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Chapter 2: BIOS information

2.1 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. ASUS Update

(Updates the BIOS in Windows

environment. See Chapter 3 for details.)

Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk

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

DOS environment

Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:

format A:/S then press <Enter>.

Windows

98SE/ME environment

a. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, point to Settings, then click

on Control Panel.

b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel

window.

c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button.

d. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the succeeding screen

instructions to complete the process.

2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk.

Important notes

• 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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