《Flash BIOS with the Flash Utility》.pdfVIP

Flash BIOS with the Flash Utility in DOS When you download BIOS file from Gigabyte website, you may find a BIOS flash utility attached with the BIOS file. This is the utility for performing BIOS updating procedure in DOS. For your convenience, Gigabyte also provides you with an auto-execution file in the BIOS file downloaded. This auto-execution file will bring you directly to the flash utility menu soon after system boots up and finishes running the boot files in your boot disk. You will not need to input the name of BIOS file and utility in DOS manually anymore. Requirements: To update BIOS in DOS with the flash utility, you must prepare the two components below: (1) A clean boot disk (2) A BIOS file downloaded from Gigabyte website. The complete procedure of updating BIOS is separated into five sections as below: (1) Making a Boot Disk, (2) Downloading a BIOS file from Gigabyte Website, (3) Setting Boot from the Boot Disk, (4) Flashing BIOS, and (5) Loading BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. In the following sections, we will take GA-7VRXP as an example to show you how to update BIOS from an older version to the latest version, for example, from F10 to F12. Please note that because updating BIOS is potentially risky, please do it with caution!! We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end-users. The BIOS file is F10 before updating Section One: Making a Boot Disk. To update BIOS in DOS, you must prepare a boot disk. The following steps guide you how to make a boot disk in Windows 98. Please note that Windows 2000/XP does not allow you to make a boot disk (however, if a DOS boot disk can be made if you install XP with SP1) If you cannot get a boot disk, you can use @BIOS