Managing And Updating Your Bios; Asus Update Utility - Asus P5KPL-AM SE User Manual

Chapter 2
BIOS information
2.1

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 in DOS mode using a floppy disk or USB flash
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disk.)
ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)
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ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash
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disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
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Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or a USB flash
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
2.1.1

ASUS Update utility

The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the motherboard
BIOS in Windows environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you to:
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• 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 DVD 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:
Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
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2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
Quit all Windows
ASUS P5KPL-AM SE
applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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environment.)
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