Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus Motherboard A7S8X-MX 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.
A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y
1. A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y
during POST.)
2. A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.) A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h
A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h
3. A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S U t i l i t y A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S
floppy disk when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4. A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e
Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities.
Important notes Important notes
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2.1.1 2.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.1 2.1.1 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB 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 S t a r t
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r. C o m p u t e r
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click F i l e
F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k window appears. F l o p p y D i s k
F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k
e. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
options field, then click S t a r t
2 - 2 2 - 2
2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2
U t i l i t y U t i l i t y U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a bootable U t i l i t y
o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e
Save a copy of the o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e to a
b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k
b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k in case you need to restore the BIOS in b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k
the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS
Update or AFLASH utilities.
Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for
this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.
® XP environment
S t a r t S t a r t
S t a r t S t a r t from the Windows
F i l e F i l e
F i l e F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t
C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
® desktop, then select M y
F o r m a t F o r m a t
F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2
S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t. S t a r t
® environment.)
M y M y
M y M y
F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2
F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2
C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p
C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p