Gigabyte GA-945PLM-(D)S2 user manual Using the Q-FlashTM utility, Steps, English

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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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