Chapter 5: Bios Setup; Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus T-P5G31 User Manual

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/
Output System (BIOS) setup.
ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk, USB Flash, or the
1.
motherboard support CD during POST.
ASUS AFUDOS: Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk,
3.
USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.
ASUS Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows
4.
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
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5.1.1 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 <Enter>.
Windows
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
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. Windows
format options field, then click Start.
Windows
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk
drive.
b. Click
c. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3
1/2 Floppy dialog box .
d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e. Click Start.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.
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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.
All the floppy devices mentioned in this chapter are USB floppy devices.
XP environment
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XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the
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Vista environment
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from the Windows
environment.
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desktop, then select My Computer.
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desktop, then select Computer.
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Chapter 5: BIOS setup