Asus E3746 - Manual (Page 86)

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 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 a floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS that contains the updated BIOS that contains the updated BIOS
file.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
1. Turn on the system.
2. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following message appears.
• To use the CrashFree BIOS feature on this motherboard, install a VGA card To use the CrashFree BIOS feature on this motherboard, install a VGA card
in one of the expansion slots before rebooting the computer.
• Prepare the Prepare the floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS before
proceeding with the BIOS update process.
• If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a bootable 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.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
3. Insert a floppy disk that contains the original, or the latest, BIOS file for this
motherboard. If the BIOS file that you downloaded from the ASUS website
has a different filename (e.g. Striker.BIN), rename it to StrikerII.BIN. The
BIOS update process continues when the StrikerII.BIN is found. StrikerII.BIN is found. is found.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “StrikerII.BIN”. Completed.
Start flashing...
DO NOT shut down 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.