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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard

Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.

Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility

Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS

mode using a bootable floppy disk.)

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 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.)

ASUS Update ASUS Update

ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows

environment.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

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Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating 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 1.44MB 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

Start Start

Start from the Windows

desktop, then select

MyMy

ComputerComputer

Computer.

c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.

d. Click

File File

File from the menu, then select

FormatFormat

Format. A

Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2

Format 3 1/2

Floppy DiskFloppy Disk

Floppy Disk window appears.

e. Select

Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk

Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format

options field, then click

StartStart

Start.

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 AwardBIOS Flash utilities.

2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable

floppy disk.

3. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat from floppy 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.