BIOS ASUS B85-PLUS

BIOS .rar 6.48 MB Shared

BIOS firmware for the ASUS B85-PLUS desktop motherboard, stored as a 6.48 MB RAR archive; the name gives no version, board revision or flash-chip details. A file like this is used to recover a board with corrupted firmware, either through the ASUS update tools or by writing the image directly to the SPI flash chip with a programmer such as a CH341A. Look inside to see whether it is a vendor capsule or a raw dump. Read and save the original chip contents first, and check that the image size matches the chip capacity.

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 .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

More about .rar files

Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →