ASUS M4N78 SE 2-3
• 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!
2.1.3 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 a USB ash disk that contains the updated BIOS
le.
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD, or the USB ash disk containing the updated
motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Updating from a SATA optical drive is not supported when both an IDE optical drive and
a SATA optical drive are installed in this motherboard.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for CD-ROM...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts erasing the corrupted BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for CD-ROM
CD-ROM found!
Reading le “M4N78SE.ROM”. Completed.
Start erasing...
Recovering the BIOS
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the support DVD, or USB ash disk containing BIOS le to the disk drive or port.
3.
The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the support DVD,
or USB ash disk for the BIOS le.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• The utility automatically checks the optical drive rst. If no optical drive is found, the
utility then checks the USB ash disk.
• The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Download
the latest BIOS le from the ASUS website at www.asus.com.