Asus Motherboard P4GE-VM - Manual (Page 39)

ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-7
2.1.3 CrashFree BIOS feature
The CrashFree BIOS feature allows you to boot the computer from a floppy disk
and update the BIOS in case the original BIOS fails or gets corrupted.
1. You must have a bootable floppy disk ready before updating the BIOS.
2. The bootable floppy disk could be the one that you created following the
procedure in section 2.1.2, and should contain the AFLASH.EXE utility.
3. If the BIOS fails (ROM data or codes are corrupted), a message appears
during POST indicating the failure.
To update the BIOS:
1. Turn on the computer, and when prompted, place the bootable floppy disk into
the floppy drive, so that the computer boots from the floppy disk.
2. Follow the BIOS update procedure in section “2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update
the BIOS.”
To use the CrashFree BIOS feature on this motherboard, install a VGA card into
one of the expansion slots before rebooting the computer. On motherboards
with onboard VGA, such as the P4GE-VM, you will not see the screen display
when the BIOS crashes even if you reboot the computer.
Award BIOS Beep Codes
Beep Meaning
One short beep when No error during POST
displaying logo
Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM installed or detected
One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card
three short beeps memory bad
High frequency beeps when CPU overheated;
system is working System running at a lower frequency
2.1.4 BIOS beep codes
When you turn the power on and the system runs POST (Power On Self Tests),
you will hear BIOS beeps. Refer to the following table for the meaning of the
beeps.