Installation Guide

Chapter2: Manage/update BIOS
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Chapter 2: Manage/update BIOS
2.1 AFUDOS utility
TheAFUDOSutilityallowsyoutoupdatetheBIOSleinDOSenvironmentusing
abootableoppydiskwiththeupdatedBIOSle.Thisutilityalsoallowsyouto
copythecurrentBIOSlethatyoucanuseasbackupwhentheBIOSfailsorgets
corrupted during the updating process.
Copying the current BIOS
TocopythecurrentBIOSleusingtheAFUDOSutility:
Main lename Extension name
1. CopytheAFUDOSutility(afudos.exe)fromthemotherboardsupportDVDto
thebootableoppydiskyoucreatedearlier.
2. BootthesysteminDOSmode,thenattheprompttype:
afudos /o[lename]
wherethe[lename]isanyuser-assignedlenamenotmorethaneight
alphanumericcharactersforthemainlenameandthreealphanumeric
characters for the extension name.
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom
• Makesurethattheoppydiskisnotwrite-protectedandhasatleast
1024KBfreespacetosavethele.
• ThesucceedingBIOSscreensareforreferenceonly.TheactualBIOS
screendisplaysmaynotbesameasshown.
TheutilityreturnstotheDOSpromptaftercopyingthecurrentBIOSle.
3. Press<Enter>.TheutilitycopiesthecurrentBIOSletotheoppydisk.
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB))
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading ash ..... done
Write to le...... ok
A:\>
Updating the BIOS le
ToupdatetheBIOSleusingtheAFUDOSutility:
1. VisittheASUSwebsite(www.asus.com)anddownloadthelatestBIOSlefor
themotherboard.SavetheBIOSletoabootableoppydisk.