Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M user manual Entering the Q-FlashTMutility

Part One:

Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTMUtility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen. This section only deals with how to use Q-Flash utility.

In the following sections, we take GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an older version to the latest version. For example, from Fa3 to Fba.

English

The BIOS file is Fa3 before updating

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250

Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)

<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>

Memory Testing : 131072K OK

Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel

Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08

Primary Slave : None

Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101

Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

Entering the Q-FlashTMutility:

Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software

}	Standard CMOS Features	Top Performance
}	Advanced BIOS Features	Load Fail-Safe Defaults
}	Integrated Peripherals	Load Optimized Defaults
}	Power Management Setup	Set Supervisor Password
}	Enter Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Utility (Y/N)? Y
	PnP/PCI Configurations	Set User Password
}	PC Health Status	Save & Exit Setup
}	Frequency/Voltage Control	Exit Without Saving
ESC: Quit		higf: Select Item
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash		F10: Save & Exit Setup

Step 2: Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Dual BIOS/Q-Flash utility.

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