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5 recovering the bios with crashfree bios 2 – Asus K8U-X User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup

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4. Insert the floppy disk that contains the BIOS file. If all the necessary

files are found in the floppy disk, EZ Flash performs the BIOS update

process and automatically reboots the system when done.

DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing

so may cause system boot failure!

User recovery requested. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “K8U-X.ROM”. Completed.

Start flashing...
Flashed successfully. Rebooting.

2.1.5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2

The CrashFree BIOS 2 auto recovery tool allows you to restore BIOS from

the motherboard support CD, or from a floppy disk that contains the BIOS

file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted.

1. Prepare the

support CD that came with the motherboard or

a

floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS before

proceeding with the BIOS update process.

2. If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a

bootable floppy disk, you may also use this disk to restore the BIOS.

See section “2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk.”

To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:

1. Boot the system.
2. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following screen message appears.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...

3. Insert a floppy disk that contains the original or the latest BIOS file for

this motherboard. If all the necessary files are found in the floppy disk,

the BIOS update process continues.

Make sure that the BIOS file in the floppy disk is renamed as “

K8U-X.ROM”.