5.1Managing 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.
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.
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
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.
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