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Managing and updating your BIOS

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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. 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 support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.) 4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.) Refer to the corresponding section for each utility. • 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. 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type: format A:/S then press . Windows® 98SE/ME environment a. From your Windows® desktop, click on Start, then select My Computer. b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel window. c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button. d. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 82 Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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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.
ASUS 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
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format A:/S
then press <Enter>
.
Windows
®
98SE/ME environment
a.
From your Windows
®
desktop, click on
Start
, then select
My
Computer
.
b.
Double-click on
Add/Remove Programs
icon from the Control
Panel window.
c.
Click on the
Startup Disk
tab, then on
Create Disk...
button.
d.
Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the
succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
•
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.