2.1Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.

1. Award BI OS Fl ash Utili ty (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)

2. ASUS CrashFree BI OS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)

3. ASUS E Z Fl ash (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk or the motherboard support CD.)

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 AwardBIOS Flash utilities.

2.1.1 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 then press <Enter>.

Windows® 98SE/ME/XP environmenta.Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.b.From your Windows desktop, click on Start, 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.If you are using Windows® XP, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click Start.

OR

If you are using Windows® 98SE/ME, select Full option button from the format type, then click Start.

Windows® 2000 environment

To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000, run the Makeboot.exe tool from the Windows® 2000 CD:

a.Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.

b.Insert the Windows® 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup