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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. AwardBIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.) 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk when the BIOS gets corrupted.) 3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.) Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities. Important notes • 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 AFLASH utilities. • 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® 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 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 66 Chapter 5: BIOS information

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Chapter 5:
BIOS information
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.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility
(Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk
during POST.)
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS
(Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy
disk when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
3.
ASUS Update
(Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities.
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
®
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 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the
succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Important notes
•
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 AFLASH
utilities.
•
Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for
this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.