Hello, what is the safest way to flash BIOS? I can see three BIOSes of the same version on ASRock's site.
They are: Instant flash, DOS and Windows.
The Instant flash version E350M1USB3(1.80)ROM.zip contains just one file E35MU31.80 exactly 4MB in size which I think is BIOS itself.
DOS and Windows versions contain exe-files called E35MU31.80.EXE, I guess each exe-file contains a flashing utility along with the ROM contents to flash.
The DOS flashing utility is called AFUDOS, the Windows is called AFUWINGUI, the Windows package contains two sys-files, they are
possibly drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
To start flashing, the Instant Flash variant needs just booting to BIOS, the DOS variant needs a USB pen drive, the Windows variant is happy with any disk storage accessible by Windows.
After all the investigations, I can't figure out what is the best (safest) way of flashing.
I was sure the safest was flashing from BIOS. Why then there are two other packages (DOS and WIN)?
What makes DOS and WIN flashers equally safe (if not safer) than the BIOS flasher?
Are there situations when flashing from BIOS is not possible?
They are: Instant flash, DOS and Windows.
The Instant flash version E350M1USB3(1.80)ROM.zip contains just one file E35MU31.80 exactly 4MB in size which I think is BIOS itself.
DOS and Windows versions contain exe-files called E35MU31.80.EXE, I guess each exe-file contains a flashing utility along with the ROM contents to flash.
The DOS flashing utility is called AFUDOS, the Windows is called AFUWINGUI, the Windows package contains two sys-files, they are
possibly drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
To start flashing, the Instant Flash variant needs just booting to BIOS, the DOS variant needs a USB pen drive, the Windows variant is happy with any disk storage accessible by Windows.
After all the investigations, I can't figure out what is the best (safest) way of flashing.
I was sure the safest was flashing from BIOS. Why then there are two other packages (DOS and WIN)?
What makes DOS and WIN flashers equally safe (if not safer) than the BIOS flasher?
Are there situations when flashing from BIOS is not possible?
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