Asus P5LD2-DH, P5LD2-VP, P5LD2-FM manual Recovering the Bios from a floppy disk, Updated Bios file

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

file when it fails or	gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a
corrupted BIOS file	using the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk that contains

the updated BIOS file.

•Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the updated

motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

•Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to P5LD2FM.ROM.

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 original or updated BIOS file.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

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

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

Floppy found!

Reading file “P5LD2FM.ROM”. Completed.

Start flashing...

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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