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2.6 Smart Buttons
e motherboard has two smart buttons: Clear CMOS Button and BIOS Flashback
Button, allowing users to quickly clear the CMOS values or ash the BIOS.
Clear CMOS Button
(CLRCBTN1)
(see p.8, No. 17)
Clear CMOS Button
allows users to quickly
clear the CMOS values.
BIOS Flashback Button
(BIOS_FB1)
(see p.10, No. 16)
BIOS Flashback Button allows
users to ash the BIOS.
is function is workable only when you power o your computer and unplug the power
supply.
ASRock BIOS Flashback feature allows you to update BIOS without powering on the system, even
without CPU.
To use the USB BIOS Flashback function, Please follow the steps below.
1. Download the latest BIOS le from ASRock's website : http://www.asrock.com.
2. Copy the BIOS le to your USB ash drive. Please make sure the le system of
your USB ash drive must be FAT32.
3. Extract BIOS le from the zip le.
4. Rename the le to “creative.rom” and save it to the root directory of X: USB ash drive.
5. Plug the 24 pin power connector to the motherboard. en turn on the power supply's AC
switch.
*ere is no need to power on the system.
6. en plug your USB drive to the USB BIOS Flashback port.
7. Press the BIOS Flashback Switch for about three seconds. en the LED starts to blink.
8. Wait until the LED stops blinking, indicating that BIOS ashing has been completed.
*If the LED light turns solid green, this means that the BIOS Flashback is not
operating properly. Please make sure that you plug the USB drive to the USB BIOS Flashback
port.
**If the LED does not light up at all then please disconnect power from the system and remove/
disconnect the CMOS battery from the motherboard for several minutes. Reconnect power
and battery and try again.