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2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a
bootable floppy disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS CrashFree BIOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk when the
BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
3. ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a floppy disk.)
4. A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
2.1.1 2.1.1 2.1.1 2.1.1 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press .
W i n d o w s
W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s ® ® ® ® ® X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click S t a r t
S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t from the Windows ® desktop, then select M y M y M y M y M y
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click F i l e
F i l e F i l e F i l e F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2
F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k window appears.
e. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format
options field, then click S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t.
W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s W i n d o w s ® ® ® ® ® 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t
To create a set of boot disks for Windows ® 2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows
® 2000 CD to the optical drive.
c. Click S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t, then select R u n R u n R u n R u n R u n.
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.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a floppy disk in case
you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.