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1 managing and updating your bios, 1 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus SK8V User Manual

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ASUS SK8V motherboard

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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.)

4. ASUS Update

(Updates the BIOS in a Windows

®

environment.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

Important notes

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 or AFLASH utilities.

Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this
motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.

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 from the format type, then click Start.