Asus P5K BIOS update needed

hillery · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

I bought a new Asus P5K motherboard yesterday. However, it is not working with my computer. System reports 500GB HDD as 140GB and won't boot. I thought that it is broken but friend told me that my BIOS is not supporting that HDD and maybe my motherboard is overheating. I think that my mobo temperature measurements are a little off. He told me that I should flash my BIOS. Is that true? What is BIOS actually used for?

rance · Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 92

BIOS is a collection of system programs, which are stored in the ROM memory of your motherboard. Those programs are startup softwares for any computers. They are monitoring all components of your computer. The BIOS is used for startup settings of your computer. In BIOS, you can find all the basic data about your computer: list of components, speed of processor, motherboard clock, temperature of system and CPU, cooler speed and hard drive capacity. Motherboard has its own battery to support the BIOS. If that battery fails, the BIOS will loose its content and your computer would not start. You can monitor motherboard and processor temperature in BIOS. It is not so rare that motherboard reports wrong size of hard drives. If your motherboard manufacturer publishes the newer version of BIOS for your Asus P5K, you should definitely download and install that version. It would solve your problem.

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