Gigabyte GA-7VT600 manual Entering the Q-Flashutility

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Part One:

Updating BIOS with Q-Flash™Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash™and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash™utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen. This section only deals with how to use Q-Flash™utility.

In the following sections, we take GA-7VRXP as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an older version to the latest version. For example, from F10 to F12.

The BIOS file is F10 before updating

American Release:08/23/2002

Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1999 American Megatrend

7VRXP F10

AMD-Athlon(tm)Processor-1333MHz Check System Health !

Checking NVRAM...Update OK 262144KB

DEL:Steup/Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F8:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo Auto-Detecting Pri Master..IDE Hard Disk

Auto-Detecting Pri Slave...Not Detected Auto-Detecting Sec Master..ATAPI CDROM Auto-Detecting Sec Slave.. Not Detected

( C ) American Megatrends Inc.,

62-2003-001199-00101111-040201-KT333-GA7VRXP1-

Entering the Q-Flash™utility:

Step1: To use Q-Flash™utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

 

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

 

HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

 

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

 

USER PASSWORD

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

 

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS

 

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS

 

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

ESC: Quit

: Select Item

F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values

F7: Optimized Values

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

F10:Save & Exit

 

 

 

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

 

 

 

 

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Contents AGP 4X/8X notch Page Declaration of Conformity Product Name Motherboard Model NumberGA-7VT600 Supplementary InformationGA-7VT600-L AMD Socket a Processor Motherboard Table of Contents Table of Content Item Checklist Installing the motherboard to the chassis…Features Summary Chapter IntroductionVIA VT6103L GA-7VT600-L Motherboard Layout GA-7VT600Block Diagram English English Hardware Installation Process StepSet System Jumper JP1 JP1 CPU ClockInstall the Central Processing Unit CPU Socket Actuation LeverCPU Cooling Fan Installation Install Memory Modules DDRDDR Introduction Install Expansion Cards PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires and Power SupplyParallel Port and Serial Ports Coma / Comb USB/LAN* Connector Audio ConnectorsATX ATX Power CI Case OpenCpufan CPU FAN Connector Sysfan System FAN ConnectorATX ATX Power Connector IDE1/ IDE2IDE1/IDE2 ConnectorFDD Floppy Connector Fpanel 2 x 10 pins Connector Battery Battery Faudio Front Audio ConnectorSurcen Surround Center Connector Cdin CD In ConnectorAuxin AUX In Connector Spdifio Spdif In/Out ConnectorUSB1 / FUSB2 Front USB Connector, Yellow Game Game ConnectorCI Chassis Intrusion, Case Open Clrcmos Clear CmosEnglish Bios Setup Main Menu For example Bios Ver. F4c Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup MenuStandard Cmos Features Advanced Bios FeaturesPowerManagement Setup PnP/PCI ConfigurationsLoad Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized DefaultsDate Standard Cmos FeaturesTime IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan AreaDrive a / Drive B Halt on MemoryBase Memory Extended MemoryAdvanced Bios Features First / Second / Third Boot devicePassword Check Integrated Peripherals SPPOnChipIDEChannel0 OnChipIDEChannel1AC97Audio VIA Onboard LANVIA LAN Boot ROM USB Mouse SupportOnboard Serial Port OnBoard Parallel portUart Mode Select Parallel Port ModeGame PortAddress Midi PortAddressPower Management Setup Acpi SuspendTypePower LED in S1 state KeyboardPowerOnMouse Power On Soft-off by PwrbtnResume byAlarm PMEEventWakeupPnP/PCI Configurations PCI1/PCI5 IRQAssignmentPCI2 IRQAssignment PCI3 IRQAssignmentReset Case Open Status Case Opened PC Health StatusCurrent System Temperature C Current CPU Temperature CCurrent CPU FAN / System FAN Speed RPM Fan Fail Warning CPU / SystemCPU Host Frequency MHz By switch SW1 Frequency/Voltage ControlSpread Spectrum Modulated CPU Host Clock ControlPCI/AGPFrequencyMHz DRAMClockMHzCPU OverVoltage Control AGPOverVoltage ControlLoad Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Y/N? NLoad Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Y/N? NSet Supervisor/User Password Enter PasswordSave & Exit Setup Save to Cmos and Exit Y/N? YExit Without Saving Quit Without Saving Y/N? NEnglish @BIOS Introduction Technical ReferenceEasyTune 4 Introduction Flash Bios Method Introduction Method 1 Q-Flash Flash Bios Method IntroductionEntering the Q-Flashutility Exploring the Q-Flash/Dual Bios utility screen Task menu for Dual Bios utility Task menu for Q-FlashutilityAction bar StepsBios file in the floppy disk You can press Enter to continue Please press any key to continue Bios file becomes F12 after updating Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults Entering the Q-Flashutility Exploring the Q-Flashutility screen Flash Type/Size Congratulation!! You have updated Bios successfully Method 2 @BIOS Utility English Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings 6-Channel Audio Function IntroductionChannel Analog Audio Output Mode Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode English Basic & Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Notes Spdif Output Device Optional Device Jack-Sensing Introduction Introduction of audio connectorsAuto-detecting Manual setting Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery?How to use the Xpress Recovery F9 For Xpress RecoveryText Mode Exit and Restart Install Drivers Picture below are shown in Windows XPItem Description Software Application Software Information EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation FAQ Award Bios Beep Codes English Troubleshooting END Technical Support/RMA Sheet Appendix E Acronyms LBA English English GA-7VT600-L Motherboard 100
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