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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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.
AFUDOS utility
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.)
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
(To recover the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk
when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
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 AFUDOS 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
®
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 ½ Floppy Drive
icon.
d. Right click
File
from the menu, then select
Format
.
A Format 3½
Floppy Disk
window appears.
e. Select
Create an MS-DOS startup disk
from the format options field,
then click
Start
.
