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
that contains the updated BIOSthat contains the updated BIOS
Recovering the BIOS from a oppy 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 oppy 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
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
BIOS update process continues when the StrikerII.BIN is found.StrikerII.BIN is found.is found.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “StrikerII.BIN”. Completed.
Start ashing...
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.