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Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.
Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
2.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
.
ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable
floppy disk.)
2.
ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
3.
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.)
4.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
2..
Creating a bootable floppy disk
.
Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a .44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format
A:/S
then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a .44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My
Computer.
c. Select the 3 /2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 /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 AFUDOS utilities.
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