Manual

5-6 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The 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 a oppy disk or a USB ash drive that contains
the updated BIOS le.
Prepare a oppy disk or a USB ash drive containing the updated motherboard
BIOS before using this utility.
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 will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the
BIOS recovery nished.
RecoveringtheBIOSfromaUSBashdrive
To recover the BIOS from a USB ash drive:
1. Remove any oppy disk from the oppy disk drive and turn the system.
2. Insert the USB ash drive with the original or updated BIOS le to one USB
port on the system.
3. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the
BIOS recovery nished.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so
would cause system boot failure!
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard.
Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS le.