Asus Crashfree Bios 3 Utility - Asus P5K SE EPU User Manual

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ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 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 a USB flash
disk that contains the updated BIOS file.
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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 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 "P5KSEEPU.ROM". Completed.
Start flashing...
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
Recovering the BIOS from a USB flash disk
To recover the BIOS from a USB flash disk:
1. Insert a USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the USB port.
2. Turn on the system.
3. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file When found,
the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file.
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
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Prepare the motherboard support CD or the USB flash disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
For the P5K SE/EPU motherboard, this utility will not function when you use
a PATA optical drive.
Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1 / SATA 2 connector;
otherwise, the utility will not function.
Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can
support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. 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