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Chapter 2: BIOS setupChapter 2: BIOS setup

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard

Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.

Award BIOS Flash Utility Award BIOS Flash Utility

Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a

bootable floppy disk.)

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable

floppy disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or

gets corrupted.)

ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash

ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk or the

motherboard support CD.)

ASUS Update ASUS Update

ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows

environment.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

2.1.12.1.1

2.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating a bootable floppy disk

Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.

DOS environment

a. Insert a 1.44MB 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 to the floppy disk drive.

b. Click

Start Start

Start from the Windows

desktop, then select

MyMy

ComputerComputer

Computer.

c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.

d. Click

File File

File from the menu, then select

FormatFormat

Format. A

Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2

Format 3 1/2

Floppy DiskFloppy Disk

Floppy Disk window appears.

e. Select

Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk

Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format

options field, then click

StartStart

Start.

Windows

2000 environment

To create a set of boot disks for Windows

2000:

a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.

b. Insert the Windows

2000 CD to the optical drive.

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 ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.

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