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How to Reflash Motherboard BIOS |
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About updating
BIOS... |
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The whole BIOS updating procedure should be treated
with extreme caution. If you do not encounter any system
instability or bugs with the current BIOS version, we
suggest that you keep it. If you determine to flash
BIOS, you are taking a personal risk of BIOS flash
failure. Please contact your supplier or our
distributors/resellers for further remedy in case system
crashes unfortunately because of BIOS flash failure.
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Before you begin... |
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Please make sure the BIOS version you want to
flash matches your motherboard model. |
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If your BIOS is flash protected, please do not
enable BIOS Flash Protection under Advanced CMOS
Setup (AMI BIOS) or Advanced BIOS Features (AWARD
BIOS) in BIOS menu. |
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Never interrupt when you BIOS is being
updated. |
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Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if
you do not encounter problems using the current
version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not
flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with
caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in
system malfunction.
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Three BIOS Flash
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We provide three BIOS flash utilities at our
website. Below are the overviews. |
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A BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. Not all
motherboards have the Q-Flash, please use
@BIOS or DOS flash utility to update BIOS if
your motherboard does not have
Q-Flash. |
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| Features-- |
With this utility, you only have to stay in
the BIOS menu when you want to update BIOS. No
need to enter DOS or O.S. mode. |
| Caution-- |
Make sure you have a functional floppy disk
with the correct BIOS version for your
motherboard. |
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A Windows-based BIOS live update utility. |
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@BIOS helps you search for,
download, and then update the latest BIOS in
Windows operating system. |
| Caution-- |
Make sure your O.S. environment is
stable. |
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3 : DOS Flash utility |
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| Features-- |
The flash utility is a combination of AMI and
AWARD BIOS flash utility. You can use it with both
AMI and AWARD BIOS. |
| Caution-- |
Make sure you have a functional DOS boot disk
with the correct BIOS version for your
motherboard. |
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Download PDF User Guide 
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 You will need to view these PDF
files with Acrobat
Reader. |
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