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IV. BIOS

Updating BIOS

IV. BIOS SETUP

Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS

Upon First Use of the Computer System

1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS

prompt without creating “AUTOEXEC.BAT” and “CONFIG.SYS” files.

2. Copy AFLASH.EXE to the just created boot disk.

3. Run AFLASH.EXE from this new disk and select option 1. Save Current BIOS

to File. See 1. Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more

details and the rest of the steps.

Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary)

1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) or a

BBS (Bulletin Board Service) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page

3 for details) and save to the disk you created earlier.

2. Boot from the disk you created earlier.

3. At the “A:\” prompt, type AFLASH and then press <Enter>.

4. At the Main Menu, type 2 and then press <Enter>. See 2. Update BIOS In-

cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the

rest of the steps.

WARNING! If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS, DO NOT

turn OFF your system since this might prevent your system from booting up.

Just repeat the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS

file you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to

successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot

up. If this happens, your system will need service.

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