Asus P4BP-MX - Manual (Page 39)

ASUS P4BP-MX motherboard 2-7
Make sure that the BIOS file in the floppy disk is renamed as “1016BPMX.BIN”.
2.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
The CrashFree BIOS auto recovery tool allows you to restore BIOS from a floppy
disk that contains the BIOS file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails
or gets corrupted.
To recover the BIOS using CrashFree BIOS:
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...
• Prepare the floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS before
proceeding with the BIOS update process.
• 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
“2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS”
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.
2. When the BIOS update process is complete, reboot the system.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so may
cause system boot failure!
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “1016BPMX.BIN”. Completed.
Start flashing...