Updating Your Motherboard's Bios - Asus KN97 User Manual

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE

Updating your Motherboard's BIOS

1. Download an updated BIOS file from a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) or the Internet
(WWW or FTP) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu.
Visit ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw/ or ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS or
see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION in the front of the manual.
2. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block
Programming" jumper as shown in section III.
3. Boot from the floppy diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu.
4. At the "A:\" prompt, type PFLASH <Enter>
5. Enter "2" from the Main Menu or "2" from the Advanced Features Menu.
You will be prompted with the following if "Advanced Features" is necessary.
Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one !!!
Please Use 'Advanced Feature' to flash whole bios !!!
6. The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS
file. Type in the complete name of the file, including the file name extension,
and then press the <Enter> key. The utility then uploads the BIOS file from
disk. The following message will appear:
DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM!
If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS, DO NOT turn off
your system since this might prevent your system from booting up. Just repeat
the process, and if the problem still persists, upload the original BIOS file you
saved to disk in step 1 of the Main Menu.
WARNING: If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully
download a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. If
this happens, your system will require service from your vendor.
7. After successfully downloading the new BIOS file, exit the Flash Memory Writer
utility and then turn off your system. Set the jumper back to its default setting
of Programming "Disabled."
8. Turn on your computer and hold down <Delete> to enter BIOS setup. You must
select "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" to affect the new BIOS, then you may
set other items from the Main Menu.
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