4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction
A. What is Dual BIOS Technology?
Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS.
Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS. If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on. This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS.
B. How to use Dual BIOS and Q-Flash Utility?
a. After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter Flash utility.
CMOS Setup
Standard CMOS Features | Select Language12 |
Advanced BIOS Features | Load |
Integrated Peripherals | Load Optimized Defaults |
Power Management Setup | Set Supervisor Password |
PnP/PCI Configurations | Set User Password |
PC Health Status | Save & Exit Setup |
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) | Exit Without Saving |
ESC: Quit | F3: Change Language12 |
F8: Dual | F10: Save & Exit Setup |
| Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... |
b.Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility
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| Dual BIOS Utility V1.33 |
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Boot From | Main Bios |
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Main ROM Type/Size | SST 49LF004A | 512K | ||
Backup ROM Type/Size | SST 49LF004A | 512K | ||
Wide Range Protection | Disable |
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| Boot From | Main Bios |
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| Auto Recovery | Enable |
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| Halt On Error | Disable |
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| Keep DMI Data | Enable |
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| Copy Main ROM Data to Backup |
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| Load Default Settings |
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| Save Settings to CMOS |
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| Update Main BIOS from Floppy |
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| Update Backup BIOS from Floppy |
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| Save Main BIOS to Floppy |
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| Save Backup BIOS to Floppy |
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PgDn/PgUp: Modify | : Move | ESC: Reset | F10: Power Off | |
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Only for | Only for |
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