User Guide
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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5.1ManagingandupdatingyourBIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode
using a bootable oppy disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy
disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.)
3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
5.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk
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 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 field,
then click Start.
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 AwardBIOS Flash utilities.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS le to the bootable
oppy disk.
3. Delete cong.sys and autoexec.bat from oppy disk.
Phlash16 does not run in any environment with memory management
such as an MS-DOS Window or Window Console. Do not run MS-DOS with
CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. Do not open any memory manager such
as HIMEM.SYS or EMM.386. Refer to Appendix for detailed information.