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 AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)

2.ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy or USB Flash disk when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)

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.

5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk

To create a bootable floppy disk in a DOS environment:

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

b.At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup