BIOS Issue
Where can I find the BIOS revision of my mainboard?
It will be displayed on the
Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard?
Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites (Taiwan: www.soyo.com.tw, US: www.soyousa.com, Germany: www.soyo.de), and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision.
How can I flash the BIOS?
1.Download the BIOS on our support website.
2.Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded (i.e. himem, emm386, etc…).
3.Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette.
4.On the CMOS setup and disable CIH
5.Type "awdflash biosname.bin /sn /py".
6.Reboot.
After flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up.
1.Try clearing the CMOS.
2.The BIOS chip is defective due to an unsuccessful flash, contact your nearest SOYO branch for
Is there a way to reprogram my BIOS after an unsuccessful flash?
No other way, you need to send back the BIOS ROM to your nearest SOYO branch for
I’m using a 133MHz FSB CPU, I cannot find the DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why?
The DDR speed should not be lower than the CPU FSB speed.