Gigabyte Gak8vm800m Manual

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English4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction
What is Xpress Recovery ?
Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition.
If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive to
its original state.
1. Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats
2. Must be connected to the IDE1 Master
3. Allows installation of only one OS
4. Must be used with an IDE hard disk supporting HPA
5. The first partition must be set as the boot partition.  When the boot...

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2. Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode)
Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.
1. Execute Backup Utility
2. Execute Restore Utility
3. Remove Backup Image
4. Set Password
5. Exit and Restart
1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD-ROM, you can
enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key.
2. System storage capacity as well as drive reading/writing speed will affect...

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English1. Execute Backup Utility:
  
Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit
The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard
drive.
Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer
power on. If this is the case, please use the boot from CD-ROM method to enter Xpress
Recovery.
2. Execute Restore Utility:
  
This program will recover your system to factory default.
Press R to...

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4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction
Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility
Q-FlashTM 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
TM 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...

Appendix - 55 -
EnglishEntering the Q-FlashTM utility:
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 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.)Select Language
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
ESC: Quit F3: Change Language
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup
Time,...

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Dual BIOS Utility
Boot From......................................... Main Bios
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A512K
 Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A512K
Wide Range ProtectionDisable
Boot From Main Bios
Auto Recovery Enable
Halt On ErrorDisable
                              Copy Main ROM Data to Backup
Load Default  Settings
Save Settings to CMOS
Q-Flash Utility
Load Main BIOS from Floppy
Load Backup BIOS from...

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English3. 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 Utility
Boot From......................................... Main Bios
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A512K
 Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A512K
Wide Range ProtectionDisable
Boot From Main Bios
Auto Recovery Enable
Halt On ErrorDisable...

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EnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 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.)
ESC: QuitF3: Change Language
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-FlashF10: Save & Exit Setup
Load Optimized Defaults
6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to
Load Optimized Defaults item and press Enter to load...

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EnglishExploring the Q-FlashTM utility screen
The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.
Task menu for Q-Flash utility:
Contains the names of three 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 utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on
your keyboards to perform these actions.
Using the Q-FlashTM utility:
This section tells you how to...

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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 shown at the same time.
Q-Flash Utility V1.30
 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A256K
Keep DMI Data Enable
Update BIOS from Floppy
Save BIOS to Floppy
Enter : Run          KL:Move          ESC:Reset           F10:Power Off
Updating BIOS Now
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Dont Turn...