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Manual abstract: user guide ASUS P5P800 SE
Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Motherboard
P5P800 SE
E2196 First Edition September 2005
Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.
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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. [. . . ] ASUS floppy ASUS A F U D O S (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable disk. ) E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. )
A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. ) A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment. )
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Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
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Creating a bootable floppy disk
Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows® XP environment
a. Click F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 t. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format options field, then click S t a r t t.
Windows® 2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000: a. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D: is your optical drive. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
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ASUS EZ Flash utility
The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash utility is built-in the BIOS chip so it is accessible by pressing <Alt> + <F2> during the Power-On Self Tests (POST). Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard and rename the same to P 5 P 8 0 0 S E . Press <Alt> + <F2> during POST to display the following.
EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy. . .
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Insert the floppy disk that contains the BIOS file to the floppy disk drive. When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done.
EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy. . . Rebooting.
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Do not shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure!A "Floppy not found!" error message appears if there is no floppy disk in the drive. A "P5P800SE. ROM not found!" error message appears if the correct BIOS file is not found in the floppy disk. Make sure that you rename the BIOS file to P5P800SE. ROM.
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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
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AFUDOS utility
The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment using a bootable floppy disk with the updated BIOS file. This utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS file that you can use as backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
Copying the current BIOS
To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:
· · Make sure that the floppy disk is not write-protected and has at least 600 KB free space to save the file. The actual BIOS screen displays may not be exactly the same as shown.
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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 /o[filename] where the [filename] is any user-assigned filename not more than eight alphanumeric characters for the main filename and three alphanumeric characters for the extension name.
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1. ROM Main filename Extension name
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Press <Enter>. The utility copies the current BIOS file to the floppy disk.
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 19(ASUS V2. 07(03. 11. 24BB)) Copyright (C) 2003 American Megatrends, Inc. done Write to file . . . ok A:\>
The utility returns to the DOS prompt after copying the current BIOS file.
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Updating the BIOS file
To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility: 1. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) and download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. [. . . ] You can download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www. asus. com/support/download/) if you need to update the BIOS file. 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 an Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). [. . . ]
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