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Chapter 3
3.11.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
TheASUSCrashFreeBIOS3utilityisanautorecoverytoolthatallowsyoutorestorethe
BIOSlewhenitfailsorgetscorruptedduringtheupdatingprocess.Youcanrestorea
corruptedBIOSleusingthemotherboardsupportDVDoraUSBashdrivethatcontains
theBIOSle.
TheBIOSleinthemotherboardsupportDVDmaybeolderthantheBIOSlepublished
ontheASUSofcialwebsite.IfyouwanttousethenewerBIOSle,downloadtheleat
https://www.asus.com/support/andsaveittoaUSBashdrive.
Recovering the BIOS
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turn on the system.
2. InsertthemotherboardsupportDVDtotheopticaldrive,ortheUSBashdrive
containingtheBIOSletotheUSBport.
3. TheutilityautomaticallychecksthedevicesfortheBIOSle.Whenfound,theutility
readstheBIOSleandentersASUSEZFlash3automatically.
4. ThesystemrequiresyoutoenterBIOSSetuptorecovertheBIOSsetting.Toensure
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!