Bios

Посмотреть версию BIOS - в случае примера (платы asus P5K-V) версия находится в поле Version: 0603. Что такое "      BIOS Revision: 8.12" - непонятно.

dmidecode  ... BIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.       Version: 0603 Release Date: 10/31/2007 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB       ROM Size: 1024 kB        Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)               3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)               Print screen service is supported (int 5h)                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)                Serial services are supported (int 14h)                Printer services are supported (int 17h)                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)                ACPI is supported                USB legacy is supported                LS-120 boot is supported                ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported                BIOS boot specification is supported                Targeted content distribution is supported        BIOS Revision: 8.12 

Обновление Asus
EZ Falsh - записать rom-файл на флешку с fat32 и подсунуть.