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5 asus crashfree bios 3 utility, Recovering the bios from the support dvd, Recovering the bios from the usb flash disk – Asus P5E User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1.5

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 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 or the USB flash

disk that contains the updated BIOS file.

• Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash

disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

• If you use a SATA optical drive, always connect the SATA cable to the

SATA1/SATA 2/SATA3/SATA4 connector; otherwise, the utility will not

function.

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.

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

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

support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. 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!

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

BIOS file.

Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk

To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk:
1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the USB port.
2. Turn on the system.
3. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file When found,

the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file.

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

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5E.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...