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Intel Desktop Board DQ43AP Technical Product Specification
3.7
BIOS Recovery
It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption
occurs, the BIOS could be damaged. Table 31 lists the drives and media types that
can and cannot be used for BIOS recovery. The BIOS recovery media does not need
to be made bootable.
Table 31. Acceptable Drives/Media Types for BIOS Recovery
Media Type
CD-ROM drive connected to the Serial ATA interface
USB removable drive (a USB Flash Drive, for example)
USB diskette drive (with a 1.44 MB diskette)
USB hard disk drive
Legacy diskette drive (with a 1.44 MB diskette) connected to the
legacy diskette drive interface
For information about
BIOS recovery
3.8
Boot Options
In the BIOS Setup program, the user can choose to boot from a diskette drive, hard
drive, USB drive, USB flash drive, CD-ROM, or the network. The default setting is for
the diskette drive to be the first boot device, the hard drive second, and the ATAPI
CD--ROM third. If enabled, the last default boot device is the network.
3.8.1
CD-ROM Boot
Booting from CD-ROM is supported in compliance to the El Torito bootable CD-ROM
format specification. Under the Boot menu in the BIOS Setup program, ATAPI CD-
ROM is listed as a boot device. Boot devices are defined in priority order. Accordingly,
if there is not a bootable CD in the CD-ROM drive, the system will attempt to boot
from the next defined drive.
3.8.2
Network Boot
The network can be selected as a boot device. This selection allows booting from the
onboard LAN or a network add-in card with a remote boot ROM installed.
Pressing the <F12> key during POST automatically forces booting from the LAN. To
use this key during POST, the User Access Level in the BIOS Setup program's Security
menu must be set to Full.
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Can be used for BIOS recovery?
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Refer to
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
sb/CS-023360.htm
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