Owner's manual

3-8 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1.5 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, a oppy disk or
USB ash disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard Support DVD, a oppy disk or USB ash disk
containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• For the P5QL motherboard, this utility will not function when you use a
PATA optical drive.
• Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1/2/3/4 connector; otherwise,
the utility will not function.
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 into the oppy disk
drive.
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 the original or updated BIOS le is found, the utility reads it and starts
updating the corrupted BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “P5QL.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
3. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.