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3.2-3 Using ECS Top-Hat Flash to recover your BIOS
The ECS Top-Hat Flash kit allow you to restore BIOS from ECS website
(www.ecs.com.tw) or ECS support CD, in case you current BIOS on the
motherboard or get corrupted, please follow the procedures below to recover
your BIOS.
1. Please find the BIOS ROM located on your motherboard. (Figure A)
2. Find the cut edge corner on the Flash ROM. (Figure B)
3. Find the cute edge corner on the Top Hat Flash. (Figure C)
4. Orient the cut edge Top Hat Flash to BIOS ROM’s and press the flash
ROM into the lower socket of Top Hat Flash. (Figure D & E)
5. Then, power on your computer.
6. After the computer boots up, remove the Top Hat Flash.
7. Download the BIOS file from ECS web site (www.ecs.com.tw) or
ECS support CD and use Flash Utility to reflash the original Flash
ROM.
8. You can choose either AWARD Flash utility in DOS mode or ECS “EZ
Flash Utility” in windows to reflash the BIOS.
Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D Figure E
3.3 The Main Menu
The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are
available. A highlight indicates which option is currently selected. Use the
cursor arrow keys to move the highlight to other options. When an option
is highlighted, execute the option by pressing <Enter>.
3.3-1 Standard CMOS Features
This option displays basic information about your system.
Date and Time
The Date and Time items show the current date and time on the computer. If you are
running a Windows OS, these items are automatically updated whenever you make
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, Feb 25 2004
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 33 : 26
IDE Channel 0 Master
IDE Channel 0 Slave
IDE Channel 1 Master
IDE Channel 1 Slave
Drive A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Drive B [None]
Video [EGA/VGA]
Halt On [All, But Keyboard]
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 65535K
Total Memory 1024K
Item Help
Menu Level
Change the day, month,
year and century
F5:Previous Values F6:Performance Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help