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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.