User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Product introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware information
- Chapter 3: Powering up
- Chapter 4: BIOS setup
- 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 Main menu
- 4.4 Ai Tweaker menu
- 4.4.1 Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto]
- 4.4.2 CPU Ratio Setting [Auto]
- 4.4.3 FSB Strap to North Bridge [Auto]
- 4.4.4 DRAM Frequency [Auto]
- 4.4.5 DRAM Command Rate [Auto]
- 4.4.6 DRAM CMD Skew on Channel A/B [Auto]
- 4.4.7 DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A/B [Auto]
- 4.4.8 DRAM Timing Control [Auto]
- 4.4.9 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto]
- 4.4.10 DRAM Dynamic Write Control [Auto]
- 4.4.11 Ai Clock Twister [Auto]
- 4.4.12 Ai Transaction Booster [Auto]
- 4.4.13 CPU Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.14 CPU PLL Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.15 FSB Termination Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.16 DRAM Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.17 NB Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.18 SB Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.19 Clock Over-Charging Voltage [Auto]
- 4.4.20 Load-Line Calibration [Auto]
- 4.4.21 CPU GTL Voltage Reference [Auto]
- 4.4.22 NB GTL Voltage Reference [Auto]
- 4.4.23 CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto]
- 4.4.24 PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto]
- 4.5 Advanced menu
- 4.6 Power menu
- 4.7 Boot menu
- 4.8 Tools menu
- 4.9 Exit menu
- Chapter 5: Software support
- Chapetr 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support
- Appendix: CPU features
4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1.5 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 or the USB ash
disk that contains the updated BIOS le.
Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the oppy disk or the USB ash disk
containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD
To recover the BIOS from the support DVD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD
for the BIOS le.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• Only the USB ash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size should be smaller than
8GB.
• DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
can cause system boot failure!
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Recovering the BIOS from the USB ash disk
To recover the BIOS from the USB ash disk:
1. Insert the USB ash disk that contains the BIOS le to the USB port.
2. Turn on the system.
3. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS le. When
found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted BIOS
le.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “P5E64WE.ROM”. Completed.
Start ashing...