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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 - Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk in DOS
mode.
2.
ASUS EZ Flash 2 - Updates the BIOS in DOS using a oppy disk or USB
ash disk.
3.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - Updates the BIOS using a bootable USB
ash disk, oppy disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS le
fails or gets corrupted.
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy 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 oppy disk to the oppy 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 MS-DOS startup disk from the format options
eld, then click Start.
Windows
®
2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
®
2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB oppy disk into the
drive.
b. Insert the Windows
®
2000 CD to the optical drive.
c. Click
Start, then select Run.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.