Asus M2V-MX SE - ASUS Crashfree BIOS 2 Utility

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 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 the motherboard support CD, or the oppy disk
that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support CD, or the oppy disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy
disk to M2V_MX SE.ROM
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 displays the following message and automatically checks the
oppy disk for the original or updated BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
A:\>afudos /iM2V_MX SE.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.26(06.08.28BB)
Copyright (C) 2003 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during ash BIOS
Reading le ....... done
Reading ash ...... done
Advance Check ......
Erasing ash ...... done
Writing ash ...... done
Verifying ash .... done
Please restart your computer
A:\>
5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is
completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.