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C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

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.

A S U S E Z F l a s h

A S U S E Z F l a s h

A S U S E Z F l a s h

A S U S E Z F l a s h

A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk.)

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.

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 environment

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.

Windows

®

2000 environment

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.

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 AwardBIOS Flash utilities.