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Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2
The CrashFree BIOS 2 auto recovery tool allows you to restore BIOS from
the motherboard support CD, or from a floppy disk that contains the BIOS
file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted.
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
1. Boot the system.
2. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following message appears.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
3. Insert a floppy disk that contains the original, or the latest, BIOS file
for this motherboard (
P4P8T.ROMP4P8T.ROM
P4P8T.ROMP4P8T.ROM
P4P8T.ROM). If the BIOS file that you
downloaded from the ASUS website has a different filename (e.g.
P4P8T11.ROMP4P8T11.ROM
P4P8T11.ROMP4P8T11.ROM
P4P8T11.ROM), rename it to
P4P8TP4P8T
P4P8TP4P8T
P4P8T
.ROM.ROM
.ROM.ROM
. R O M. The BIOS update
process continues when the
P4P8T.ROM P4P8T.ROM
P4P8T.ROM P4P8T.ROM
P4P8T.ROM is found.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “p4p8t.rom”. Completed.
Start flashing...
4. When the BIOS update process is complete, reboot the system.
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Prepare the
support CDsupport CD
support CDsupport CD
support CD that came with the motherboard or a
floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOSfloppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS
floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOSfloppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS
floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS
(P4P8T.ROM) before proceeding with the BIOS update process.
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If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a
bootable floppy disk, you may also use this disk to restore the BIOS.
See section “5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk.”
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing
so may cause system boot failure!