ASUS P2-P5N9300/P4-P5N9300
4-3
Windows
®
Vista environment
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk
drive.
b. Click
from the Windows
®
desktop, then select
Computer
.
c. Right-click
Floppy Disk Drive
, then click
Format
.
d. Select the
Create an MS-DOS startup disk
checkbox.
e. Click
Start
.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.
4.1.2
AwardBIOS flash utility
The AwardBIOS flash utility allows you to update the BIOS in DOS environment
using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk, or CD ROM with the updated BIOS
file. This utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS file that you can use as
backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
Updating the BIOS
To update the BIOS using the AwardBIOS flash utility:
1. Download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard from the ASUS website
at www.asus.com
. Rename the file to
P5N78L.BIN
and save it to a bootable
floppy disk, USB flash disk, or CD ROM in FAT 16/12 format.
Save only the updated BIOS file in the disk to avoid loading the wrong BIOS file.
2. Copy the AwardBIOS flash utility (awdflash.exe) from the motherboard
Support CD to the bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk, or CD ROM.
3. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk,
or CD ROM.
4. Under the DOS mode, use <X:> (X stands for the name of the disk
assignment) to switch to the folder of the disk you saved the BIOS file and
the AwardBIOS flash utility.
