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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1.5

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 DVD that contains the

updated BIOS file.

• Prepare the motherboard support DVD containing the updated motherboard

Prepare the motherboard support DVD containing the updated motherboard

BIOS before using this utility.

• You can monitor the BIOS recovery process on your display only when

installing an external graphics card.

• If you use the onboard VGA output, your display does not show when the

If you use the onboard VGA output, your display does not show when the

BIOS recovery is proceeding. Insert the support DVD to the optical drive

and wait for a few minutes to restart your system.

4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.

• Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16/12 format and single partition can

support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2. 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!

BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
Found CDROM, try to Boot from it... Pass

When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted

BIOS file.

BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...

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.