.4 asus crashfree bios 2 utility, Recovering the bios from the support cd – Asus Motherboard P5ND2 User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2..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.

Recovering the BIOS from the support CD

To recover the BIOS from the support CD:

. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support CD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks

the CD for the BIOS file.

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

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...

This manual is related to the following products:

P5ND2