Asus P3-PE5 - Manual (Page 62)

5-2 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment)
2. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS during the Power-On Self Test)
3. Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode)
4. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS when the BIOS file fails or
gets corrupted.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
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.
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
5.1.1 ASUS Update utility
The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update
the motherboard BIOS in Windows ® environment. The ASUS Update utility
allows you to:
•
Save the current BIOS file
• Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network
or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Quit all Windows ® applications before you update the BIOS using this
utility.