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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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5.1

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 (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a floppy disk.)

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 Update

ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

5.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

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 Award BIOS Flash utilities.

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 My

Computer

Computer.

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

d. Click File

File

File from the menu, then select Format

Format

Format. A Format 3 1/2

Format 3 1/2

Floppy Disk

Floppy Disk window appears.

e. Windows

Windows

Windows®®®®® XP users:

XP users:

XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup

Create an MS-DOS startup

disk

disk from the format options field, then click Start

Start

Start.