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ASUS P5NT WS 4-9
4.1.6 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 DVD or the oppy disk
that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD or the oppy disk containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updatedd BIOS le in the
oppy disk to P5NT-WS.BIN.
Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD
To recover the BIOS from the support DVD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD
for the BIOS le.
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (C) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error,
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (C) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error,
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
Found CDROM, try to Boot from it...Pass
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!