BIOS image for the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AMD desktop motherboard, with rev 1.00 given in the name. The board uses the AMD 970 chipset for AM3+ processors, and the 8.00 MB .bin matches a 64 Mbit SPI flash. Use it to recover a board that fails to post after a corrupted update, writing it with a programmer or socket adapter. Confirm that the PCB is the R2.0 version, since the original M5A97 differs, and keep a backup of the existing chip before writing.
The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.
How to open a .bin file
A raw, byte-for-byte image of a flash chip: the main BIOS / UEFI, the embedded-controller (EC) firmware, or both.
Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →