
ASUS P5BV Series 4-5
4.1.3 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 oppy disk that contains the updated BIOS
le.
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.
BadBIOSchecksum.StartingBIOSrecovery...
Checkingforoppy...
BadBIOSchecksum.StartingBIOSrecovery...
Checkingforoppy...
Floppy found!
Readingle“P5BV.ROM”.Completed.
Startashing...
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!
• Prepare a 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.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard.
Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS le.
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