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Booting the system in DOS environment

To boot the system in DOS:

1.Insert the USB flash drive with the latest BIOS file and BIOS Updater to the USB port.

2.Boot your computer then press <F8> to launch the select boot device screen.

3.When the select boot device screen appears, insert the Support DVD into the optical drive then select the optical drive as the boot device.

Please select boot device:

E1: ASUS DVD-E818A6T (4069MB)

USB DISK 2.0 (3824MB)

UEFI: (FAT) USB DISK 2.0 (3824MB)

Enter Setup

and to move selection ENTER to select boot device ESC to boot using defaults

4.When the booting message appears, press <Enter> within five (5) seconds to enter FreeDOS prompt.

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A Bootable DVD/CD is detected. Press ENTER to boot from the DVD/CD.

If no key is pressed within 5 seconds, the system will boot next priority device automatically. boot:

5.On the FreeDOS prompt, type d: then press <Enter> to switch the disk from Drive C (optical drive) to Drive D (USB flash drive).

Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)!

C:/> d:

D:/>

Updating the BIOS file

To update the BIOS file:

1.On the FreeDOS prompt, type bupdater /pc /g and press <Enter>.

D:/> bupdater /pc /g

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