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c. d. Click Start, then select Run. From the Open box, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: then press , assuming that D: is your CD-ROM drive. 2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk. e. Follow succeeding screen instructions. 2.1.2 Updating the BIOS The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility. Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility. 1. Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS web site. Rename the file to K8VXE.BIN and save it to a floppy disk. Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading the wrong BIOS file. 5. At the prompt, type awdflash then press . The Award BIOS Flash Utility screen appears. 2. Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdflash.exe) from the Software folder of the support CD to the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file. 3. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. 4. When the A:> appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8251-K8V-XE-00 DATE: 01/05/2006 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: Message: Please input File Name! ASUS K8V-XE motherboard 2-3

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ASUS K8V-XE motherboard
2-3
c.
Click
Start
, then select
Run
.
d.
From the Open box, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
then press <Enter>,
assuming that D: is your CD-ROM drive.
e.
Follow succeeding screen instructions.
2.
Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk.
2.1.2
Updating the BIOS
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the AwardBIOS
Flash Utility. Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility.
1.
Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS web site. Rename the file to
K8VXE.BIN and save it to a floppy disk.
Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading the wrong
BIOS file.
2.
Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdflash.exe) from the Software folder of
the support CD to the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file.
3.
Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created
earlier.
4.
When the A:> appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk
containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01
(C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Message:
Please input File Name!
For K8T890-8251-K8V-XE-00
DATE: 01/05/2006
Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH
File Name to Program:
5.
At the prompt, type
awdflash then press
<Enter>. The Award
BIOS Flash Utility screen
appears.