ASUS P5N64 WS Manual De Usuario

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

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 DVD or the USB flash 

disk that contains the updated BIOS file.

Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash disk 

containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

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.

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

•  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!

 

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

BIOS file.

To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk:

1.  Insert the USB flash disk that contains the 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.