User manual ASUS A7V400-MX SE

[. . . ] A7V400-MX SE Motherboard E1942 First edition V1 February 2005 Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities. 2. 1. 1 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment a. Insert a 1. 44MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>. W i n d o w s® X P e n v i r o n m e n t a. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. Click S t a r t from the Windows® desktop, then select M y r. Click F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 t. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format options field, then click S t a r t t. W i n d o w s® 2 0 0 0 e n v i r o n m e n t To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000: a. Insert a formatted, high density 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. Insert the Windows® 2000 CD to the optical drive. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D: is your optical drive. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue. 2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2. 1. 2 AwardBIOS Flash Utility You may update the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) using a bootable floppy disk with the executable AwardBIOS Flash utility (AWDFLASH. EXE). To update the BIOS using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility: 1. Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website. Rename the file to *. BIN, then save it to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading a wrong BIOS file. 2. 4. Copy the AWDFLASH. EXE utility from the support CD to the floppy disk. Boot the computer from the floppy disk drive. When the prompt (A:) appears, type a w d f l a s h . e x e then press e, <Enter> to display the AwardBIOS Flash Utility screen. The utility automatically checks the new BIOS file on the floppy disk. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 09 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Setup] [System] ASUS A7V400-MX SE 2-31 2. 8 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to, and/or load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items. Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Default Discard Changes Select Menu Item Specific Help This option saves data to CMOS and exiting the setup menu. F1 : Help ESC : Exit : Select Item : Select Menu -/+ Enter : Change Value : Select Submenu F5 : Setup Defaults F10: Save and Exit Pressing <Esc> does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the options from this menu, or press <F10> to exit. Exit & Save Changes Once you are finished making your selections, choose this option to ensure the values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM. An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even when the system is turned off. When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. [. . . ]