Asus M2A690G - Manual (Page 71)

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 EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk, USB Flash, or
the motherboard support CD during POST.)
2. Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a
bootable floppy disk.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy,
USB Flash disk, or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails
or gets corrupted.)
4. 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
1. 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 from the Windows
® desktop, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options
field, then click Start.
Windows ® 2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows ® 2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
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.
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 AFUDOS utilities.