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b. Award Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual BIOS Utility V1.30

 

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

 

 

Keep DMI Data

Enable

 

 

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

 

 

Load Default Settings

 

 

Save Settings to CMOS

 

 

 

 

 

Q-Flash Utility

 

 

Update Main BIOS from Floppy

 

 

Update Backup BIOS from Floppy

 

 

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

 

 

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

 

 

 

 

 

PgDn/PgUp: Modify

KL : Move

ESC: Reset

F10: Power Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.Dual BIOS Item explanation:

Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable

Status 1:

If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset…) occurs in the Main BIOS, just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that the Wide Range Protection is set to "Enable", the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically.

Status 2:

If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards(ex. SCSI Cards, LAN Cards,..) emits signals torequest restart of the system after the user make any alteration on it, the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS.

Boot From : Main BIOS(Default), Backup BIOS

Status 1:

The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS. Status 2:

If one of the main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails, this item "Boot From : Main BIOS(Default)" will become gray and will not be changed by user.

GA-8IPE775 Series Motherboard

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Gigabyte AGP 4X/8X manual Wide Range Protection DisableDefault, Enable, Boot From Main BIOSDefault, Backup Bios

AGP 4X/8X specifications

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