Asus Crashfree Bios 2 Utility - Asus Crosshair II Formula - Republic of Gamers Series Motherboard User Manual

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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 DVD that contains the
updated BIOS file.
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Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD
To recover the BIOS from the support DVD:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD
for the 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
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...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
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Prepare the motherboard support DVD containing the updated motherboard Prepare the motherboard support DVD containing the updated motherboard
BIOS before using this utility.
You can monitor the BIOS recovery process on your display only when
installing an external graphics card.
If you use the onboard VGA output, your display does not show when the If you use the onboard VGA output, your display does not show when the
BIOS recovery is proceeding. Insert the support DVD to the optical drive
and wait for a few minutes to restart your system.
Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16/12 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2. The device size should be smaller than
8GB.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so
can cause system boot failure!
Chapter 4: BIOS setup