As any enthusiast knows hardware only takes you so far. When considering what affects your experience with component products whether it be a motherboard, graphics card or a router, firmware makes a big difference. Firmware affects almost all aspects of a product whether it be performance, compatibility / interoprability, reliability as well as general functionality and even the GUI.  This is an area ASUS has spent considerable time and effort, committing a large number of its internal resources to ensure we have leading firmware that provides a superior user experience. In this new ongoing series we will be covering new updates as they are released. We will be noting what type improvements they enable or implement. Additionally as drivers can also affect performance considerably we  will do our best to give you visibility on important driver releases that can provide or enable new functionality, resolves issues or overall improve the user experience. So if you have been wondering whether a new UEFI ( BIOS ) has been released for your board. look no further.
Below is the list of boards have received updates this month. As always you can grab these updates at support.asus.com.
ASUS Motherboard UEFI BIOS Firmware updates
A88X
CROSSBLADE RANGER
X99
RAMAPGE V EXTREME
X99 DELUXE
Z87
MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
MAXIMUS VI IMPACT
MAXIMUS VI FORMULA
Z87 DELUXE QUAD
Z87 DELUXE DUAL
Z87 DELUXE
Z87 PRO
Z87 PLUS
Z87 A
SABERTOOTH Z87
GRYPHON Z87
Complete list is noted below including the build number of the new UEFI.
| H81M-D-R2 | 0307 |
| M52BC | 0203 |
| P50AD | 0204 |
| A88XM-A | 1702 |
| B85-PRO-R2 | 0308 |
| A88XM-E | 0801 |
| AM1I-A-SI | 0602 |
| A85XM-A | 6602 |
| H61M-A | 1103 |
| H61M-A-USB3 | 1203 |
| H61M-PLUS | 1203 |
| CROSSBLADE-RANGER | 0602 |
| H87-PLUS | 2002 |
| RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME | 0503 |
| X99-DELUXE | 0801 |
| H61-PLUS | 0903 |
| B85-A | 0601 |
| RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME | 0603 |
| VM62N | 0803 |
| MAXIMUS-VI-EXTREME | 1603 |
| H81M-E | 2105 |
| B85M-K | 1001 |
| Z97-K-R2 | 0303 |
| H81T-SI | 0704 |
| X99-S | 0802 |
| P8H77-M-LE | 1501 |
| P8H77-I | 1102 |
| P8B75-M | 1701 |
| F1A55-M-LX-PLUS-R2 | 5501 |
| B75M-PLUS | 1001 |
| P8B75-M-LX-PLUS | 0906 |
| P8B75-M-LX | 1403 |
| P8B75-M-LX-TW | 1207 |
| Z87-K | 1401 |
| H81M-E-R2 | 0308 |
| A88XM-A | 1801 |
| A85XM-A | 6603 |
| VM62 | 0701 |
| A88X-GAMER | 0402 |
| MAXIMUS-VI-IMPACT | 1603 |
| MAXIMUS-VI-FORMULA | 1603 |
| Z87-EXPERT | 2103 |
| Z87-PLUS | 2103 |
| H81M-C | 2106 |
| Z87-DELUXE-QUAD | 2103 |
| SABERTOOTH-Z87 | 2103 |
| Z87-DELUXE-DUAL | 2103 |
| GRYPHON-Z87 | 2103 |
| Z87-A | 2103 |
| VANGUARD-B85 | 2103 |
| Z87-DELUXE | 2103 |