Asus PUNDIT-AE3 Pundit-AE3 User''s Manral for English Edition - Page 76

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. A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using the motherboard support CD.) 2. A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 (Updates the BIOS using the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) 3. A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. 5.1.1 ASUS EZ Flash utility The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash utility is built-in the BIOS chip so it is accessible by pressing + during the Power-On Self Tests (POST). You can use the motherboard support CD to recover the original BIOS file. To update the BIOS using EZ Flash: 1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard and rename the same to K 8 S - M V - P . R O M. 2. Save the BIOS file to a CD, then restart the system. 3. Press + during POST to display the following. EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy... Floppy not found! Checking for CD-ROM... 4. Insert the CD that contains the BIOS file to the optical drive. When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done. EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy... Floppy not found! Checking for CD-ROM... CD-ROM found! Reading file "K8S-MV-P.rom". Completed. Start erasing.......| Start programming...| Flashed successfully. Rebooting. 5-2 Chapter 5: BIOS setup