ASUS t4-p5g31a Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/

Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.  ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk, USB Flash, or the 

motherboard support CD during POST.

2.  ASUS AFUDOS: Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.
3.   ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, 

USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets 

corrupted.

4.  ASUS Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows

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 environment.

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

•  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 AFUDOS utilities. 

 

•  All the floppy devices mentioned in this chapter are USB floppy devices.

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

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 XP environment

a.  Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. 
b.  Click Start from the Windows

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 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.  Windows

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XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the 

format options field, then click Start.

Windows

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 Vista environment

a.  Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk 

drive. 

b.  Click 

 from the Windows

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 desktop, then select Computer.

c.  Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3

1/2 Floppy dialog box  .

d.  Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e.   Click Start.

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

disk.