Help Locating Asus BIOS

Greetings Geeks.

It seems I am having trouble locating the correct BIOS version to download. Asus is making it overly difficult. I tried the ASUS Autoupdate which is proving to be an exercise in futility. I first tried to "upgrade from internet" and I had trouble connecting to the servers, they all seemed busy. When I did connect, it simply stated a "newer version is available and must be upgraded. It downloads, get to the end, and just seems to hang. The whole process is cryptic - what is downloading, the BIOS file? A newer version of Auto Update? I am pretty sure I have the newest version. No problem, I instruct the program to download the BIOS only, same frickin' thing. Arghhhhh. . . . .

So I go about searching the untamed wild of driver downloads. As expected, when I go to a site for drivers, I get bombarded with alternate downloads, tricky and misleading web page layouts, etc. I feel like a lamb in a den of lions.

I manage to download and try a few files (made even more frustrating by the crappy minimal display quality of my hobbled computer). No luck there either, it seems whenever I get a file I think is correct, Asus Auto Updater tells me the ROM versions do not match.

My head is going to explode. So, I have a simple question: Where can I safely and easily download a BIOS update file for an Asus M2MV-MX SE motherboard?

Thanks for any help.

For the record, updating an ASUS motherboard is proving to be way to difficult. So much so, they just might have lost a future customer.

 

can you double check(or triple if that's the case) the model # I'm not seeing it anywhere. I've found M2NV

Was this board purchased as a component for your system, or was the computer bought whole from a store?

 

I believe the board is an M2V-MX SE mATX. Use this page to select your mobo and OS and most likely find that the 0601 BIOS is the latest and grab that. Do not use the auto-updater as that really sucks even after 5 years that I tried it.

Do use the updater that is on your mobo's CD, worked for me though I have only had to update the BIOS once, in all my builds, when I went from a single cored Venice 3000+ to an X2 3800+.

Do read the changelogs to see if your CPU is affected, otherwise don't bother as it's more headache than anything. This is one of those times when 'If it ain't broke...'.

 

thesmokingun - yes, I am that stupid. Thanks for taking the time to question my stupidity! You would think I would get something as important as the model number correct in my post! I did search for the correct version though, I just entered it wrong here.

auggiedoggie - thanks, going there now . . . . I will come back if I have troubles . . . .