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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.

ASUS AFUDOS ASUS AFUDOS

ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable

floppy disk.)

ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash

ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)

ASUS EZ Flash and ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 only support VGA/RGB

output. These utilities do not support VGA/DVI-D output.

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.

c. Click

StartStart

Start, then select

RunRun

Run.

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 AFUDOS utilities.

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