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5.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)
1.
ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
2.
3.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk
or the support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.
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5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1.
Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format A:/S
®
Windows
98SE/ME environment
a. From your Windows
Computer.
b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control
Panel window.
c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button.
d. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the
succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
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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 AFUDOS or the
ASUS Update utilities.
A working BIOS file 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.
then press <Enter>.
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desktop, click on Start, then select My
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environment.)
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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