Asus P5L-MX User Manual

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.4 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.
• 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 P5LMX.ROM
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy 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 “P5LMX.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!

Asus P5L-MX Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	4 GB
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Number of SATA connectors	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1
Manageability features	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL PME, WOR PME, PXE
Headphone outputs	3
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
BIOS type	AMI
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit
Audio chip	ADI AD1986A
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	5.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows Vista/XP/2000
Graphics card	GMA 950
Networking features	100/1000