Managing And Updating Your Bios; Asus Update Utility - Asus M2N-SLI Hardware User Manual

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Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
1.
ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk, USB flash
2.
disk, or the motherboard support CD.)
Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable
3.
floppy disk.)
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk,
4.
USB flash disk, or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or
gets corrupted.)
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 Award BIOS Flash utilities.
4.1.1

ASUS Update utility

The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the
motherboard BIOS in Windows
to:
• Save the current BIOS file
• Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. See page
5-3 for the Utilities screen menu.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
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environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you
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