User manual ASUS CG8265

[. . . ] Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. · AMD, AthlonTM, K7, and/or combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · VIA is a trademark of VIA Technologies, Inc. · Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] The system will then run power-on tests. While the tests are running, additional messages will appear on the screen. If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power, the system may have failed a power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance. During power-on, hold down <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup. * Powering Off your computer: You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch. For ATX power supplies, you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 95/98, click the Start button, click Shut Down, and then click Shut down the computer?. The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down. NOTE: The message "You can now safely turn off your computer" will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies. ASUS CG8265 User's Manual 45 3. BIOS SETUP 4. 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4. 1. 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming Utility (FLASHXXX. EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later. Follow step 5 in 4. 1. 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System. Use the up or down keypad arrow to select the BIOS Filename for loading field. Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path, for example, A:\XXXXXXXX. XXX and then press <Enter>. When prompted to confirm the BIOS flash, press <Enter>. When the saving is finished, "Flash ROM Update Completed - Pass. " will be displayed. 7. Follow the onscreen instructions to exit the Flash EPROM Programming Utility. If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS, DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up. Just repeat the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above. If the Flash EPROM Programming Utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. If this happens, your system will need servicing. BIOS SETUP 4. 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that can be updated using the provided utility as described in 4. 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS. [. . . ] If one is not available, the preset DEFAULT. AVI file is played. (BMP file): Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played. If one is not available, the preset DEFAULT. BMP file is played (LED velocity meter): Animation Displays the volume (amount of velocity) of each MIDI channel. (SCOPE velocity meter): Animation Displays the volume (amount of velocity) of each MIDI channel graphically in a radio chart. [. . . ]