BIOS升级篇（国外英文资料）.doc

BIOS升级篇（国外英文资料） Why upgrade the BIOS? Free access to new features BIOS update is the most direct benefits need not spend money can get many new features, such as the original you used a P Ⅱ CPU, perhaps can be used directly after BIOS update P Ⅲ CPU, need not change the main board; Looking at the computer that someone else can start with a light drive, not doing their own thing, updating the BIOS, becomes; It also increases PnP plug-and-play functionality, LBA and DMA functions of new hard drives, recognition of other new hardware, and so on. Solve a puzzling failure In addition, the update BIOS can also solve some special computer glitches, which often make computer geeks feel unaccountable. Here are two examples of failures caused by the microcomputer BIOS version, which gives you a preliminary understanding of the need to upgrade the BIOS. Failure 1: the BIOS causes the old sound card not to work Accumulated a microcomputer, before the Spring Festival, the new motherboard choose rock the P2-112 - a, the operating system to Windows 98, in order to save Money, use a friend upgrade substituted ESS1868 sound card, no matter how to adjust, change after can be installed driver, but always send out voice, to be put back to a friends computer is working properly, the judge may be the sound card and main board is not compatible, just going to forget about it. I later with fluky psychology to the rock the home page to browse, and in the technical support/BIOS download/P Ⅱ page found P2-112 - a motherboard section has the following words: The new version of the BIOS adds the following features: 01/25/1999 The ability to upgrade memory more than 512MB; Solve the problem of the system crash in windows95/98. 3. The BIOS default CPU/System warning temp (alarm) System for 60 ℃; 4. Support the Pentium Ⅲ CPU (Katmai); 5 12/03/1998 Support for HD (hard disk) S.A.R.T. Revise SB - Link and ESS1868 conflict; 3 Ha! Ha! It seems that the new BIOS not only solved the problem of ESS1868 s