User manual ASUS A8V-E DELUXE

[. . . ] A8V-E Deluxe Motherboard E1781 First Edition December 2004 Copyright © 2004 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. ("ASUS"). 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. [. . . ] Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. When the A : > appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility. At the prompt, type a w d f l a s h then press <Enter>. The Award BIOS Flash Utility screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: 5. Message: Please input File Name! 4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 6. Type the BIOS file name in the F i l e N a m e t o P r o g r a m field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Message: Do You Want To Save Bios (Y/N) 7. 8. Press <N> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The utility verifies the BIOS file in the floppy disk and starts flashing the BIOS file. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Program Flashing Memory - OFE00 OK 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 Write OK No Update Warning: Don't Turn Off Power Or Reset System! Do not turn off or reset the system during the flashing process! 9. The utility displays a Flashing Complete message indicating that you have successfully flashed the BIOS file. Press <F1> to restart the system. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK No Update F1 Reset ASUS A8V-E Deluxe 321 321 321 321 321 21 321 321 3 32 321 321 1 321 32 321 1 321 321 32 321 321 1 321 32 321 1 321 321 Write Fail Write Fail 4-3 4. 1. 3 Saving the current BIOS file You can use the AwardBIOS Flash Utility to save the current BIOS file. You can load the current BIOS file when the BIOS file gets corrupted during the flashing process. To save the current BIOS file using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section. Press <Y> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The following screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Save current BIOS as: Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS a s field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Checksum: DAD6H Save current BIOS as: old. bin Message: Please Wait! 4. The utility saves the current BIOS file to the floppy disk, then returns to the BIOS flashing process. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Now Backup System BIOS to File! 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 Message: Please Wait! 4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 1. 4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Recovering the BIOS from the support CD To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. Insert the motherboard support CD to the optical drive. [. . . ] 6. Insert floppy disk to floppy disk drive. Follow succeeding screen information to complete process. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. To install the RAID driver: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. [. . . ]