User manual ASUS P8H61-M LE USB3

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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. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] At the DOS prompt, type the command line: afudos /i[filename] where [filename] means the latest (or original) BIOS file that you copied to the bootable floppy disk. The succeeding screen displays the status of the update process. The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only. What you see on your screen may not be exactly the same as shown. A:\>afudos /iP8H61-M LE USB3. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. 0x0008CC00 (9%) DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so may cause system boot failure! ASUS P8H61-M LE USB3 motherboard 2-3 When the BIOS update process is complete, the utility returns to the DOS prompt. A:\>afudos /iP8H61-M LE USB3. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. Reboot the system from the hard disk. 2. 1. 3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC You can use the AFUDOS. EXE utility to copy the current system BIOS to a floppy or hard disk and use it as a backup in case the system BIOS fails or gets corrupted. At the DOS prompt, type the command line: afudos /o[filename] where [filename] string of not more than eight (8) alpha-numeric characters for the main filename and three (3) alpha-numeric characters for the extension name. Press <Enter>. The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only. Main filename Extension name A:\>afudos /oMYBIOS03. rom AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. The utility will copy the current system BIOS by default to the floppy disk. Make sure that the floppy disk has at least 600KB of free disk space and is not writeprotected. A:\>afudos /oMYBIOS03. ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. This section explains how to configure your system using this utility. Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you may want to change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you may want to enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware hub. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press <Del> during the Power-On Self Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility. If you wish to enter Setup after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctrl+Alt+Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis. It is a menudriven program, which means you can scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections from the available options using the navigation keys. The default BIOS settings for this motherboard apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance. If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS settings, load the default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. See section "2. 7 Exit Menu. " The BIOS setup screens shown in this chapter are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest product and BIOS information. 2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen Menu items Menu bar Configuration fields General help System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Language Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave System Information [11:51:19] [Thu 08/05/2003] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in] [English] : [ST320413A] : [ASUS CD-S340] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. [. . . ] BIOS automatically detects and displays the installed drive type. 5. Save your changes and exit BIOS Setup. · · · The Scroll Lock LED is fixed to ON after enabling Instant Music. When set to Instant Music Lite mode, the system wake-up features (LAN, keyboard, mouse, USB) are deactivated. If the system loses connection or does not detect any optical drive, the Instant Music Lite feature turns OFF (disabled) automatically. [. . . ]