer:
- Use the "Down" pointer key to select FS1.
- Use the "Correct" arrow key to open up FS1.
- Select Windows and printing ↵ Enter .
- Select ASUS and press ↵ Enter .
- Select your update file at the bottom of the list and press ↵ Enter .
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Confirm the installation. Press the "Confirm" primal as specified in the prompt when asked to confirm that you want to update your BIOS. This will prompt the BIOS to begin updating.
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Wait for your BIOS to stop updating. This tin can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to effectually half an hr. While your BIOS is updating, make sure you do the following:
- Keep your calculator plugged into a ability source if the computer is in danger of running out of ability.
- Refrain from restarting (or touching in general) the computer until it finishes rebooting.
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The ASUS BIOS should update automatically whenever a new Windows update installs.

Unplugging your computer or attempting to forcefulness-restart it during the BIOS update process can cause the BIOS to become corrupted, thus making your computer'south motherboard impossible to use and "bricking" your calculator.