Asus M2V-MX SE - Manual (Page 48)

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup
2.1.4 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.
• Prepare the motherboard support CD, or the floppy disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy
disk to M2V_MX SE.ROM
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk
drive.
3. 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...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted
BIOS file.
A:\>afudos /iM2V_MX SE.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.26(06.08.28BB)
Copyright (C) 2003 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS
Reading file ....... done
Reading flash ...... done
Advance Check ......
Erasing flash ...... done
Writing flash ...... done
Verifying flash .... done
Please restart your computer
A:\>
5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is
completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.