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III. Q: How does DualBIOS
TM
technology work?
Answer:
1. DualBIOS
TM
technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot
up procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and
even all the way to PNP detection/assignment.
2. DualBIOS
TM
provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS
used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs,
boot-up is still possible. In the DualBIOS
TM
utility, the "Auto Recovery" option
will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted, the
DualBIOS
TM
technology will use the good BIOS and correct the wrong BIOS
automatically.
3. DualBIOS
TM
provides manual recovery for the BIOS. DualBIOS
TM
technology contains a 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
TM
contains a one-way flash utility. The built-in one-way flash utility
will ensure 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
TM
technology?
Answer:
1. Every user should have DualBIOS
TM
technology due to the advancement of
computer 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
TM
technology will
provide a state-of-the-art 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
TM
utility,
and if a virus 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
TM
utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to
boot from the backup BIOS.
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