Bios does not support afu on Asus P5B-VM?

[LiveOrDie]

OK i cant get this board to update its bios, I've download the Beta Version 1004 from the asus site here http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5BVM/#download but im getting this error "Bios does not support afu" i've tried all diffrent commands and it just wont update, Any ideas also tried 2 windows bios update programs afuwin and asus's own bios update software.

 

[95Viper]

Don't know the answer to the AFU problem, maybe someone else can help with that one.

However, why not use the EZ Flash 2:

EZ Flash 2
Simply update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS
EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS. You can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility.

The manual for your version should have the details.

 

[LiveOrDie]

Don't know the answer to the AFU problem, maybe someone else can help with that one.

However, why not use the EZ Flash 2:



The manual for your version should have the details.

I also tired that and for some reason i didn't work right it would only see drive A and C and was not able to read them or even read my USB so i gave up on it i think the bios on this board is corrupt in some means.

 

[95Viper]

Was the USB stick formatted for fat and not ntfs?

 

[LiveOrDie]

Tried both Fat16 and Fat32.

 

[95Viper]

Hate to ask, because you probably have tried this.

Have you enabled the usb and legacy devices in the bios?

Have you tried a cd using the EZ updater or maybe the BIOS recovery?