2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.4 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 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 “P5LD2FM.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
P5LD2FM.ROM.