User manual ASUS P55T2P4

[. . . ] R P/I-P55T2P4 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. [. . . ] Update BIOS Main Block from File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk. 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 P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 27 IV. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard's BIOS 1. Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page II. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming" jumper as shown in section III. Boot from the floppy diskette you created in step 1 of the main menu. At the "A:\" prompt, type: PFLASH <Enter> 4. Enter "2" from the Main Menu or "2" from the Advanced Features Menu. The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file. [. . . ] ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI ID Numbers) · · 56 SCSI Device 1 Termination Required (JP5 Open) SCSI Device 2 Termination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 No Termination Required (JP5 Short) SCSI Device 4 Termination Required (End Device) Termination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices, including the ASUS PCI-SC200 and ASUS PCI-SC860 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device. There are eight possible ID numbers, 0 through 7. The ASUS PCI-SC200 and ASUS PCI-SC860 cards have fixed SCSI IDs of 7. The SCSI ID serves two purposes: It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus. [. . . ]