Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus P4GE-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.
1. AwardBIOS Flash Utility (EZ Flash feature that updates the BIOS using a
floppy disk during POST.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk when
the BIOS gets corrupted.)
3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities.
Important notes
• It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS
file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the
future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or
AFLASH utilities.
• A working BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Use this file
only when you do not have a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file in a
floppy disk.
• Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this
motherboard using the ASUS Update utility.

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows ® ME environment
a. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, then select My Computer.
b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel window.
c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button.
d. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the succeeding screen
instructions to complete the process.
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Chapter 2: BIOS information