Bios Description; Utility Support - QDI WinneX 5 Manual

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BIOS Description

AWDFLASH.EXE

This is a flash memory write/read utility used for the purpose of upgrading your BIOS

when necessary. Before doing so, please note:

We strongly recommend you only upgrade BIOS when encounter problems.

Before upgrading your BIOS, review the description below to avoid making

mistakes, destroying the BIOS and resulting in a non-working system.

W hen you encounter problems, for example, you find your system does not support

the latest CPU released after our current mainboard, you may therefore upgrade the

BIOS, please don' t forget to set JAV as open first(refer to page 16).

Follow the steps exactly for a successful upgrade.

1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A:/s from the DOS

prompt under DOS6.xx or W indows 9x environment.

2. Copy AWDFLASH.EXE (version>7.07) from the directory \Utility located on QDI

Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette.

3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com).

Please be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your mainboard.

4. Uncompress the file download, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) onto the bootable

diskette, and note the checksum of this BIOS which is included in readme file.

5. Reboot the system from the bootable diskette created.

6. Then run the AW DFLASH utility at the A:\ prompt as shown below:

A:\AWDFLASH xxxx.bin

We suggest you not turn off the power or reset the system until the BIOS upgrade

has been completed.

If you require detailed information concerning AWDFLASH Utility, for example, the

usage of different parameters, please type A:\>AW DFLASH /?

Note: AWDFLASH.EXE (version>7.07) utility must be used to upgrade the WinneX 5

mainboard BIOS instead of QDI flash utility. QDI flash utility — - FLASH.EXE (V1.3) does

not support the flash memory on WinneX 5 mainboard.

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