User manual ASUS HX97

[. . . ] R HX97 Pentium Motherboard ® USER'S MANUAL USER'S NOTICE No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (hereinafter referred to as ASUS) except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes. Specifications are subject to change without notice. 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. [. . . ] This can either be a new file or a backup file created by the "Save Current BIOS to File" option. This will not update the Boot Block if the Boot Block is different. You will be prompted with the following if advanced features if necessary. Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one !!!Please Use 'Advanced Feature' to flash whole bios !!!Advanced Features Selecting this option brings up the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configuration record and updating the motherboard BIOS. Advanced Features Menu Advanced Features Flash Type -- SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision: #401A0-xxxx Choose one of the following: 1. Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block Enter Choice: [2] Press ESC To Exit xxxx denotes the current BIOS version stored in the Flash EPROM 1. Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug-and-Play (PnP) configuration record. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block, the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file. NOTE: "Update BIOS Main Block from File" and "Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD" requires that the system is running in real mode. This utility will not operate if the system is under protected mode or virtual mode. You should boot from a system floppy diskette without "AUTOEXEC. BAT" and "CONFIG. SYS" files. ASUS HX97 User's Manual 33 IV. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Managing & Updating your Motherboard's BIOS Upon first use of the computer system: 1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating "AUTOEXEC. BAT" and "CONFIG. SYS" files. Run PFLASH. EXE from your new diskette and select option 1 "Save Current BIOS to File. " Enter the "Current BIOS Revision:" for the file name. Updating BIOS procedures (only when necessary): IMPORTANT: Flash type may be "SST" or "INTEL. " If "unknown" is displayed after "Flash type --, " then this ROM chip is not programmable or not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the internet (WWW), FTP, or a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) and save to the diskette you created above. See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on Page II of the User's Manual for details. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming" jumper as shown in section III of the User's Manual. Boot from the floppy diskette you created above. At the "A:\" prompt, type: [PFLASH] and then the <Enter> key. [. . . ] Only the devices at each end of the chain need to be terminated. If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI-SC200, then you must terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200. If you have both internal and external devices connected, you must not terminate the card. See the following example which illustrates this concept. [. . . ]