Asus K8V-VM - Manual (Page 41)

ASUS K8V-VM Motherboard 2-
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 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.
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.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
• Prepare the motherboard support CD or 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 K8VVM.ROM.
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...
Floppy found!
Reading file “ K8VVM.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...