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ASUS offers AFUDOS, EZFlash, and ASUS update. I've had issues with the OS-based installs (ASUS Update) from ASUS, so I just use EZFlash now. It's built right into the BIOS, so it's easy to access. I honestly don't think you'll trash your board if it screws up. ASUS has some degree of recovery built into the BIOS upgrade programs. I load (and unzip) the BIOS file on a flash drive and make sure the BIOS sees the flash drive in EZFlash first before trying it. You have to know the basic settings in BIOS however, or you'll get yourself into a dilemma. You may need to set memory timings, or set the BIOS up for RAID if you are currently running it, and a handful of other things because when you load the new BIOS it may or may not carry over your current settings. On a side note, I just reflashed yesterday and it preserved all my settings. I'm using a P5P43 TDPro which probably has the same BIOS as yours.
I seem to remember JohnnyScience in a previous post several weeks ago.
No matter, Johnny please state the nature of your Itunes issue!
Please ensure that your system specs are completed in the lower left of the screen, I need O/S 64 bit or 32, what version of Itunes, screen shots of your device manager in the area of USB drivers etc.
What happens when you attach your Iphone to your system etc.
The more detail the easier it will make our trouble shooting.
For now forget the bios updates.
Regards,
Adrian
I have owned a number of ASUS mobos and have flashed their bios many times without any problems. The best way I found is to install the ASUSUpdate applet.
Once installed, you can download the bios file from the internet using the update program, or from ASUS. Getting the update to download the file can be erratic and take a long time with busy servers, but you'll get the correct file.
If you want to download the file directly from ASUS, you have to make sure that you select the proper file for your mobo dash numbers or version. You really don't want to install the wrong bios. I also get the latest ASUSUpdate from there instead of using the one on the disk. ASUSUpdate is simple to use and so far, bulletproof.
I also flashed my laptop before I installed Win 7 and everything went just fine.
Usually the there is instructions from the site you download the BIOS firmware upate from. A Readme.txt perhaps?