Asus P4-P5G41 - Manual (Page 46)

4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 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, a floppy
disk, or USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file.
• Prepare the motherboard Support CD, a USB flash disk, or a floppy disk
containing the updated motherboard BIOS file before using this utility.
• Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk
to P5Q8L.ROM.
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 into the floppy disk
drive.
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...
When the original or updated BIOS file is found, the utility reads it and starts
updating the corrupted BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5Q8L.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
3. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.