Asus A8V-X Specifications download pdf (Page 45)

ASUS A8V-XE 2-3

b. Insert the Windows

2000 CD to the optical drive.

c. Click Start, then select Run.

d. From the Open ﬁeld, type

D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:

assuming that D: is your optical drive.

e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.

2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS ﬁle to the bootable

ﬂoppy disk.

2.1.2 Updating the BIOS

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the

AwardBIOS Flash Utility. Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using

this utility.

1. Download the latest BIOS ﬁle from the ASUS web site. Rename the ﬁle

to A8V-XE.BIN and save it to a ﬂoppy disk.

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

wrong BIOS ﬁle.

2. Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdﬂash.exe) from the Software

folder of the support CD to the ﬂoppy disk with the latest BIOS ﬁle.

3. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable ﬂoppy disk you

created earlier.

4. When the A:> appears, replace the bootable ﬂoppy disk with the

ﬂoppy disk containing the new BIOS ﬁle and the Award BIOS Flash

Utility.

5. At the prompt, type

awdﬂash then press

<Enter>. The Award

BIOS Flash Utility screen

appears.

AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01

Message: Please input File Name!

For K8T890-8251-A8V-XE-00 DATE: 09/06/2005

Flash Type

File Name to Program:

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