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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1.5
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 DVD or a USB flash
disk that contains the updated BIOS file.
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk containing the
updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• For the P5Q SE/R 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.
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.
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.
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.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “P5QSER.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
Содержание P5Q SE R
Страница 1: ...Motherboard P5Q SE R ...
Страница 15: ...1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports ...
Страница 16: ...ASUS P5Q SE R Chapter summary 1 1 1 Welcome 1 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 ...
Страница 22: ...1 Chapter 1 Product Introduction ...
Страница 58: ...2 34 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...
Страница 60: ...ASUS P5Q SE R Chapter summary 3 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 1 3 2 Turning off the computer 3 2 ...
Страница 105: ...5 Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package ...
Страница 156: ...5 50 Chapter 5 Software support ...
Страница 157: ...A CPU features The Appendix describes the CPU features and technologies that the motherboard supports ...
Страница 162: ...A Appendix CPU features ...