1 managing and updating your bios, 1 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus P5BV/SAS User Manual

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ASUS P5BV Series

4-1

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic

Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy

disk.)

2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk

when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

4.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

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>.

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.

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