Asus P5W: ASUS Motherboard installation guide
ASUS Motherboard installation guide: Asus P5W
Table of contents
- Chapter 1: Quick Start 1.1 Installing the CPU
- 1.1.2 AMD AM2 Socket
- 1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
- For Intel-certied heatsink:
- For AMD-certied heatsink:
- 1.3 Installing a DIMM 1.4 Installing the motherboard
- Chapter1: QuickStart
- 1.5 Installing the power supply unit
- 1.6 Installing an expansion card
- 1.7 Installing disk drives
- 1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive
- 1.7.3 Floppy disk drive
- 1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive
- Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive
- 1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive
- 1.8 Front panel cables
- ASUS Q-Connector 1.9 Connecting the ATX power
- Power connectors
- 1.10 Peripheral devices and accessories
- 1.11 Startingupforthersttime Troubleshooting
- Chapter 2: Manage/update BIOS 2.1 AFUDOS utility
- ASUS Motherboard installation guide
- 2.2 Award BIOS Flash Utility
- ASUS Motherboard installation guide
- Saving the current BIOS le
- 2.3 ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update
- Updating the BIOS through the Internet
- Updating the BIOS through a BIOS le
- Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3.1 Troubleshooting for Motherboard DIY 3.1.1 Basic troubleshooting
- B. CPU overheated
- 3.2 Other common troubles
- 3.2.1 No power
- 3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display 3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system
- 3.2.4 FAQs
- Chapter 4: Computer care tips
WritetheBIOSlenameonapieceofpaper.YouneedtotypetheexactBIOS
lenameattheDOSprompt.
2. CopytheAFUDOSutility(afudos.exe)fromthemotherboardsupportDVDto
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thebootableoppydiskyoucreatedearlier.
3. BootthesysteminDOSmode,thenattheprompttype:
afudos /i[lename]
where[lename]isthelatestortheoriginalBIOSleonthebootableoppy
disk.
A:\>afudos /iP5K3D.ROM
4. TheutilityveriestheleandstartsupdatingtheBIOS.
A:\>afudos /iP5K3D.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB))
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during ash BIOS
Reading le ....... done
Reading ash ...... done
Advance Check ......
Erasing ash ...... done
Writing ash ...... 0x0008CC00 (9%)
DONOTshutdownorresetthesystemwhileupdatingtheBIOStoprevent
systembootfailure!
5. TheutilityreturnstotheDOSpromptaftertheBIOSupdateprocessis
completed.Rebootthesystemfromtheharddiskdrive.
A:\>afudos /iP5K3D.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB))
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during ash BIOS
Reading le ....... done
Reading ash ...... done
Advance Check ......
Erasing ash ...... done
Writing ash ...... done
Verifying ash .... done
Please restart your computer
A:\>
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