-4 9 Tech nical Refere nce EnglishEnglish Q-Flash Introduction A. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre -O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to upda te its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. B. How to use Q-Flash? a. After power on the computer, pressing immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allo w you to enter AWARD BIOS CMOS SETU P, then press to enter Q-Flash utility. CM O S Se tup Utility-C opyr ight (C) 1984 -200 2 Awa rd S oftware }Standa rd CM OS Fe atures Top Perform ance }Adv anced BIOS Featu res Load Fail-Sa fe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimiz ed Defaults }Powe r M t S t S t S i P d }PnP /PC }PC Health Sta tus Sa ve & Exit S etup }Freq uency/ Voltag e Control Ex it W itho ut Saving ES C:Qu it higf:Se lect Item F8: Q-Flash F1 0:Sa ve & E xit Setup Tim e, D ate, Har d Disk T ype. .. Enter Q-Flash Utility (Y/N) ? Y b. Q-Flash Utility Q-Flash Utility V3.06 Flash Type/Size Keep DMI Data : : SST 39SF020 / 256K Yes Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Flo ppy Enter: Run Space Bar:Change Value ESC : Re set h/i: Selec t Item GA-8SKM L Series M otherboard -5 0 Load BIOS From Floppy !In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. 1 File(s) found XXXX.XX 25 6K Total Size: 1.39M F5: Refresh Free Size: 1.14M DEL: Delete ESC: Return Main Where XXXX.XX is name of the BIOS file. !Press Enter to Run. Are you sure to update BIOS? [Enter] to contiune Or [ESC] ot abort... !Press Enter to Run. !! COPY BIOS C omp lete d -Pass !! Please press any key to continue Congratulation! You have completed the flashed and now can restart system. English -5 1 -Tech nical Refere nce EnglishEnglish @ BIOSTM Introduction Gigabyte announces @ BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don’t know how to update it. Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it. But of course you don’t like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS. The above process is not a interesting job. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare. Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? Here it comes! Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS— the first Windows BIOS live update utility. This is a smart BIOS update software. It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it. Not like the other BIOS update software, it’s a Windows utility. With the help of “@BIOS’, BIOS updating is no more than a click. Besides, no matter which mainboard you are using, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*, @BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically. There are several different choices; you could use “Internet Update”to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose “Save Current BIOS”to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte’s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries. For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible! It’s free! Now, if you buy a Gigabyte’s motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gig abyte @BIOS. GA-8SKM L Series M otherboard -5 2 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTuneTM 4 WindowsbasedOverclockingutility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock" mightbe oneofthe mostcommon issues in computer field. But have many users ever tried it? The answer is probably "no". Because "Overclock" is thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technicalknow-how, sometimes "Overclock" is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts. But as to the experts in "Overclock", what's the truth? They may spend quite a lotof time and money to study, try and use manydifferent hard ware or BIOS tools to do "Overclock". And even with these technologies, they still learn that it's quite a risk because the safety and stability of an "Overclock" system is unknown. Now everything is different because of a Windows based overclocking utility "EasyTune 4" --announced by Gigabyte. Thi...
