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ASUS DSEB-D16 Series

4-1

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 in DOS mode using a bootable floppy

disk.)

2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (To recover the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk

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.

4.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.

DOS environment

a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.

b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press .

Windows

®

XP/2003 environment

a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows

®

desktop, then select My Computer.

c. Select the 3 ½ Floppy Drive icon.

d. Right click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3½

Floppy Disk window appears.

e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,

then click Start.

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