Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus K8N4-E DELUXE User Manual

4.1

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 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 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
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
floppy disk when the BIOS gets corrupted.)
4. A S U S U p d a t e 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
Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities.
Important notes Important notes Important notes
Important notes Important notes
• 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
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 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
the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS
Update or AFLASH utilities.
• Visit the system builder's website and download the latest BIOS file
for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.
4.1.1 4.1.1 4.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk

Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.1 4.1.1 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 XP environment
®
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t from the Windows S t a r t
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 i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t F i l e F i l e
F i l e
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 F l o p p y D i s k window appears. 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 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
options field, then click S t a r t
A S U S K 8 N 4 - E D e l u x e A S U S K 8 N 4 - E D e l u x e
A S U S K 8 N 4 - E D e l u x e A S U S K 8 N 4 - E D e l u x e A S U S K 8 N 4 - E D e l u x e
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 to a 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
® desktop, then select M y
F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t
F o r m a t
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
4 - 1 4 - 1
4 - 1 4 - 1 4 - 1