ASUS P5N73-AM 2-5
2.1.5 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 DVD or a oppy disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD or a oppy disk containing the updated
motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy disk to
P5N73-AM.bin.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Recovering the BIOS
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the oppy disk or the support DVD containing the BIOS le to the oppy disk
drive or the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the oppy disk or
the support DVD for the BIOS le.
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts erasing the corrupted BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “P5N73-AM.bin”. Completed.
Start erasing...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
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.