User manual ASUS P4V8X-X

[. . . ] P4V8X-X User Guide Motherboard E1494 Checklist First Edition December 2003 Copyright © 2003 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. [. . . ] done A:\> When the BIOS copy process is complete, the utility returns to the DOS prompt. 2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2. 1. 4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to easily update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a diskette and using a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash is built-in the BIOS firmware so it is accessible by simply pressing <Alt> + <F2> during the Power-On Self Tests (POST). To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash: 1. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for your motherboard and rename it to P4V8XX. ROM. To launch EZ Flash, press <Alt> + <F2> during POST to display the following. User recovery requested. Checking for floppy. . . If there is no floppy disk found in the drive, the error message "Floppy not found!" appears. If the correct BIOS file is not found in the floppy disk, the error message "P4V8XX. ROM not found!" 4. Insert the floppy disk that contains the BIOS file. If the P4V8XX. ROM file is found in the floppy disk, EZ Flash performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done. DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so may cause system boot failure! User recovery requested. Rebooting. ASUS P4V8X-X motherboard 2-5 2. 1. 5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 The CrashFree BIOS 2 auto recovery tool allows you to restore BIOS from the motherboard support CD, or from a floppy disk that contains the BIOS file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted. 1. Prepare the support CD that came with the motherboard or a floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS (P4V8XX. ROM) before proceeding with the BIOS update process. If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a bootable floppy disk, you may also use this disk to restore the BIOS. See section "2. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk. " 2. To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk: 1. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following message appears. Bad BIOS checksum. Insert a floppy disk that contains the original, or the latest, BIOS file for this motherboard (P4V8XX. ROM). If the BIOS file that you downloaded from the ASUS website has a different filename (e. g. The BIOS update process continues when the P4V8XX. ROM is found. Bad BIOS checksum. Start flashing. . . DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so may cause system boot failure! 4. When the BIOS update process is complete, reboot the system. 2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS information To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following screen message appears. Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy. . . If there is no floppy disk found in the drive, the system automatically checks the CD-ROM. 3. [. . . ] Use arrow keys to select disk drive/s, then press <Enter> to mark selected drive. (An asterisk is placed before a selected drive. ) 5. Select Start Create Process and press <Enter> to setup hard disk for RAID system. The following confirmation message appears: The same confirmation message appears when the Auto Setup for Data Security option is selected. The data on the selected disks will be destroyed. [. . . ]