Asus SK8V - Manual (Page 67)

ASUS SK8V motherboard 4-1
4.1 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 floppy disk in DOS mode.)
2. ASUS EZ Flash
(Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the
motherboard support CD.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in a Windows ® environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Important notes
4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format A:/S then press .
Windows ® 98SE/ME/2000/XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, 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. If you are using Windows™ XP, select Create an MS-DOS startup
disk from the format options field, then click Start.
OR
If you are using Windows™ 98SE/ME/2000, select Full option
button and make sure the Copy system files is checked, then click
Start.
• It is recommended that you 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 (refer to section “4.1.6
ASUS Update”) or AFUDOS (refer to section “4.1.3 Using
AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC”)
• Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this
motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.