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Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... Floppy not found! Checking for DVD-ROM... DVD-ROM found! Reading file "P5QSE2.ROM". Completed. Start flashing... 3. Restart the system after the utility completes the update process. The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com to download the latest 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 a USB port. 2. Turn on the system. The utility automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file. When the BIOS file is found, the utility reads it and starts updating the corrupted BIOS file. 3. Restart the system after the utility completes the update process. • Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition supports 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! 2.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS. Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to "Run Setup." This section explains how to configure your system using this utility. Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the SPI chip. The SPI chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. ASUS P5Q SE2 2-

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ASUS P5Q SE2
2-7
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy not found!
Checking for DVD-ROM...
DVD-ROM found!
Reading file “P5QSE2.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
3.
Restart the system after the utility completes the update process.
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the
ASUS website at www.asus.com to download the latest 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 a USB port.
2.
Turn on the system.
The utility automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file. When the BIOS file is found, the
utility reads it and starts updating the corrupted BIOS file.
3.
Restart the system after the utility completes the update process.
•
Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition supports 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!
2.2
BIOS setup program
This motherboard supports a programmable Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) chip that you
can update using the provided utility described in section
2.1 Managing and updating your
BIOS
.
Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your
system, or prompted to “Run Setup.” This section explains how to configure your system
using this utility.
Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the configuration of
your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or
change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using
the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them
in the CMOS RAM of the SPI chip.
The SPI chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer,
the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press
<Del>
during the
Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test
routines.