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Chapter 2: BIOS setupChapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setupChapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.
ASUS AFUDOS ASUS AFUDOS
ASUS AFUDOS ASUS AFUDOS
ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable
floppy disk.)
2.
ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash
ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash
ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
ASUS EZ Flash and ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 only support VGA/RGB
output. These utilities do not support VGA/DVI-D output.
3.
ASUS Update ASUS Update
ASUS Update ASUS Update
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
2.1.12.1.1
2.1.12.1.1
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating a bootable floppy disk
Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating a bootable floppy disk
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 Start
Start Start
Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select
MyMy
MyMy
My
ComputerComputer
ComputerComputer
Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click
File File
File File
File from the menu, then select
FormatFormat
FormatFormat
Format. A
Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2
Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2
Format 3 1/2
Floppy DiskFloppy Disk
Floppy DiskFloppy Disk
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select
Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk
Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk
Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format
options field, then click
StartStart
StartStart
Start.
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
StartStart
StartStart
Start, then select
RunRun
RunRun
Run.
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.