Asus Pundit-R350 Pundit-R350 User''s Manual for English Edition - Page 68

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using the support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted.) 2. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.) Refer to the corresponding section for each utility. Important notes • It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. • A working BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Use this file only when you do not have a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file in a USB flash disk or floppy disk. • Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. 5.1.1 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 USB floppy disk or flash disk that contains the BIOS file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted. • Prepare the support CD that came with the motherboard that contains the motherboard BIOS (P4R8L.ROM) before proceeding with the BIOS update process. • If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a bootable USB floppy disk or USB flash disk, you may also use this disk to restore the BIOS. To recover the BIOS from the support CD: Make sure the optical drive is set as secondary master device when recovering the BIOS using the support CD. 68 Chapter 5: BIOS setup