-51 -Technical Reference English English Flash BIOS Method Introduction M ethod 1: Q -F lash A. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre -O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to upda te its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. B. How to use Q-Flash? a. After power on the computer, pressing immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allo w you to enter AWARD BIOS CMOS SETU P, then press to enter Q-Flash utility. CM O S Se tup Utility-C opyr ight (C) 1984 -200 2 Awa rd S oftware }Standa rd CM OS Fe atures Top Perform ance }Adv anced BIOS Featu res Load Fail-Sa fe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimiz ed Defaults }Powe r M S S S i P d }PnP /PC }PC Health Sta tus Sa ve & Exit S etup }Freq uency/ Voltag e Control Ex it W itho ut Saving ES C:Qu it higf:Se lect Item F8: Q-Flash F1 0:Sa ve & E xit Setup Tim e, D ate, Har d Disk T ype. .. Enter Q-Flash Utility (Y/N) ? Y b. Q-Flash Utility Q-Flash Utility V3.06 Flash Type/Size Keep DMI Data : : SST 39SF020 / 256K Yes Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Flo ppy Enter: Run Space Bar:Change Value ESC : Re set h/i: Selec t Item GA-8GE667 M otherboard -5 2 Load BIOS From Floppy !In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. 1 File(s) found XXXX.XX 25 6K Total Size: 1.39M F5: Refresh Free Size: 1.14M DEL: Delete ESC: Return Main Where XXXX.XX is name of the BIOS file. !Press Enter to Run. Are you sure to update BIOS? [Enter] to contiune Or [ESC] ot abort... !Press Enter to Run. !! COPY BIOS C omp lete d -Pass !! Please press any key to continue Congratulation! You have completed the flashed and now can restart system. -5 3 -Tech nical Refere nce English English M ethod 2: BIOS F lash Utility BIOS Flash Procedure We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example. Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode. Flash BIOS Procedure: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip. Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files. Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like STEP 2: Make a DOS boot diskette. (See example: Windows 98 O.S.) Beware: Windows ME/2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette. (1) With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive. Please leave the diskette "UN-write protected" type. Double click the "My Computer" icon from Desktop, then click "3.5 diskette (A)" and right click to select "Format (M)" GA-8GE667 M otherboard -5 4 (2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format Type, and pick both "Display summary when finished" and "Copy system files", after thatpress "Start". Thatwill format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it. Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy, so please proceed accordingly. (3) After the floppy has been format tted completely, please press "Close". -55 -Technical Reference English English STEP 3: Down load BIOS and BIOS utility program. (1) Please go to Gigabyte website and click "Support". (2) From Support zone, click the "Motherboards BIOS & Drivers". GA-8GE667 M otherboard -5 6 (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Modelor Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BIOS version (For example: F4), and click to download the file. It will pop up a file download screen, then select the "Open this file from its current location" and press "OK". -5 7 -Tech nical Refere nce English English (5) At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click "Extract" button to unzip the files. (6) Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2, and press "Extract". GA-8GE667 M otherboard -5 8 STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) Insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then, restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk. Please press key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up. 7 V TX F 1 Ch e c k Sys e m He a h OK AMD A h o n ( m) Pr o ce ss o r 9 0 0 MHz Ch e c k n g N VR AM 2 6 2 1 4 4 KB W a Pr e s s F 1 o e n e r D u a B OS U y Pre ss ES C o q u Pr e ss a n y ke y o co n u n e ( C ) A me r ca n Me g a r e n d s n c 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 9 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 5 9 5 V A K7 G A7 VTX1 F A me r c a n R e e a se 0 9 1 6 9 9 Me g a re n d s A M B OS ( C) 1 9 9 9 A me r c a n Me g a r e n d (2) Once you enter the BIOS setup utility, the main menu willappear on the screen. Use the arrows to highlight the item "BIOS FEATURES SETUP". AM IBIOS SIM PLE S ETUP UTILITY -VE RSIO N 1. 24b (C) 1999 Am eric an M eg atrend s, Inc . All Rights Reser ved STANDA RD C M OS SET UP IN TEGR ATE D PE RIP HERA LS BIOS FE ATU RE S S ET UP HA RDWA RE ...
