Asus H170M-PLUS - Asus Crashfree Bios 3 Utility; Recovering the Bios; Asus Bios Updater

2.1.3 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restoreacorruptedBIOS
leusingthemotherboardsupportDVDoraUSBashdrivethatcontainstheupdatedBIOS
le.
• Beforeusingthisutility,renametheBIOSleintheremovabledeviceinto
H170MP.CAP.
• TheBIOSleinthesupportDVDmaynotbethelatestversion.Downloadthelatest
BIOSlefromtheASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.com.
Recovering the BIOS
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turnonthesystem.
2. InsertthesupportDVDtotheopticaldriveortheUSBashdrivethatcontainsthe
BIOSletotheUSBport.
3. TheutilityautomaticallychecksthedevicesfortheBIOSle.Whenfound,theutility
readstheBIOSleandentersASUSEZFlash3utilityautomatically.
4. ThesystemrequiresyoutoenterBIOSSetuptorecoverBIOSsettings.Toensure
systemcompatibilityandstability,werecommendthatyoupress<F5>toloaddefault
BIOSvalues.
DONOTshutdownorresetthesystemwhileupdatingtheBIOS!Doingsocancause
systembootfailure!
2.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater
ASUSBIOSUpdaterallowsyoutoupdatetheBIOSinDOSenvironment.
Thescreencapturesusedinthissectionareforreferenceonlyandmaynotbeexactlythe
sameasactuallyshownonyourcomputerscreen.
3. Rebootthesystemwhentheupdateprocessisdone.
• ASUSEZFlash3supportsUSBdevices,suchasaUSBashdisk,withFAT32/16
formatandsinglepartitiononly.
• DONOTshutdownorresetthesystemwhileupdatingtheBIOStopreventsystem
bootfailure!
ASUS H170M-PLUS 2‑3