5-10 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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 CD, the oppy disk or
the USB ash disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support CD, 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 M2R68L.ROM.
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.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “M2R68L.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Install memory module in DIMM_A1 or DIMM_B1 slots.
