User manual ASUS TX97-LE

[. . . ] R TX97-LE Pentium Motherboard ® USER'S MANUAL USER'S NOTICE 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. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. 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. [. . . ] The file can be either a new file or a backup file created by the "Save Current BIOS To File" option. If the boot block in the file is different from the current boot block, this option will not update the main block. Instead, it will display the following messages. 34 ASUS TX97-LE User's Manual IV. Advanced Features This option displays the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configuration record and updating the motherboard BIOS. Advanced Features Menu 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 baseboard BIOS, and the PnP extended system configuration data (ESCD) parameter block from a new BIOS file. ASUS TX97-LE User's Manual 35 IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Managing & Updating your Motherboard's BIOS Upon first use of the computer system, you should: 1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating "AUTOEXEC. BAT" and "CONFIG. SYS" files. Run PFLASH. EXE from your new diskette and select option 1 "Save Current BIOS to File. " Enter the "Current BIOS Revision:" for the file name. Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) IMPORTANT: If "unknown" is displayed after Flash Type -- , the memory chip is not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the internet (WWW), FTP, or a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) and save to the diskette you created above. See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on Page II of the User's Manual for details. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming" jumper as shown in section III of the User's Manual. Boot from the floppy diskette you created above. At the "A:\" prompt, type: [PFLASH] and then the <Enter> key. Enter 2 "Update BIOS Main Block From File" from the Main Menu or option 2 "Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD" from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu. The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file. Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS, and then press the <Enter> key. The utility then updates the BIOS file from disk. If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS, DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up. Just repeat the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. [. . . ] The SCSI ID serves two purposes: It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus. It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time. SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel. This applies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter. You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card. [. . . ]