Asus Z170M-E D3 - 2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Utility; 2.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater

2.1.3 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restoreacorruptedBIOS
leusingthemotherboardsupportDVDoraUSBashdrivethatcontainstheupdatedBIOS
le.
 Beforeusingthisutility,renametheBIOSleintheremovabledeviceintoZ170ME.
CAP.
 TheBIOSleinthesupportDVDmaynotbethelatestversion.Downloadthelatest
BIOSlefromtheASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.com.
Recovering the BIOS
TorecovertheBIOS:
1. Turnonthesystem.
2. InsertthesupportDVDtotheopticaldriveortheUSBashdrivethatcontainsthe
BIOSletotheUSBport.
3. TheutilityautomaticallychecksthedevicesfortheBIOSle.Whenfound,theutility
readstheBIOSleandentersASUSEZFlash3utilityautomatically.
4. ThesystemrequiresyoutoenterBIOSSetuptorecoverBIOSsettings.Toensure
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!
2.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater
ASUSBIOSUpdaterallowsyoutoupdatetheBIOSinDOSenvironment.
Thescreencapturesusedinthissectionareforreferenceonlyandmaynotbeexactlythe
sameasactuallyshownonyourcomputerscreen.
Before updating BIOS
 PreparethemotherboardsupportDVDandaUSBashdrive.
 DownloadthelatestBIOSleandBIOSUpdaterfromhttp://support.asus.com and
savetheminyourUSBashdrive.
NTFSisnotsupportedunderFreeDOSenvironment.EnsurethatyourUSBashdriveisin
singlepartitionandinFAT32/16format.
 Turnoffthecomputer.
 EnsurethatyourcomputerhasaDVDopticaldrive.
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