Bios Savior Installed, Now What?

[Anti-Rock Rakers]

Okay, I have had this BIOS savior for a year, never wanting to install it because I still was a little leary of f***ing up the system. I have now installed it. I have been reading about the new flash utility that ABIT put out "FlashMenu". TomG has been advising to have a BIOS Savior installed before using 'FlashMenu'. Well, I now have the BIOS Savior. Before I start flashing, lemmie see if I have this right.

Boot into the system using the Original Bios, using flash menu, back up the bios; then, change the switch to RD1, and do "Update From File" At that point, my original BIOS will be in BOTH places. Then, I can update either RD1 or ORIGINAL with the new BIOS?

Now, if I use the old fashion way, how would I do that?

 

[TomG]

well, I don't even bother backing up the old bios file but rather, I boot the system with the original bios selected since there is no bios in a new bios savior. then, once booted into a DOS boot with no memory managers or other apps running, I flip the switch and use a regular flash file and awdflash and flash the bios savior. I have only had an issue one time and then I had to add the /f switch to the flash switches used with awdflash to force the flash. you can then leave the switch in the bios savior position and reboot and you should be able to boot just fine which tests the savior and the flash to the savior.

you will possibly have to go in and reset the bios parameters but that should be all. you can then choose which position to leave the switch and go forth with safety.