Gigabyte Ga8knxp Manual

Technical Reference- 67 -English2.During or after a BIOS upgrade, if DualBIOSTM
 detects that the main BIOS is corrupt, the
backup BIOS will take over the boot-up process automatically. Moreover, it will verify the
main and backup BIOS checksums when booting-up. DualBIOSTM
 technology examines
the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system is powered on to guarantee
your BIOS operates properly.
3.Power Users will have the advantage of having two BIOS versions on their mainboard. The
benefit is...

- 68 - GA-8KNXP Ultra-64 MotherboardEnglishFlash BIOS Method Introduction
Q-Flash™
 is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in
the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS. Q-Flash™
 allows users to flash BIOS without any
utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash™
 indicating no more fooling around with any complicated
instructions and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu.
Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk, please do it with...

Technical Reference- 69 -EnglishThe BIOS file is F10
before updating
Entering the Q-Flash™
 utility:
Step1: To use Q-Flash™
 utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00
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STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUPUSER PASSWORD
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
LOAD...

- 70 - GA-8KNXP Ultra-64 MotherboardEnglishStep 2: Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Q-Flash™
 utility.
Exploring the Q-Flash™
/Dual BIOS utility screen
The Q-Flash™
/Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00
(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD
POWER...

Technical Reference- 71 -EnglishTask menu for Dual BIOS utility:
Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type.
Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.
Task menu for Q-Flash™
 utility:
Contains the names of four tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable
execution of the task.
Action bar:
Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash™
/Dual BIOS utility. Pressing...

- 72 - GA-8KNXP Ultra-64 MotherboardEnglishLater, you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy
disk.
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,
   7VRXP.F12, is listed.
Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard.BIOS file in the floppy disk.
After pressing Enter, youll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the...

Technical Reference- 73 -EnglishAfter BIOS file is read, youll see a confirmation dialog box asking you Are you sure to update
BIOS?Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS. 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.
    Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed.Dual BIOS UtilityBoot From.........................................Main Bios
Main ROM Type/Size........................SST 49LF003A256K
Backup ROM...

- 74 - GA-8KNXP Ultra-64 MotherboardEnglish4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash™
 menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.You can repeat Step 1 to 4 to flash the backup BIOS, too.
5. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash™
 utility. The computer will restart automatically
    after you exit Q-Flash™
.Dual BIOS UtilityBoot From.........................................Main Bios
Main ROM Type/Size........................SST 49LF003A256K
Backup ROM Type/Size....................SST...

Technical Reference- 75 -EnglishThe BIOS file becomes
F12 after updating
6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to Load
    Fail-Safe Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. Normally the system
    redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading
    the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. The following is an AMI BIOS menu screen. However, you can also find similar option in
AWARD...

- 76 - GA-8KNXP Ultra-64 MotherboardEnglishAMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00
(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUPUSER PASSWORD
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTSSAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTSEXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quithifg: Select ItemF5: Old ValuesF6: Fail-Safe Values
F7:...