Asus RS162-E4 RX4, User Manual

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode
using a bootable floppy disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy
disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.)
3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy
Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,
then click Start.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable
floppy disk.
3. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat from floppy disk.
Phlash16 does not run in any environment with memory management
such as an MS-DOS Window or Window Console. Do not run MS-DOS with
CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. Do not open any memory manager such
as HIMEM.SYS or EMM.386. Refer to Appendix for detailed information.