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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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. AFUDOS
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)
2. ASUS EZ Flash
(Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
3. CrashFree BIOS 2
(Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the
support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4. ASUS Update
(Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S , then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options
field, then click Start.
2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable
floppy disk.
It is recommended that you 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 AFUDOS or the ASUS Update utilities.
•A working BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Use
this file only when you do not have a copy of the original
motherboard BIOS file in a floppy disk.
Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this
motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.
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