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4-8 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before updating the BIOS, users have to check if the “Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS
SETUP has the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection. If there is one, users have to “Disable”
the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection of the “Miscellaneous Control” in BIOS SETUP.
Otherwise the system the will not allow you to upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility. If there
is no such selection, users can follow the 4 steps directly to update BIOS.
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 770 SERIES motherboard series
from the web site to your boot disc.
STEP 4.
Insert your boot disc into A:,
Start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\xxxxxx.BIN /SN/PY/CD/CH/WB/CC/R”
xxxxxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS
SN
means
don’t
save
existing
BIOS
data
PY means renew existing BIOS data
CD means clear DMI data after programming
CH means update HOLE
WB means always programming BootBlock
CC means clear existing CMOS data
R means restart computer
STEP 5.
Type ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart
automatically.
4-9 AMD Platform RAID Function Installation
Step 1.
Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onchip IDE function \
Onchip SATA Type ,choose RAID 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
Menu Level >>
↑↓→←
Move Enter:/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
