Driver And Utility; Flash Utility; Via 4-In-1 Driver - VIA Technologies A7F129 Manual

6.1. Flash Utility

The BIOS of the A7F129 mainboard can be upgraded by using a
Flash utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site. The system BIOS is stored in a 1 M-bit
Flash EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed by the Flash
utility.
There are two files in the FLASH directory:
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The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software
running in the system. In order to make sure no memory manager
software is running, boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette
which does not contain CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
If you are using MS-DOS 6.x, you can press the <F5> function key
when the Starting MS-DOS. message appears on the screen to bypass
the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

6.2. VIA 4-in-1 Driver

A 4-in-1 driver has been designed for the VIA Apollo Pro chipset.
You can install AGP, IRQ, ACPI and IDE drivers together from the
manufacturer's support CD. The installation file is 4-in-1/Setup.exe.
You do not need to install the drivers one by one—the VIA 4-in-1 in-
stallation program will automatically detect and install the drivers.
Installation is in two steps:
Step 1: Insert the manufacturer's CD-ROM into your PC's CD-ROM
drive.
Step 2: Run 4-in-1\Setup.exe from your operating system to start the
installation. Follow the instructions on your screen.
Flash Utility
FLASH.EXE
README.TXT

6. Driver and Utility

Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade
Text file of instructions
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