SOYO SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 User Manual page 139

BIOS Issue
Where can I find the BIOS revision of my mainboard?
It will be displayed on the upper-left corner of the screen during boot-up. It
will show as your board type followed by the revision number, such as
kvxa_2BA1 (meaning BIOS revision 2BA1 for the SY-K7V Dragon plus!
board) or 6BA+ IV_2AA2 which means SY-6BA+ IV motherboard with the
2AA2 BIOS.
Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard?
Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites (Taiwan:
www.soyo.com.tw; USA: http://www.soyousa.com/), and look up your
motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision.
How can I flash the BIOS?
You can:
1. Download the BIOS from our support website.
2. Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded
(i.e. himem, emm386, etc...).
3. Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette.
4. Type "awdflash biosname.bin /sn /py".
5. Then reboot.
Or:
1. Download the BIOS from our support website.
2. Copy the BIOS to an empty floppy disk. (no other files on the disk!)
3. Press <ALT> <F2> after memory initialization.
4. The system will now automatically flash and reboot.
Note: That flashing from the BIOS is only possible if you use a normal floppy drive.
It can't flash from any other device.
After flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up.
1. Try clearing the CMOS ram.
2. The BIOS chip is defective due to an unsuccessful flash, contact
your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing.
134