Asus V3-P5G965 - Manual (Page 70)

5-6 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to
restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating
process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard
support CD, the USB flash disk, or the floppy disk that contains the updated
BIOS file.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the
floppy disk drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5RD2VM.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the
corrupted BIOS file.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing
so can cause system boot failure!
• Prepare the motherboard support CD, the USB flash disk, or the
floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using
this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the
floppy disk or the USB flash disk to P5BVMA. ROM.
• If your display monitor is connected to the onboard VGA
connector, the display monitor will turn-off and the system
will beep once while CrashFree BIOS 3 starts updating your
system. The system will beep once again while the process is
finished, and the display will return after the system restarts.