Recovering the bios from a floppy disk – Asus P5GD2 Deluxe User Manual

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The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is
completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.

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.

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Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

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Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the
floppy disk to P 5 G D 2 D . R O M

P 5 G D 2 D . R O M

P 5 G D 2 D . R O M.

Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk

To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:

Turn on the system.

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.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

A:\>afudos /iP5GD2D.ROM

AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB))

WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS

Reading file ..... done

Reading flash .... done

Search bootblock version:

0% 100%

Advance Check.........

Erasing flash ..... done

Writing flash ..... done

Verifying flash ... done

Please restart your computer

A:\>

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