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5-6 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1.3 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 USB ash disk, or the oppy disk that
contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare a USB ash disk or a oppy 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.
• Visit ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS le.
RecoveringtheBIOSfromtheUSBashdisk
To recover the BIOS from the USB ash disk:
1. Insert the USB ash disk that contains BIOS le to the USB port.
2. Turn on the system.
3. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS le when found,
the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted BIOS le.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• Only the USB ash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size should be smaller than
8GB.
• DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
can cause system boot failure!
RecoveringtheBIOSfromaoppydisk
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.
BadBIOSchecksum.StartingBIOSrecovery...
Checkingforoppy...