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III. Q: How does DualBIOS
Answer:
1. DualBIOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure. It
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protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the way to PNP
detection/assignment.
2. DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during boot
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up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible. In the
DualBIOS utility, the "Auto Recovery" option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or
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backup BIOS is corrupted, the DualBIOS
wrong BIOS automatically.
3. DualBIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS. DualBIOS
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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 contains a one-way flash utility. The built-in one-way flash utility will ensure that
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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.
IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOS
Answer:
1. Every user should have DualBIOS
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
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
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
may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS.
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technology will use the good BIOS and correct the
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technology due to the advancement of computer viruses.
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technology will provide a state-of-the-art solution to protect
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Dual BIOS Introduction
technology contains a
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utility, and if a virus
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utility
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