Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M user manual Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual Bios utility screen

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Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual BIOS utility screen

The Q-Flash / Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.

Task menu for Dual BIOS utility

Task menu for Q-FlashT M utility

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From	Main Bios
Main ROM Type/Size	SST 49LF003A	512K
Backup ROM Type/Size	SST 49LF003A	512K

Wide Range Protection	Disable
Boot From	Main Bios
Auto Recovery	Enable
Halt On Error	Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

		Q-Flash Utility
	Load Main BIOS from Floppy
	Load Backup BIOS from Floppy
	Save Main BIOS to Floppy
	Save Backup BIOS to Floppy
Enter : Run	hi:Move	ESC:Reset	F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS utility bar

Q-FlashT M utility title bar

Action bar

Task menu for Dual BIOS utility:

Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.

Task menu for Q-Flash utility:

Contains the names of four tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.

Action bar:

Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash/Dual BIOS utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions.

Using the Q-FlashT M utility:

This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash utility. As described in the "Before you begin" section above, you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer. If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q-Flash utility, please follow the steps below to flash BIOS.

Steps:

1.Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to "Load Main BIOS from Floppy" item in the Q-Flash menu and press Enter button.

Later, you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk.

If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose, you can begin Step 1 with "Save Main BIOS to Floppy" item.

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