2202 Bios

[Carbonicdk]

The Maximus VIII Ranger just got a 2202 bios to download on the Danish Asus site. It's not on the US one but I'm guessing they are in the progress of doing so.
https://www.asus.com/dk/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-RANGER/HelpDesk_Download/

Updates are as follows:

MAXIMUS VIII RANGER BIOS 2202
1.CPU uCode update
2.Support more PCIe-1394 devices.

So not so vague notes as usually 🙂

[Morpherios]

What is everyone's preferred method of updating as it relates to, say, restoring defaults after the flash etc? In the past I've always simply updated the bios, then restore optimized defaults, save and restart. Is that still sufficient on these boards? Also, will that wipe things like overclocking settings and whatnot? I'm still using the bios that came on the board back in January, and I'd like to move up to this one but want to make sure I do the right process for updating.

[Chino]

Morpherios wrote:
What is everyone's preferred method of updating as it relates to, say, restoring defaults after the flash etc? In the past I've always simply updated the bios, then restore optimized defaults, save and restart. Is that still sufficient on these boards? Also, will that wipe things like overclocking settings and whatnot? I'm still using the bios that came on the board back in January, and I'd like to move up to this one but want to make sure I do the right process for updating.

Clear your CMOS before updating the BIOS. And when done, clear it again.

[Kiernon]

Chino wrote:
Clear your CMOS before updating the BIOS. And when done, clear it again.

Seconded.
This has been the same method I've used for years, and it's always been sound.

[emsir]

Kiernon wrote:
Seconded.
This has been the same method I've used for years, and it's always been sound.

Wrong! Asus have never said you should clear CMOS before Bios update. It is something you think and not something you need to do. In fact what Asus and other Motherboard manufacturer says, are just to load optimized settings before updating. There is no effect what so ever to clear CMOS before updating BIOS. Your point is useless and has nothing to do with updating BIOS. I have updated over 1000 BIOS through the years and NEVER cleared CMOS! And NONE BIOS updates have ever failed.

Please let us know how and why clearing BIOS should affect BIOS update. I want a technical answer and not just something you think. And please provide some info from where you got your "advice". Is it from ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, or?

[Morpherios]

emsir wrote:
are just to load optimized settings before updating.

So go into the bios, load optimized settings, save and exit, go back into bios, do the flash... Do I have to load optimized again after the flash? And will loading optimized defaults clear anything such as overclock settings, settings relating to SATA (AHCI vs Raid etc?). I'm worried that i'm going to wipe settings and that I should write down what I have set up now in case they get cleared.

[owens2000]

Morpherios wrote:
So go into the bios, load optimized settings, save and exit, go back into bios, do the flash... Do I have to load optimized again after the flash? And will loading optimized defaults clear anything such as overclock settings, settings relating to SATA (AHCI vs Raid etc?). I'm worried that i'm going to wipe settings and that I should write down what I have set up now in case they get cleared.

Another option.
- Before flashing the new BIOS, save your current settings as a text file to a USB stick.
- Flash the latest BIOS, then save the new default settings as a Text File to the USB stick
- Compare the two files in a text Editor - I use Notepad++
- The differences in settings will be highlighted, line by line in addition to any new 'Properties' Asus may have introduced in the update

[Morpherios]

Kiernon wrote:
Seconded.
This has been the same method I've used for years, and it's always been sound.

Just realized that other people had replied, not just the last post in the thread.

so you say clearing the cmos is the way you go about it. I assume you mean via the jumper on the board? (Or is there a button for it on these boards, I didn't take notice). Also, clearing Cmos I assume all settings, overclocking, everything gets wiped/reset to default when doing so? So I assume I want to note down my settings so I can quickly go set them up again?

[Chino]

Morpherios wrote:
Just realized that other people had replied, not just the last post in the thread.

so you say clearing the cmos is the way you go about it. I assume you mean via the jumper on the board? (Or is there a button for it on these boards, I didn't take notice). Also, clearing Cmos I assume all settings, overclocking, everything gets wiped/reset to default when doing so? So I assume I want to note down my settings so I can quickly go set them up again?

Most, if not all, of the modern ASUS motherboards have a button for clearing the CMOS located at the I/O panel. So you don't have to open your case to clear the CMOS anymore. 🙂

As for settings, the saved profiles do not carry over from one BIOS revision to another. So you would need to save your settings manually. The easiest way to do so is to save your settings as a profile. Load the optimized defaults and then load your profile. Before exiting the BIOS, a window will appear with a summary of all the settings changed by your profile. What you do is save the screenshot to a USB pendrive and you're done. Sure beats writing everything down on a piece of paper.

[matchadoabout]

There seems to be a typo on the Maximus VIII Impact page that says the bios update is for the Maximus VIII Extreme instead of impact. Can anyone confirm that they didn't accidentally post the BIOS on the wrong page?

[Morpherios]

Chino wrote:


As for settings, the saved profiles do not carry over from one BIOS revision to another. So you would need to save your settings manually. The easiest way to do so is to save your settings as a profile. Load the optimized defaults and then load your profile. Before exiting the BIOS, a window will appear with a summary of all the settings changed by your profile. What you do is save the screenshot to a USB pendrive and you're done. Sure beats writing everything down on a piece of paper.

That's an awesome idea, that'll save me tons of time. Thanks for the heads up. So outside of this stuff to get the settings screenshot, shut down, clear cmos, update bios, save and exit. Shut down, clear cmos again, boot back into the bios, load optimized defaults, and then manually change the rest that need to be changed back to the custom settings. That all sound about right? (Sorry I'm so anal about this, just want to make sure I don't bork something).