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III. Q: How does DualBIOS, technology work?, Answer, II. Q: Why does anyone need a motherboard

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English II. Q: Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOSTM technology? Answer: In today's systems there are more and more BIOS failures. The most common reasons are virus attacks, BIOS upgrade failures, and/or deterioration of the BIOS (ROM) chip itself. 1. New computer viruses are being found that attack and destroy the system BIOS. They may corrupt your BIOS code, causing your PC to be unstable or even not boot normally. 2. BIOS data will be corrupted if a power loss/surge occurs, or if a user resets the system,or if the power button is pressed during the process ofperforming a system BIOS upgrade. 3. Ifa user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOSfile, then the system maynot be able to boot correctly. This may cause the PC system hang in operation or duringboot. 4. A flash ROM's life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics. The modern PC utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS, and is updated regularly. If a user changes peripherals often, there is a slight chance of damage to the flash ROM. With Giga-Byte Technology's patented DualBIOSTM technology you can reduce the possibility of hangs during system boot up, and/or loss BIOS data due to above reasons. This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costlyrepair bills cause by BIOS failures. III. Q: How does DualBIOSTM technology work? Answer: 1. DualBIOSTM technologyprovides a wide range of protection during the bootup procedure.It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the way to PNP detection/assignment. 2. DualBIOSTM provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during bootup does not complete or ifa BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible.In the DualBIOSTM utility, the "Auto Recovery" option will guarantee thatifeither the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted, the DualBIOSTM technology willuse 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 corruptBIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and thatthe correct BIOS (main vs. backup) will be flashed. This will prevent the good BIOS from being flashed. GA-8IPE1000 Series Motherboard - 70 -

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GA-8IPE1000 Series Motherboard
English
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.
II. Q: Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOS
TM
technology?
Answer:
In today's systems there are more and more BIOS failures. The most common reasons are virus
attacks, BIOS upgrade failures, and/or deterioration of the BIOS (ROM) chip itself.
1.
New computer viruses are being found that attack and destroy the system BIOS. They may
corrupt your BIOS code, causing your PC to be unstable or even not boot normally.
2.
BIOS data will be corrupted if a power loss/surge occurs, or if a user resets the system, or if
the power button is pressed during the process of performing a system BIOS upgrade.
3.
If a user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOS file, then the system
may not be able to boot correctly. This may cause the PC system hang in operation or
duringboot.
4.
A flash ROM's life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics. The modern PC
utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS, and is updated regularly. If a user changes peripherals
often, there is a slight chance of damage to the flash ROM.
With Giga-Byte Technology’s patented DualBIOS
TM
technology you can reduce the
possibility of hangs during system boot up, and/or loss BIOS data due to above reasons.
This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause
by BIOS failures.