Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 User Manual page 68

III. Q: How does DualBIOS
Answer:
1. DualBIOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up
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procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the
way to PNP detection/assignment.
2. DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during
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boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible.
In the DualBIOS utility, the " Auto Recovery" option will guarantee that if either the main
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BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted, the DualBIOS
and correct the wrong BIOS automatically.
3. DualBIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS. DualBIOS
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built-in flash utility, which can flash your system BIOS from backup to main and/or visa
versa. There is no need for an OS-dependent flash utility program.
4. DualBIOS contains a one-way flash utility. The built-in one-way flash utility will ensure
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that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and that the
correct BIOS (main vs. backup) will be flashed. This will prevent the good BIOS from
being flashed.
IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOS
Answer:
1. Every user should have DualBIOS
viruses.
Everyday, there are new BIOS-type viruses discovered that will destroy your system
BIOS. Most commercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard against
this type of virus intrusion. The DualBIOS
solution to protect your PC:
Case I.) Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS. With a
conventional single system BIOS PC, the PC will not be functional until it is sent for
repairs.
Case II.) If the " Auto Recovery" option is enabled in the DualBIOS
corrupts your system BIOS, the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and
correct the main BIOS.
Case III.) A user may override booting from the main system BIOS. The DualBIOS
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