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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

c. Click Start, then select Run.
d. From the Open field, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue.

2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy

disk.

4.1.2

Updating the BIOS

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the AwardBIOS

Flash Utility. Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility.

1. Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS web site. Rename the file to

m2nsli.bin and save it to a floppy disk.

Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading the wrong

BIOS file.

2. Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdflash.exe) from the Software folder of

the support CD to the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file.

3. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created

earlier.

4. When the A:> appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk

containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility.

AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01

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Message:

Please input File Name!

For NF-CK804-M2N-SLI DATE: 11/18/2004

Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3.3V

File Name to Program:

5. At the prompt, type

awdflash then press

. The Award

BIOS Flash Utility

screen appears.