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Part One:
Updating BIOS with Q-Flash
Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the
motherboards supporting Q-Flash
combined in the same screen. This section only deals with how to use Q-Flash
In the following sections, we take GA-7VRXP as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from
an older version to the latest version. For example, from F10 to F12.
The BIOS file is F10
before updating
Entering the Q-Flash
Step1: To use Q-Flash
utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.
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STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD FAIL-SAFE DE FAULTS
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFA ULTS
ESC: Quit
F7: O ptimized V alues
GA-8VM533 Motherboard
Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
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and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash
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Ame r ican
R el e ase :0 8 /2 3/2 00 2
Meg a tre n d s AMIBIOS ( C) 19 9 9 Ame ri ca n Me ga tr en d
7VRXP F1 0
AMD- Ath lo n(tm) Pro ce sso r- 133 3MHz
Ch eck Syste m He al th !
Ch ecki ng NVRAM...U pd ate OK
2621 44KB
DEL:Ste up/Du al BIOS/Q-Fla sh F8 :Bo ot Me nu F1 2:N etw or k b oo t TAB:Lo go
Au to -De tecti ng Pr i Master ..IDE Ha rd Di sk
Au to- Detecting Pr i Sla ve...N ot Detected
Auto- De te ctin g Sec Maste r ..ATAPI CD ROM
Au to- Detecting Se c Sla ve.. N ot Detected
( C ) Amer ica n Meg atr end s Inc.,
62-2003-001199-00101111-040201-KT333-GA7VRXP1-
utility:
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AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00
(C ) 2001 A merican M egatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
hifg : S elect Item
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
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utility and Dual BIOS utility are
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INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETEC TION
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHO UT SAVING
F5: O ld V alues
F6: Fail-S afe V alues
F10:Sav e & Exit
utility.
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