Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 Flash BIOS Method Introduction, A. What is Dual BIOS Technology ?, English

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4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction

A. What is Dual BIOS Technology ?

Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS.

Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS. If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on. This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS.

B. How to use Dual BIOS and Q-Flash Utility?

a. After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter Flash utility.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

ESC: Quit		: Select Item			F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F8: Dual BIOS 1/Q-Flash		F10: Save & Exit Setup			F12: Load CMOS from BIOS
		Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility
		Dual BIOS Utility V1.33
	Boot From			Main Bios
	Main ROM Type/Size			SST 49LF004A	512K
	Backup ROM Type/Size			SST 49LF004A	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	: Move		ESC: Reset	F10: Power Off
Only for GA-M59SLI-S5.
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