Asus A7N8X-VM 400 A7N8X-VM/400 User's Manual - Page 32

2.1 Managing and Updating your BIOS It is recommended that you save a copy of the motherboard's original BIOS to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the original BIOS later. The BIOS information in the above screen is for reference only. What you see on your screen may not be exactly the same as shown. 2.1.1 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS Updating the BIOS Update the BIOS only if you are sure that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems. Careless updating may result to more problems with the motherboard! 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page x for details) and save to the boot floppy disk you created earlier. 2. Boot from the floppy disk. 3. At the "A:\" prompt, type AFUDOS /i and then press . 4. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the Flash ROM. Several tasks are performed and when the programming is done, the message "Done" appears at the end of each task. C:\AFUDOS>afudos /ia7n8x000.rom AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10 Copyright (C)2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading file.......done Erasing flash......done Writing flash......0x0008CC00 (9%) 5. After all tasks are performed, AFUDOS utility automatically exits to DOS. C:\AFUDOS>afudos /ia7n8x000.rom AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10 Copyright (C)2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading file.......done Erasing flash......done Writing flash......done Verifying flash....done DO NOT turn off the system while updating the BIOS. This may cause boot problems. Just repeat the process, and if the problem persists, load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk. If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, call the ASUS service center for support. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS information