User's Manual

ASUS P5VD2-VM/P5V-VM SE DH 2-9
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 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 CD or the oppy 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...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “P5VD2VM.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!
• Prepare the motherboard support CD or the oppy disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy
disk to P5VD2VM.ROM/P5VVMSEDH.ROM.
To use CrashFree BIOS2 feature on motherboards with onboard VGA, you
will not see the screen display when the BIOS crashes even when you reboot
the system. Install a graphics card into the expansion slot before rebooting the
computer to display BIOS recovery message.