Asus P4GE-MX User Manual download pdf (Page 35)

ASUS P4GE-MX motherboard

2-3

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.

2.1.2 Updating the BIOS with EZ Flash feature

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the built-in Flash

Memory Writer utility or using a bootable floppy disk with the executable Flash

Memory Writer Utility (AWDFLASH.EXE). Follow these instructions to update the

BIOS using this utility.

Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading a wrong

BIOS file.

1. Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www.asus.com).

Rename the file to *.BIN and save it to the bootable floppy disk you created

earlier.

2. Insert the disk that contains the new BIOS file into the floppy drive.

3. Reboot the computer.

4. Press <Alt + F2> during POST to display the following screen.

5. AWDFLASH checks the new BIOS file from the floppy disk.

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