Asus M2A690G - Manual (Page 75)

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 floppy disk, or the USB flash disk that contains the updated
BIOS file.
Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy/USB flash disk
To recover the BIOS from a floppy/USB flash disk:
1. Download the latest BIOS from the ASUS website (www.asus.com).
Rename the BIOS file to WDG2WSP.ROM.
2. Insert the floppy/USB flash disk that contains the BIOS file to the
FDD/USB port.
3. Turn on the system.
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the support CD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the CD for the BIOS file.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the
corrupted BIOS file.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy not found!
Reading file “M2A-VM.bin”. Completed.
Start flashing...