Asus K8U-X - Manual (Page 41)

ASUS K8U-X Motherboard 2-5
2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to easily update the BIOS without
having to go through the long process of booting from a diskette and using a
DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash is built-in the BIOS firmware so it is accessible
by simply pressing <Alt + F2> during the Power-On Self Tests (POST).
User recovery requested. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
A:\>afudos /oMYBIOS03.rom
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights
reserved.
Reading flash ..... done
A:\>
3. The utility will copy the current system BIOS by default to the floppy
disk. Make sure that the floppy disk has at least 600KB of free disk
space and is not write-protected.
When the copy process is complete, the utility returns to the DOS prompt.
To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash:
1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS
file for your motherboard and rename the downloaded file as K8U-X.
ROM. Save the BIOS file to a floppy disk.
2. Reboot the system.
3. To launch EZ Flash, press
<Alt+F2> during POST to display the following.
• If there is no floppy disk in the drive, the error message “Floppy
not found!” appears.
• If the correct BIOS file is not in the floppy disk, the error message
“Floppy not found!” is displayed. Make sure to rename the
downloaded BIOS file as “K8U-X.ROM”.