First why are you trying to update your BIOS? If you don't need the new BIOS for a specific reason don't upgrade the BIOS as there is a risk of bricking your motherboard., The reason you are unable to update the BIOS is because you have downloaded the wrong one for your motherboard.

I am trying to update the BIOS and went here to use their update utility: However, the software Afudos BIOS update tool V2.36 will not load (3rd item of the above web page's list)!?!? What do I do now?

Any other BIOS update utility compatible to the Asus P5Q-E? I am having these problems: You've got the wrong file. AFUDOS is the standalone BIOS update utility that runs under DOS. It should be added say to a USB drive that's been formatted to boot DOS, and you put AFUDOS and the proper ROM files on that USB drive. Then you boot your machine to that USB drive (be sure you adjust your BIO to boot from that USB drive before booting from floppy, or CD, or hard disk, in its boot sequence setup) and you run that AFUDOS program from DOS, pointing it to the ROM file you want to apply. If you want to update your BIOS under Win7, you need to use that particular utility program. It's called ASUS Update 7.16.01 Beta Version for Windows 7.

For some crazy reason ASUS put it in their 'Utilities' section, rather than in the 'BIOS Utilities' section where you'd expect it to be. Anyway, the AFUDOS utility (for DOS) is in 'BIOS Utilities' while the ASUS Update 7.16.01 utility (for use under Win7) is in the 'Utilities' section.

Expand 'Utilities', scroll down to the ASUS Update 7.16.01 item, and download it. That's what you're looking for to do the BIOS update under Win7 (assuming you've also already downloaded the ROM file itself). Or, you can use AFUDOS if you plant it and the ROM on a DOS standalone bootable USB drive (or floppy). Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home-built, two systems (1) and (2) OS Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2) CPU i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2) Motherboard ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2) Memory 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2) Graphics Card ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2) Sound Card Realtek ALC892 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2) Monitor(s) Displays Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (1); Eizo 24' S2433W (2) Screen Resolution 1920x1200, 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200 (2). Wrong file?Did you read what I said? You cannot run AFUDOS under Win7. It's a DOS program intended for use with a standalone bootable DOS floppy or USB drive, on which AFUDOS and the related ROM file for the new BIOS upgrade has been placed.

You boot to DOS, and run AFUDOS, pointing to the new ROM. So if you try to run AFUDOS under Win7 it will not work. That's what I meant by 'wrong file'. It's the wrong program to use if you want to update the BIOS under Win7!!! It will only work under DOS. ===> WRONG FILE IS AFUDOS (unless you want to update your BIOS with a DOS bootable USB drive on which both AFUDOS and the new ROM has been placed, in which case AFUDOS is the correct file). The second part of my post told you where to find the RIGHT FILE, i.e.

The 'ASUS Update 7.16.01 Beta version for Win7'. For some reason ASUS chose not to also put it in the 'BIOS Utilities' section on the downloads page for your motherboard. Instead, ASUS chose to put it in the 'Utilities' section. So I'm telling you. Then enter your operating system (presumably Win7 x64). Then expand the 'Utilities' section, and scroll down so that 'ASUS Update 7.16.01' is shown. Then download it, and run it (assuming you already have the new BIOS ROM file downloaded for use with ASUS Update) to update your motherboard while Win7 is running.