Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus M2V-TVM User Manual

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. ASUS AFUDOS - Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk in DOS
mode.
2. ASUS EZ Flash - Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.
3. ASUS Update - Updates the BIOS in a Windows
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Important notes
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floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the
original motherboard BIOS using the AFUDOS utility.
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BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.
2.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format A:/S
Windows
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, then select My
Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. If you are using Windows
from the format options field, then click Start.
OR
If you are using Windows
format type, then click Start.
2-2
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable
Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) and download the latest
then press <Enter>.
2000/XP environment
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XP, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk
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2000, select Full option button from the
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environment.
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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup