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c. Click Start, then select Run. d. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D: is your optical drive. e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue. 2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. 4.1.2 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 m2nsli.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. 5. At the prompt, type awdflash then press . The Award BIOS Flash Utility screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-CK804-M2N-SLI DATE: 11/18/2004 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3.3V File Name to Program: Message: Please input File Name! 4- Chapter 4: BIOS setup

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
c.
Click Start, then select
Run.
d.
From the Open field, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e.
Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
2.
Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.
4.1.2
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
m2nsli.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 NF-CK804-M2N-SLI
DATE: 11/18/2004
Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3.3V
File Name to Program:
5.
At the prompt, type
awdflash
then press
<Enter>. The Award
BIOS Flash Utility
screen appears.