Asus M2N-L - Manual (Page 55)

ASUS M2N-L 4-5
4.1.3 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 the floppy disk 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. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk
drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the
floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “M2N-L.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted
BIOS file.
• Prepare the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before
using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy
disk to M2N-L.ROM.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!
Doing so can 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.