Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk; Using Afudos To Update The Bios - Asus p4p800s User Manual

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

• The original BIOS file for this motherboard is in the root directory
of the support CD filenamed "P4P800.ROM".
• Copy the original BIOS to a bootable floppy disk in case you
need to restore the BIOS in the future.

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 the <Enter> key
Windows environment
a. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, point to Settings, then click on
Control Panel.
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 suceeding screen
instructions to complete the process.
2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk.

2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS

Update the BIOS using the AFUDOS.EXE utility in DOS environment.
1. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file for
your motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk.
Write down the BIOS file name to a piece of paper. You need to type the exact
BIOS file name at the prompt.
2. Copy the AFUDOS.EXE utility from the support CD to the bootable floppy disk
that contains the BIOS file.
3. Boot the system from the floppy disk.
4. At the DOS prompt, type the command line:
afudos /i<filename>
where "filename" means the latest (or original) BIOS file that you copied to the
bootable floppy disk.
The screen displays the status of the update process.
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