User manual ASUS P4P800S-X

[. . . ] P4P800S-X User Guide Motherboard E1870 Checklist Revised Edition V2 January 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. [. . . ] Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS information 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. ASUS AFUDOS - Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk in DOS mode. ASUS EZ Flash - Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 - Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the motherboard support CD. Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Important notes · It is recommended that you 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 AFUDOS (refer to section "2. 1. 3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC") Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. · 2. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. Windows® 98SE/ME/XP environment Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, then select My Computer. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window appears. If you are using Windows® XP, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click Start. OR If you are using Windows® 98SE/ME, select Full option button from the format type, then click Start. Windows® 2000 environment To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000, run the Makeboot. exe tool from the Windows® 2000 CD: a. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. Insert the Windows® 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS information c. From the Open box, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: then press <Enter>, assuming that D: is your CD-ROM drive. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk. 2. 1. 2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS To update the BIOS using the AFUDOS. EXE utility: 1. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for your motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk. Write the BIOS file name on a piece of paper. You need to type the exact BIOS file name at the prompt. 2. [. . . ] When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. Select [Yes] to save changes and exit. If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes, the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting. Pressing <Enter> saves the changes while exiting. Exit & Discard Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the Setup program. If you made changes to fields other than system date, system time, and password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting. Discard Changes Allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. [. . . ]