Asus P5GC-VM Pro - Manual (Page 52)

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.4 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.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy
disk to P5GCVMPRO.ROM.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk
drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the
floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5GCVMPRO.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted
BIOS file.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
If your display monitor is connected to the onboard VGA connector, the display
monitor will turn-off and the system will beep once while the CrashFree BIOS 2
starts updating your system. The system will beep once again while the process
is finished, and the display will return after the system restarts.