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IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOS, technology?, Answer, III. Q: How does DualBIOS, technology work?

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English III. Q: How does DualBIOSTM technology work? Answer: 1. DualBIOSTM technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and e ven all the way to PNP detection/assignment. 2. DualBIOSTM provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible. In the DualBIOSTM utility, the "Auto Recovery"option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted, the DualBIOSTM technology will use the good BIOS and correct the wrong BIOS automatically. 3. DualBIOSTM provides manual recovery for the BIOS. DualBIOSTM technology contains a built-in flash utility, which can flash your system BIOS from backup to main and/or visa versa. There is no need for an OS-dependent flash utility program. 4. DualBIOSTM contains a one-way flash utility. The built-in one-way flash utility will ensure that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and that the correct BIOS (main vs. ba ckup) will be fla shed. This will p revent the good BIOS from being flashed. IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOSTM technology? Answer: 1. Every user should have DualBIOSTM technology due to the advancementof computer viruses. Everyda y, there are n ew BIOS-type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS. Most commercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard against this typ e of virus intrusion. The Du alBIOSTM techn ology will provide a state-of-the-art solution to protect your PC: Case I.) Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS. With a conve ntional single system BIOS PC, the PC will not be functiona l until it is sen t for repairs. Case II.) If the "Auto Recovery"option is enabled in the DualBIOSTM utility, and if a virus corrupts your system BIOS, the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and correct the main BIOS. Case III.) A user may override booting from the main system BIOS. The DualBIOSTM - 79 - Technical Reference

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Technical Reference
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English
IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOS
TM
technology?
Answer:
1.
Every user should have DualBIOS
TM
technology due to the advancement of computer
viruses.
Everyday, there are new BIOS-type viruses discovered that will destroy your system
BIOS. Most commercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard against
this type of virus intrusion. The DualBIOS
TM
technology will provide a state-of-the-art
solution to protect your PC:
Case I.) Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS. With a
conventional single system BIOS PC, the PC will not be functional until it is sent for
repairs.
Case II.) If the “Auto Recovery”
option is enabled in the DualBIOS
TM
utility, and if a virus
corrupts your system BIOS, the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and
correct the main BIOS.
Case III.) A user may override booting from the main system BIOS. The DualBIOS
TM
III. Q: How does DualBIOS
TM
technology work?
Answer:
1.
DualBIOS
TM
technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up
procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the
way to PNP detection/assignment.
2.
DualBIOS
TM
provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during
boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible.
In the DualBIOS
TM
utility, the “Auto Recovery”
option will guarantee that if either the main
BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted, the DualBIOS
TM
technology will use the good BIOS
and correct the wrong BIOS automatically.
3.
DualBIOS
TM
provides manual recovery for the BIOS. DualBIOS
TM
technology contains a
built-in flash utility, which can flash your system BIOS from backup to main and/or visa
versa. There is no need for an OS-dependent flash utility program.
4.
DualBIOS
TM
contains a one-way flash utility. The built-in one-way flash utility will ensure
that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and that the
correct BIOS (main vs. backup) will be flashed. This will prevent the good BIOS from
being flashed.