User manual ASUS A8V-E DELUXE

[. . . ] A8V-E Deluxe Motherboard E1781 First Edition December 2004 Copyright © 2004 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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"). 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. [. . . ] All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Message: Do You Want To Save Bios (Y/N) 7. 8. Press <N> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The utility verifies the BIOS file in the floppy disk and starts flashing the BIOS file. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Program Flashing Memory - OFE00 OK 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 Write OK No Update Warning: Don't Turn Off Power Or Reset System! Do not turn off or reset the system during the flashing process! 9. The utility displays a Flashing Complete message indicating that you have successfully flashed the BIOS file. Press <F1> to restart the system. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK No Update F1 Reset ASUS A8V-E Deluxe 321 321 321 321 321 21 321 321 3 32 321 321 1 321 32 321 1 321 321 32 321 321 1 321 32 321 1 321 321 Write Fail Write Fail 4-3 4. 1. 3 Saving the current BIOS file You can use the AwardBIOS Flash Utility to save the current BIOS file. You can load the current BIOS file when the BIOS file gets corrupted during the flashing process. Press <Y> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The following screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Save current BIOS as: Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS a s field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Checksum: DAD6H Save current BIOS as: old. bin Message: Please Wait! 4. The utility saves the current BIOS file to the floppy disk, then returns to the BIOS flashing process. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For K8T890-8237-A8V-E-00 DATE: 09/10/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: A8V-E. BIN Now Backup System BIOS to File! 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 Message: Please Wait! 4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 1. 4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 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 or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Recovering the BIOS from the support CD To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the CD for the BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device. . . When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. Doing so can cause system boot failure! 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. ASUS A8V-E Deluxe 4-5 Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk drive. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device. . . When no CD is found, the utility automatically checks the floppy drive for the original or updated BIOS file. The utility then updates the corrupted BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. Fail Detecting floppy drive A media. . . DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! [. . . ] From the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays, press <Enter> to select a RAID array for boot. After selection, the S t a t u s of the selected array will change to Boot. Follow the same procedure to deselect the the boot array. 3. 5-24 Chapter 5: Software support Serial Number View 1. From the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select S e r i a l N u m b e r V i e w then press <Enter>. [. . . ]