Abit BX6, User Manual

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BIOS Flashing User Instructions C-3
Example 1 To update the BIOS and create a backup of the current system BIOS
execute this command:
AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /PY SAVEBIOS /SY
Example 2 To update the BIOS, create a backup of current system BIOS, and
clear the CMOS, execute this command:
AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS /CC
Example 3 To update the BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command:
AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /SN /CP
Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following
command:
AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /PN SAVEBIOS
Notes: “NEWBIOS” indicates the file name for the new BIOS which can be downloaded
from our website at http://www.abit.com.tw (the user can choose a different file name
in place of NEWBIOS).
“SAVEBIOS”indicates the filename of the old system BIOS (the user can choose a
different file name in place of SAVEBIOS).
Explanation of parameter names:
/CC: Clears CMOS data
/CP: Clears PnP data
Remarks:
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When executing AWDFLASH.EXE, do not run HIMEM.SYS and
EMM386.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS.
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Please take the following actions to solve problems caused by
power shortage or other non preventable malfunctions during BIOS
updating that lead to update failure. First, it is strongly suggested
that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you
update your BIOS. If the above mentioned problem occurs during
BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically
execute a BIOS updating. The content of the disk should be the
following:
a. Startup system files (COMMAND.COM, MSDOS.SYS,
IO.SYS...)
b. AWDFLSH.EXE
c. The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded from ABIT’s
website.
d. AUTOEXEC.BAT, which has the following content:
A:\AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /PY /SN /CC
For example, to update the IT6B BIOS version to FZ (it6b_fz.bin),