Asus P4PE-X/TE - Manual (Page 39)

ASUS P4PE-X/TE motherboard user guide 2-7
2.1.3 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 bootable
floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS (P4PXTE03.AWD)
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. Insert the bootable floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
2. Turn on the computer.
3. Follow the BIOS update procedure in section “2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update
the BIOS”
DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so may
cause system boot failure!
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard.
Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file.
To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When the system prompts that a corrupted BIOS is detected, insert the
motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive and press the Enter key.
3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions.
DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so may
cause system boot failure!
4. When the BIOS update process is complete, reboot the system.