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Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2-5
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 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 the motherboard support DVD, a oppy disk, or a USB ash disk that contains the
updated BIOS le.
• Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the oppy disk, or the USB ash disk containing
the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.
• Updating from a PATA optical drive is not supported in this motherboard.
• Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1 / SATA 2 connector. Otherwise, the utility
will not function.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
When found, the utility reads the BIOS le and starts erasing the corrupted BIOS le.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for oppy...
Floppy found!
Reading le “M3A78CM.ROM”. Completed.
Start erasing...
Recovering the BIOS
To recover the BIOS:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the oppy disk, support DVD, or USB ash disk containing BIOS le to the disk
drive or port.
3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the oppy disk,
support DVD, or USB ash disk for the BIOS le.
• Only the USB ash 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!
4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.
• The utility automatically checks the oppy disk rst. If no oppy disk is found, the utility
then checks the optical drive and the USB ash disk.
• The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Download
the latest BIOS le from the ASUS website at www.asus.com.
- Motherboard 1
- January 2009 2
- Fourth Edition V4 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 7
- About this guide 7
- Where to nd more information 8
- Typography 8
- (continued on the next page) 9
- Chapter 1 11
- 1-4 ASUS M3A78-CM 14
- 1.4 Before you proceed 15
- 1.5 Motherboard overview 16
- 1.5.3 Motherboard layout 17
- 1.5.4 Layout contents 17
- 1.6.1 Installing the CPU 18
- CPU Heatsink 20
- Retention bracket 20
- Retention bracket lock 20
- Retention Module Base 20
- Channel Sockets 21
- Channel A DIMM_A1 + DIMM A2 21
- Channel B DIMM_B1 + DIMM B2 21
- 1.7.2 Memory congurations 22
- DDR2-800MHz capability 23
- DDR2-667MHz capability 23
- DDR2-533MHz capability 24
- 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 25
- 1.6.4 Removing a DIMM 25
- 1.8 Expansion slots 26
- 1.9 Jumpers 27
- 1.10 Connectors 28
- Internal connectors 30
- 1-26 ASUS M3A78-CM 36
- 1.11 Software support 37
- 1-28 ASUS M3A78-CM 38
- Chapter 2 39
- Updating from the Internet 40
- Updating from a BIOS file 40
- 41
- A:\>afudos /iM3A78CM.ROM 42
- Recovering the BIOS 43
- 2.2 BIOS setup program 44
- 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 45
- 2.2.2 Menu bar 45
- 2-8 ASUS M3A78-CM 46
- Pop-up window 46
- Scroll bar 46
- 2.3 Main menu 47
- 2.3.5 SATA Conguration 48
- 2.4 Advanced menu 49
- 2.4.2 CPU Conguration 50
- 2.4.3 Chipset 51
- UMA Frame Buffer Size [Auto] 52
- Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] 53
- 2.4.6 USB Conguration 54
- 2.5 Power menu 55
- 2-18 ASUS M3A78-CM 56
- 2.6 Boot menu 57
- 2.6.3 Security 58
- Change User Password 59
- Clear User Password 59
- Password Check [Setup] 59
- 2.7 Tools menu 60
- 2.8 Exit menu 61
- 2-24 ASUS M3A78-CM 62
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