How To Update ASRock Motherboard (DOS Mode)
For those who prefer updating their motherboard (using DOS method), then please read this article carefully! One little mistake could harm your motherboard and everything – that is your warning!
1.] Direct yourself to ASRock official website (Download Area), find your ‘Bios Revision’ and make sure it utilise DOS Mode!
2.] Download these application and reformat your USB devices as ‘FAT32’, then make it bootable: “Create a DOS startup disk” and point it to your ‘DOS System File’ directory. However, you must extract ‘win98Boot.zip’ first. After that, you may drop your Bios file (USB root directory) and rename it to your liking. But, you must keep it short and simple!
USB Reformat Tool: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7667973/Windows_Repair/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.zip
Win98Boot (Compressed File): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7667973/Windows_Repair/win98boot.zip
Bios Rename Example: Z68P3G31.20.EXE >> ASRFLASH01.EXE (for easier reference)
3.] Leave your USB drive intact and reboot your system. After that, you must press ‘F2’ at POST (system boot) and set your USB drive to boot first – NOT YOUR Hard Drive!
4.] When you see a drive letter: “A:\” (Prompt), please type “ASRFLASH01.exe” (as an example) and hit “Enter”. But, don’t interfere when you see this message: “Please wait for BIOS loading ROM”.
5.] After the initial update, you will eventually see this message: “Program ended normally”.
When you are finish, reboot your system and press “F2”. This is required to ‘Load Default Settings’.
6.] Once set as ‘Default’, exit the Bios Setup Utility and continue normally.
