Asus P5BV-M User Manual

ASUS P5BV-M 4-5
4.1.3 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. �ou
can update a corrupted BIOS le using the USB ash disk, or the oppy disk that
contains the updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the USB ash disk, or the oppy disk containing the updated
motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Ensure that you rename the original or updated BIOS le in the oppy disk
or the USB ash disk.
• Visit ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest 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 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.
• 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!
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...

Asus P5BV-M Specifications

General

Brand	Asus
Model	P5BV-M
Category	Motherboard
Language	English