User manual ASUS P4T533

[. . . ] ® P4T533 User Manual Motherboard P4T533 E1152 Revised Edition V3 October 2002 Checklist Copyright © 2002 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. 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. 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. [. . . ] For item 2, "Update Boot Block area, " press Y to update. DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS boot block area!Doing so may cause system boot failure. 9. When the update process is done, the message, "Press a key to reboot" appears. Press any key to reboot the system with the new BIOS. 52 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 4. 1. 2 Using AFLASH from a Floppy Disk 1. Type FORMAT A:/S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system disk. DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC. BAT and CONFIG. SYS to the disk. Type COPY D:\AFLASH\AFLASH. EXE A:\ (assuming D is your CD-ROM drive) to copy AFLASH. EXE to the boot disk you created. NOTE!It does not function in the DOS prompt within Windows, and does not function with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from the hard drive. It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy disk. Use only a DOS 6. 2, WIN95 / WIN98 boot disk. 3. Reboot the computer from the floppy disk. NOTE!BIOS setup must specify "Floppy" as the first item in the boot sequence. 4. In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH <Enter> to run AFLASH. IMPORTANT!If the word "unknown" appears after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. 5. Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press <Enter>. The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears. 6. Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXX-XX. XXX, then press <Enter>. ASUS P4T533 motherboard user guide 53 4. 1. 3 Updating BIOS procedures Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems. Careless updating may result to more problems with the motherboard! 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (see the ASUS website: www. asus. com) and save to the boot floppy disk you created earlier. At the "A:\" prompt, type AFLASH and then press <Enter>. At the Main Menu, type 2 then press <Enter>. The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears. [. . . ] Double click on "System" icon. View device by type and find "Other devices" node. Select the "PCI Mass Storage Controller" node and then click "Properties. " 6. Please select [General] page to reinstall driver or select [Driver] page to update the driver. [. . . ]