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ASUS P5K ANNEXE 1 (111 ko)

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Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.

 [. . . ] SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY,  AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE,  AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL,  INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. 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. 

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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi P5K specifications summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  [. . . ] Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 

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Creating a bootable floppy disk

a. Insert a 1. 44MB floppy disk into the drive. 
Windows® XP environment

DOS environment

Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. 

b. At the DOS prompt,  type format A:/S then press <Enter>. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. Click Start from the Windows® desktop,  then select My Computer. Click File from the menu,  then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window appears. 
Windows® 2003 environment

e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,  then click Start. Insert a formatted,  high density 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. Insert the Windows® 2003 CD to the optical drive. To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2003:

D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: e. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk. 
Write the BIOS filename on a piece of paper. You need to type the exact BIOS filename at the DOS prompt. 

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Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos. exe) from the motherboard support CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. Boot the system in DOS mode,  then at the prompt type: afudos /i[filename]

where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable floppy disk. 
A:\>afudos/iP5KPLVM. ROM

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The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS. 
A:\>afudos/iP5KPLVM. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 19(ASUS V2. 07(03. 11. 24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends,  Inc. Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file . . . . . . . done

Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure!

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The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. 
A:\>afudos/iP5KPLVM. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 19(ASUS V2. 07(03. 11. 24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends,  Inc. Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file . . . . . . . done Please restart your computer A:\>

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ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support CD ,  the floppy disk or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. 
· · Prepare the motherboard support CD,  the floppy disk or the USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk or the USB flash disk to P5KPLVM. ROM. 

Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk: 1.  [. . . ] Visit www. intel. com for more information on the EM64T feature. Visit www. microsoft. com for more information on Windows® 64-bit OS. 

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Using the Intel® EM64T feature
To use the Intel® EM64T feature: 1. Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). Install an Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. 

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