Asus M3N78 SE User Manual

ASUS M3N78 SE 2-5
2.1.5 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 the motherboard Support DVD, a oppy disk or a USB ash disk that contains the
updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard Support DVD, the oppy disk or the USB ash disk containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy disk or the USB
ash disk to M3N78SE.ROM.
Recovering the BIOS from a oppy disk
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the oppy disk, support DVD, or USB ash disk containing BIOS le to the disk
drive or port.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the oppy disk,
support DVD, or USB ash disk for the 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.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “M3N78SE.ROM”. Completed.
Start erasing...
• Only the USB ash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can support ASUS
CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size shoud be smaller than 8GB.
• DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can cause
system boot failure!
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• The utility automatically checks the oppy disk rst. If no oppy disk is found, the utility
then checks the optical drive and the USB ash disk.
• The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Download
the latest BIOS le from the ASUS website at www.asus.com.

Asus M3N78 SE Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA connectors	4
S/PDIF in port	No
Controller interface type	SATA
Controller 2nd interface type	UltraDMA 133/100
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC662
Audio output channels	6.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
BIOS type	AMI
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	218 mm
Width	305 mm