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2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

Updating the BIOS file

To update the BIOS le using the AFUDOS utility:

1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) and download the latest BIOS

le for the motherboard. Save the BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk.

2.1.3 AFUDOS utility

The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS le in DOS environment

using a bootable oppy disk with the updated BIOS le. This utility also

allows you to copy the current BIOS le that you can use as backup when

the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.

Copying the current BIOS

To copy the current BIOS le using the AFUDOS utility:

The utility returns to the DOS prompt after copying the current BIOS

le.

3. Press <Enter>. The utility copies the current BIOS le to the oppy

disk.

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM

AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10

Reading ash ..... done

A:\>

Ma in filename Extension na me

1. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos.exe) from the motherboard support

CD to the bootable oppy disk you created earlier.

2. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type:

afudos /o[lename]

where the [lename] is any user-assigned lename not more than

eight alphanumeric characters for the main lename and three

alphanumeric characters for the extension name.

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM

• Make sure that the oppy disk is not write-protected and has at

least 600 KB free space to save the le.

• The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only. The actual BIOS

screen displays may not be exactly the same as shown.

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