4.2 Flash Utility
The BIOS of the P6F94 mainboard can be upgraded by using a Flash
utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site. The system BIOS is stored in a 1M-bit
Flash EEPROM which can be erased and reprogrammed by the Flash
utility.
There are two files in the FLASH directory.
FLASH.EXE
The Flash utility for AWARD
BIOS upgrade
README.TXT
A text file of instructions
The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software
running in the system. In order to make sure no memory manager
software is running, boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette
which does not contain CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If
you are using MS-DOS 6.x, you can press <F5> function key while
the “Starting MS-DOS...” message appearing on the screen to bypass
the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
4.3 EIDE Bus Master Driver
The Bus Master EIDE logic designed in the Intel 82440LX/EX chipset
is intended to reduce the workload of the CPU and make the CPU
running more efficiently. It will take care the data transfer between
IDE drives and system memory and let CPU handle other tasks. The
driver must be loaded in order to make the EIDE drive operating at
bus-mastering DMA or Ultra DMA33 mode.
There are three self-extracting archive files in the BMIDE directory.
BMIDE_95.EXE
For Windows 95
BMIDE_NT.EXE
For Windows NT
BMIDEOS2.EXE
For OS/2
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