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Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic

Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.

1.

ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows

®

environment.)

2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk/USB flash

disk, or the motherboard support CD.)

3. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy

disk.)

4. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk/

USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or

gets corrupted.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

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.

Installing ASUS Update

To install ASUS Update:

1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the

Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. See page 5-3 for the Utilities

screen menu.

3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.

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ASUS Update utility

The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the

motherboard BIOS in Windows

®

environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you

to:

Save the current BIOS file

Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet

Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file

Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and

View the BIOS version information.

This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard

package.

ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an

Internet Service Provider (ISP).