Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 user manual Using the Q-FlashTMutility, Steps

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Using the Q-FlashTMutility:

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.

2.Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

In this example, we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file, 8KNXPU.Fba, is listed.

Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 file(s) found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8KNXPU.Fba

Boot

 

512K

 

 

 

 

BIOS file in the floppy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Recovery

Enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk.

 

 

 

 

Halt On Error

Disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total size : 1.39M

Free size : 911.50K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F5 : Refresh

 

 

 

DEL : Delete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

:Move

ESC:Reset

 

F10:Power Off

 

 

After pressing Enter, you'll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

 

 

 

 

 

Do not turn off power or

 

 

Auto Recovery

Enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halt On Error

 

 

 

 

 

reset your system at this

 

 

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

 

 

 

 

 

stage!!

 

 

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

:Move

ESC:Reset

F10:Power Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?"

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