Asus P5Q-EM - Manual (Page 67)

ASUS P5Q-EM 2-9
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 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 DVD, the floppy disk,
or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file.
Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD
To recover the BIOS from the support DVD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD
for the BIOS file.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size should be smaller than
8GB.
• DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
can cause system boot failure!
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted
BIOS file.
Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk
To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk:
1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the USB port.
2. Turn on the system.
3. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file When found,
the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5QVM.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash
disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• If you use a SATA optical drive, always connect the SATA cable to the
SATA1/2/3/4 connector; otherwise, the utility will not function.
• Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk
or USB flash disk to P5QEM.ROM.
• If you connect your display to the onboard HDMI connector, the monitor
will not show and the system will beep twice while CrashFree BIOS 3 is
working. Wait for a few minutes and then reboot the system. The display
will show after the system restarts.