ASUS DSBV-DX Series 4-3
4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore
the BIOS le when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can
update a corrupted BIOS le using a oppy disk.
Prepare a blank oppy disk before using this utility.
Recovering the BIOS from a oppy disk
A. Prepare the recovery diskette:
1. Insert the motherboard oppy disk to a PC, then boot from the support CD;
the screen will show several optional items.
2. Select the item “Create the emergent BIOS Recovery diskette”.
B. To recover the BIOS from a oppy disk:
1. When BIOS corrupted, put this disk in the oppy disk drive, then turn on the
machine to boot from the oppy disk.
2. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the oppy
for the recovery information.
A) FreeDOS command prompt
B) Create INTEL 6321 MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER for Windows 32 bit Driver Disk.
(Also support AHCI.)
C) Create INTEL 6321 MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER for Windows 64 bit Driver Disk.
(Also support AHCI.)
D) Create LSI 1068 SAS for Win2k / Win2k3 32 bit Driver Disk
E) Create LSI 1068 SAS for Win2k3 64 bit Driver Disk
F) Create LSI 1068 SAS for RHEL3 UP6 32 bit Driver Disk
G) Create LSI 1068 SAS for RHEL3 UP6 64 bit Driver Disk
H) Create LSI 1068 SAS for RHEL4 UP2 32 bit Driver Disk
I) Create LSI 1068 SAS for RHEL4 UP2 64 bit Driver Disk
J) Create INTEL 6321 LSI MegaRAID for Windows 2000 Server Driver Disk
K) Create INTEL 6321 LSI MegaRAID for Windows Server 2003 32 bit Driver Disk
L) Create INTEL 6321 LSI MegaRAID for Windows Server 2003 64 bit Driver Disk
M) Create INTEL 6321 LSI MegaRAID for RHEL3 UP6 32/64 bit Driver Disk
N) Create INTEL 6321 LSI MegaRAID for RHEL4 UP4 32/64 bit Driver Disk
O) Create the DSBV-DX/SAS emergent BIOS Recovery diskette
P) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/SAS MB
Q) Create the DSBV-DX/C emergent BIOS Recovery diskette
R) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/C MB
S) Create the DSBV-DX emergent BIOS Recovery diskette
T) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX MB
U) ESB2 ASF Firmware update
Please choose A TO U:
RN50 DDR1 A21 BIOS
3. When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts ashing the corrupted
BIOS le.
Before you recover the BIOS setting, refer to
2.6 Jumpers
,
Force BIOS
recovery setting
for more information.