User Guide
5-2 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.
ASUS AFUDOS
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable oppy
disk.)
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
(Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk or
the motherboard support CD when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.)
5.1.1 Creatingabootableoppydisk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format A:/S
then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP/2003 environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB oppy disk to the oppy disk drive.
b. Click
Start
from the Windows
®
desktop, then select
My Computer
.
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 eld,
then click
Start
.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS le to the bootable oppy
disk.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.