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The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only. What you see
on your screen may not be exactly the same as shown.
DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
may cause system boot failure!
2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS
To update the BIOS using the AFUDOS.EXE utility:
1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS
le for your motherboard. Save the BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk.
2. Copy the AFUDOS.EXE utility from the support CD to the bootable
oppy disk that contains the BIOS le.
3. Boot the system from the oppy disk.
4. At the DOS prompt, type the command line:
afudos /i[lename]
where [lename] means the latest (or original) BIOS le that you
copied to the bootable oppy disk.
5. Press
<Enter>. The succeeding screen displays the status of the update
process.
Write the BIOS le name on a piece of paper. You need to type the exact
BIOS le name at the prompt.
A:\>afudos/iM2S-X.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading le ..... done
Erasing ash .... done
Writing ash .... 0x0008CC00 (9%)
d. From the Open eld, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS le to the bootable
oppy disk.