2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.4 ASUS Cr ashFre e BIOS 2 uti lity
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to
restore the BIOS le when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating
process. You can update a corrupted BIOS le using the motherboard
support CD or the oppy disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a oppy disk:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the oppy disk with the original or updated BIOS le to the
oppy disk drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the oppy disk for the original or updated BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “A8VVMSE.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the
corrupted BIOS le.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing
so can cause system boot failure!
• Prepare the motherboard support CD or the oppy disk containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the
oppy disk to A8VVMSE.ROM.