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5 asus ez flash utility – Asus Motherboard A8N-SLI SE User Manual

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ASUS A8N-SLI SE

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4.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility

The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to update the BIOS without having

to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using

a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash utility is built-in the BIOS chip so it is

accessible by pressing + during the Power-On Self Tests

(POST).
To update the BIOS using EZ Flash:

1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS

file for the motherboard.

2. Save the BIOS file to a floppy disk, then restart the system.
3. Press + during POST to display the following.

Insert Disk then press Enter or ESC to continue POST

4. Insert the floppy disk

that contains the BIOS

file to the floppy disk

drive then press .

The following screen

appears.

Do not shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent

system boot failure!

AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01

(C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Message:

Please wait...

For NF-KC804-A8N-SLI-00 DATE: 11/18/2004

Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3.3V

File Name to Program:

5. When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash performs the BIOS

update process and automatically reboots the system when done.

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