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English IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOSTM technology? Answer: 1. Every user should have DualBIOSTM technology due to the advancement ofcomputer viruses. Everyday, there are n ew BIOS-type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS. Most commercial products on the marketdo nothave solutions to guard againstthis type ofvirus intrusion.The DualBIOSTM technology willprovide a state-of-the-artsolution 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 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 utility maybe entered to manually change the boot sequence to bootfrom the backup BIOS. 2. 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 technologyexamines 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 ofhaving two BIOS versions on their mainboard. The benefit is being able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs. 4. Flexibility for high-end desktop PCs and workstation/servers. In the DualBIOSTM utility, the option can be set, "Halt On When BIOS Defects," to be enabled to halt your system with awarning message that the main BIOS has been corrupted. Most workstation/servers require constantoperation to guarantee serviceshave notbeen interrupted. In this situation, the "HaltOn When BIOS Defects" message may be disabled to avoid system pauses d u rin g n o r m a l b o o tin g . A n o th e r a d v a n ta g e y o u g a in fr o m G ig a - B y te ' s D u a lB IO S TM technology is the ability to upgrade from dual2 MbitBIOS to dual 4 Mbit BIOS in the future if extra BIOS storage is need. - 71 - Technical Reference

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Technical Reference
- 71 -
English
2.
During or after a BIOS upgrade, if DualBIOS
TM
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. DualBIOS
TM
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 being able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs.
4.
Flexibility for high-end desktop PCs and workstation/servers. In the DualBIOS
TM
utility,
the option can be set, "Halt On When BIOS Defects," to be enabled to halt your system with
awarning message that the main BIOS has been corrupted. Most workstation/servers
require constant operation to guarantee services have not been interrupted. In this situation,
the "HaltOn When BIOS Defects" message may be disabled to avoid system pauses
d
u
rin
g
n
orm
a
l b
o o tin g . A n o th e r a d v a n ta g e y o u g a in fro m
G
ig
a
-B
yte
's
D u a lB IO S
TM
technology is the ability to upgrade from dual 2 Mbit BIOS to dual 4
Mbit BIOS in the future if extra BIOS storage is need.
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
utility
may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS.