5-5ASUS P1-P5945G/P2-P5945G
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
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 USB Flash that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support CD, or the USB Flash containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the
USB Flash to P5L8L.ROM.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a USB Flash:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Connect the USB Flash to the PC.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the USB Flash 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 “P5LVM139.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!
If your display monitor is connected to the onboard VGA connector, the
display monitor will turn-off and the system will beep once while the
CrashFree BIOS 2 starts updating your system. The system will beep
once again while the process is nished, and the display will return after
the system restarts.