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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
(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.
CrashFree BIOS 2
(Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the
support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4.
ASUS Update
(Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.
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 1.44 MB 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 into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, 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.
2.
Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable
floppy disk.
•
It is recommended that you 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 AFUDOS or the ASUS Update utilities.
•
A working BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Use
this file only when you do not have a copy of the original
motherboard BIOS file in a floppy disk.
•
Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this
motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.
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