Asus M3A78-EM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 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 DVD , the oppy disk
or the USB ash disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
Recovering the BIOS from a oppy 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.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Prepare the motherboard Support DVD, the oppy disk or the USB ash
disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy disk
or the USB ash disk to M3A78EM.ROM.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “M3A78EM.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...