Asus P5N7A-VM - ASUS Crashfree BIOS 3 Utility

ASUS P5N7A-VM 2-9
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the oppy disk, or the USB ash
disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• For the P5N7A-VM motherboard, this utility will not function when you use a
PATA optical drive.
• Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1/SATA 2 connector; otherwise,
the utility will not function.
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, the oppy disk
or the USB ash disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
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.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “P5N7AVM.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...
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.