User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- Chapter 1: Specifications Summary
- Chapter 2: Product Introduction
- Chapter 3: Upgrading your Single Board Computer
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
- 4.1 Getting to know your BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 Main Menu
- 4.4 Advanced menu
- 4.4.1 Trusted Computing
- 4.4.2 PCH Storage Configuration
- 4.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 4.4.4 ACPI Settings
- 4.4.5 APM Configuration
- 4.4.6 SMART Settings
- 4.4.7 NCT6116D Super IO Configuration
- 4.4.8 NCT6116D HW Monitor
- 4.4.9 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 4.4.10 CPU Configuration
- 4.4.11 AMI Graphic Output Protocol Policy
- 4.4.12 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 4.4.13 USB Configuration
- 4.4.14 Network Stack Configuration
- 4.4.15 SDIO Configuration
- 4.4.16 Platform Trust Technology
- 4.4.17 Security Configuration
- 4.4.18 LFP Configuration
- 4.4.19 Thermal
- 4.5 Security
- 4.6 Boot menu
- 4.7 Save & Exit menu
- 4.8 Updating your BIOS
- Appendix
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4.8 Updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup:
1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
To recover the BIOS using a bootable USB flash disk drive when the
BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.
2. ASUS EzFlash
Updates the BIOS using a USB flash disk.
3. BUPDATER
Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB flash disk drive.
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
IMPORTANT! Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a
bootable USB flash disk drive in case you need to restore the BIOS in
the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the BUPDATER
utility.
4.8.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to
restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating
process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using a USB flash drive that
contains the updated BIOS file.
IMPORTANT! Prepare a USB flash drive containing the updated
motherboard BIOS before using this utility.