User Manual

ASUS MAXIMUS IX HERO
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Chapter 2
2.2 BIOS update utility
USB BIOS Flashback
USB BIOS Flashback allows you to easily update the BIOS without entering the existing
BIOS or operating system. Simply insert a USB storage device to the USB port, press the
USB BIOS Flashback button for three seconds, and the BIOS is updated automatically.
To use USB BIOS Flashback:
1. DownloadthelatestBIOSlefromtheASUSwebsite.
2. ExtractandrenametheBIOSimageletoM9H.CAP.
3. Copy M9H.CAP to the root directory of your USB storage device.
4. Turn off the system and connect the USB storage device to the USB BIOS Flashback
port.
5. Press the USB BIOS Flashback button.
AashinglightindicatesthattheBIOSFlashbackfunctionisenabled.Thelightgoesout
when the process of updating the BIOS is complete.
• FormoreBIOSupdateutilitiesinBIOSsetup,refertothesectionUpdating BIOS in
Chapter 3.
• ConnectyourUSBkeyboardontheKeyBotportifyouwanttousetheKeyBotfeature.
Updating BIOS may have risks. If the BIOS program is damaged during the process and
results to the system’s failure to boot up, please contact your local ASUS Service Center.
USB BIOS Flashback button USB BIOS Flashback port