User's Manual

ASUS P5BV-C Series 4-5
4.1.3 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 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.
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“P5BV-C-ASUS-4L.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 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.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the
oppy disk for the original or updated BIOS le.
Download the original or the latest BIOS le for this motherboard from ASUS
website (www.support.asus.com/download).