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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
4.1.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
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a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S , then press <Enter>.
W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s ® ® ® ® ® X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows desktop, click on S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t, then select M y M y M y M y M y
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r.
c. Select the 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e icon.
d. Click F i l e F i l e F i l e F i l e F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t
3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k window appears.
e. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format
options field, then click S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t.
• We recommend that you save a copy of the o r i g i n a l o r i g i n a l o r i g i n a l o r i g i n a l o r i g i n a l
m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e to a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k 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 w o r k i n g B I O S f i l e w o r k i n g B I O S f i l e w o r k i n g B I O S f i l e w o r k i n g B I O S f i l e w o r k i n g B I O S f i l e 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.
You need a USB floppy disk drive for utilities that require a floppy disk. If
you do not have a USB floppy disk drive, you can recover the BIOS using
the support CD. Proceed to page 4-8 for details.
1. A F U D O S A F U D O S A F U D O S A F U D O S A F U D O S (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.)
2. A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
3. C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk
or the support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4. A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.)
Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.