Asus Pundit-PH3 - Manual (Page 62)

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To recover the BIOS:
1. Remove any floppy disk from the floppy disk drive, then turn on the
system.
2. Insert the support CD to the optical 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...
Floppy not found!
Checking for CD-ROM...
CD-ROM found!
Reading file “P5GD1-VM.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the
optical drive for the original or updated BIOS file. The utility then
updates the corrupted BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 (Updates the BIOS using the
motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
2. A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file from the support CD
to a USB floppy disk or flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in
the future. You can copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS
Update or AFUDOS utilities.
5.1.1 5.1.1 5.1.1 5.1.1 5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 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 that contains the original or updated BIOS file.
Prepare the motherboard support CD containing the original or updated
motherboard BIOS before using this utility.