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English DualBIOSTM Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOStechnology, a hotspare for your system BIOS. This newest"Value-added" feature, in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE, is available on this motherboard.Future GIGABYTEmotherboards will also incorporate this innovation. What's DualBIOSTM? On GIGABYTE motherboards with DualBIOS there are physically two BIOS chips. For simplicity we'll call one your "Main BIOS" and the other we'll call your "Backup" BIOS (your "hot spare"). If your Main BIOS fails, the Backup BIOS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot. Almost automatically and with virtually zero down time! Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS or a virus or a catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip, the result is the same - the Backup BIOS backs you up, almost automatically. I. Q: What is DualBIOSTM technology? Answer: DualBIOStechnology is a patented technology from Giga-Byte Technology.The concept ofthis technology is based on the redundancy and faulttolerance theory. DualBIOSTM technologysimply means there are two system BIOSes (ROM) integrated onto the motherboard. One is a main BIOS, and the other is a backup BIOS. The mainboard will operate normally with the main BIOS, however, if the main BIOS is corrupt or damaged for various reasons, the backup BIOS will be automatically used when the system powered-On. Your PC will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged, and is completely transparentto the user. - 69 - Technical Reference