2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1.6 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 updatedd BIOS le in the oppy
disk to M2NBPVM.BIN.

Recovering the BIOS from the support CD

To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support CD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the CD
for the BIOS le.
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (C) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error,
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (C) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error,
Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
Found CDROM, try to Boot from it...Pass
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can
cause system boot failure!