Asus M2R-FVM manual Asus CrashFree Bios 2 utility, Recovering the Bios from a floppy disk

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2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using a floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.

Prepare a floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk

To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:

1.Turn on the system.

2.Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk drive.

3.The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for the BIOS file.

Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0

Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc.

BIOS ROM checksum error

Detecting IDE ATAPI device...

When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file.

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

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can cause system boot failure!

4.Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.

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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

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Asus M2R-FVM manual Asus CrashFree Bios 2 utility, Recovering the Bios from a floppy disk