Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus P5Q-EM DO 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.
Disable the ME function before updating the BIOS. Refer to page 1-26 for details on how to
enable/disable the ME function.
1. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.)
2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk, USB flash disk, or
the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
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

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. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the 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
Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3 1/2
c.
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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XP environment
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desktop, then select My Computer.
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Vista environment
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from the Windows
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desktop, then select Computer.
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