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4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in
“Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to
upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility.
STEP 1.
Prepare a boot disc. (you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A:
click OK)
STEP 2.
Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD
X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.
STEP 3.
Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard
series from the web site to your boot disc.
STEP 4.
Insert your boot disc into A:,
start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\
GeForce6100
xxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”
GeForce 6100
xxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be
GeForce 6100
03.BIN
or
GeForce 6100
02.BIN
SN
means don’t save existing BIOS data
PY
means renew existing BIOS data
CC
means clear existing CMOS data
R
means restart computer
STEP 5.
Push ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart
automatically.
4-8 Nforce4 Platform RAID Function Installation
Step 1.
Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onchip IDE function \
RAID Configuration to enable the RAID function and choose the RAID hard drive channel.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
RAID Configuration
Item Help
RAID Enable Enabled
IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Primary Slave RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Slave RAID Disabled
SATA Channel 1
RAID
Enabled
SATA Channel 2
RAID
Enabled
SATA Channel 3
RAID
Enabled
SATA Channel 4
RAID
Enabled
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