DualBIOSTM Technology FAQ, What’s DualBIOSTM? | AMD 4118 instruction

Dual BIOS Introduction

DualBIOSTM Technology FAQ

GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology, a hot spare for your system BIOS. This newness “Value-added” feature, in a long of innovations from GIGABYTE, is available on GA-7ZXR motherboard. Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation.

What’s DualBIOSTM?

On GIGABYTE motherboards with DualBIOS there are physically two BIOS chips. For simplicity we’ll call one your “Main BIOS” and the other we’ll call your “Backup” BIOS (your “hot spare”). If your Main BIOS fails, the Backup BIOS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot. Almost automatically and with virtually zero down time! Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS or a virus or a catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip, the result is the same - the Backup BIOS backs you up, almost automatically.

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Contents

Harmful interference To radio FCC Compliance Statement Declaration of Conformity 7ZXR Page How This Manual Is Organized BiosPage Table Of Content Revision History Item Checklist CPU Summary Of Features Bios 7ZXR 7ZXR Motherboard Layout 7ZXR Motherboard Layout 0AMD CPU Heat Sink Installation CPU Speed SetupË100 102 104 106 108 110 112 133 Set System Bus Speed Connectors Floppy Port Game & Audio Port IDE1,IDE2 Primary/Secondary,IDE3/IDE4Raid/ATA100 Port CPU Fan J12 Wake On LAN J15 Auxin J18 CD Audio Line JP8 / LED1 STR LED Connector & Dimm LED USB 1 Connector Panel And Jumper Definition BAT1 Battery JP3 Clear Cmos Function Optional JP4 Rear USB Device Wake up Selection USB Connector Æ USB1 JP10 Bios Write Protection Optional JP11 Front USB Device Wake up Selection USB Port Æ USB2 JP19 Onboard Promise Selection Optional Winstone99 Performance ListWinbench99 AMD-K7TM Block Diagram STR function Installation Suspend To RAM InstallationStep-By-Step Setup Setup with Windows 98 CD Step How to put your system into STR mode? Suspend to RAM Installation How to recover from the STR sleep mode? + Dimm LED Press F1 to enter Dual Bios Utility Dual Bios IntroductionWhat is Dual Bios Technology? How to use Dual BIOS? a. Boot Screen Status Bios will auto detect Auto Recovery EnabledDefault, Disabled Boot From Main Bios Default, Backup BiosHalt On Error DisableDefault, Enable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup What’s DualBIOSTM? DualBIOSTM Technology FAQ What is DualBIOSTM technology? Answer IV. Q Who Needs DualBIOSTM technology? Answer III. Q How does DualBIOSTM technology work? Answer 7ZXR Motherboard How to use Four Speaker? What is Four Speaker?Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction Four Speaker Introduction Four Speaker Application Spdif Introduction How to use SPDIF?What is SPDIF? 7ZXR Motherboard Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction Gigabyte announces @ Bios Windows Bios live update utility @ Bios Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII Windows overdrive utility Easy TuneIIITM Introduction 7ZXR Motherboard Raid Introduction What is Raid?RAID 0 stripe RAID 1 mirror Striping RAID About RAID Levels RAID 1 Mirroring Mirroring RAID Creating Your Disk Array Creating a Security Array With New Drives Creating an Array for Performance Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive Raid Introduction Viewing Bios Screen Using FastBuild Configuration Utility Using the Main Menu Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu Optimize Array For Creating Arrays Automatically Creating Multiple Disk Arrays Using a Hot Spare DriveDefining Typical Application Usage Mode Viewing Drive Assignments Manually Creating an Array Array No RAID Mode Total Drv CapacityMB Status Assigning Drives to Array Selecting Array TypeSelecting Stripe Block Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives ↑ Up ↓ ESC Exit Ctrl-Y Save Making a Disk Array Bootable How Saves Array Information How Orders Arrays Deleting An Array 7ZXR Motherboard Rebuilding a Mirrored Array Keys Available ↑ Up ↓ Down ESC Exit Enter Select Viewing System Resources Viewing Controller SettingsHalting Bios On Bootup Errors Memory Installation Bios Setup Entering Setup Bios Setup Bios Features Setup Standard Cmos SetupChipset Features Setup Main Menu PnP/PCI Configurations Power Management SetupLoad Bios Defaults Load Setup Defaults Date Standard Cmos Setup Floppy Drive a / Drive B TimePrimary Master / Slave , Secondary Master / Slave Memory Boot Sector Virus ProtectionBase Memory Extended Memory 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Bios Features Setup Password Check Boot Up Num-LockDefault value A.R.T. for Hard Disks Top Performance Chipset Features SetupDram Frequency Sdram CAS# Latency PCI Delay Transaction AGP ModeAGP Comp. Driving AGP Aperture Size Delay Dram Read Latch Bios Flash ProtectionSdram Command Drive Dram Drive Strength RAS# Drive CAS# Drive USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5 Power Management SetupAcpi Sleep Type Suspend Time Out Minute Soft-off by Power ButtonDisplay Activity System after AC Back Function Resume On RTC Alarm PnP OS Installed PnP/PCI ConfigurationsReset Configuration Data VGA Boot From IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,14,15 DMA Channel 0,1,3,5,6,7 Load Bios Defaults Y/N? N Load Bios Defaults Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults On Board Serial Port B Integrated PeripheralsOn Board Serial Port a Duplex Mode Serial Port B ModeParallel Port Mode On Board Parallel port MC97 Modem AC97 AudioOnBoard Legacy Audio Sound Blaster Game Port 200h-207h MPU-401 I/O Address Hardware Monitor Load Setup Defaults Exit Without Saving Set Supervisor / User Password IDE HDD Auto Detection Save to Cmos and EXITY/N? Y Save & Exit Setup Quit without saving Y/N ? N Exit Without Saving Appendix Click Next Click Finish to restart computer Appendix B Creative Sound Driver Installation Click here ClickNext Click Finish to restart computer 103 104 FastTrak Utility Installation Click Next Click Finish to restart Promise RAID Driver Installation Bios update procedure Appendix D Bios Flash Procedure 109 Aflashxxx.exe 7ZXR.f1 DDR Appendix E Acronyms VID