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BIOS Update FAQ's

  1. 'How do I know what type of BIOS chip I have? Where can I find it?
  2. After installing my BIOS upgrade, my IDE drives are not being detected.
  3. After the BIOS upgrade, my USB device is not working.
  4. After upgrading my BIOS I'm still only recognizing 32 giga-bytes of my hard drive. Why?
  5. Award BIOS asks for password at bootup. Can I remove it?
  6. Can a personal or company logo be added to my system's boot up process?
  7. Error: The program file's part number does not match with your system
  8. How can I disable ACPI and what are the advantages and disadvantages of enabling ACPI?
  9. How do I enter CMOS setup?
  10. How do I initialize (write a signature to) a hard drive in Windows
  11. How do I know my BIOS has been upgraded? It still says the same version number.
  12. How do I make a Bootable CD to flash my BIOS?
  13. How do I make a bootable CD-ROM?
  14. How do I remove EZ-BIOS from Western Digital Hard Drives?
  15. How do I uninstall EZ BIOS?
  16. How long should the flash process take?
  17. I am a member of BIOS Agent Plus, how do I receive my BIOS Update?
  18. I am trying to enter my BIOS, but the delete key does not allow me to. Is there another key to enter the BIOS?
  19. I get a 'Checksum Invalid' error message. What does it mean?
  20. I have an SIS chipset and my onboard video is not working properly after the BIOS ugpgrade, why?
  21. I purchased CHECK IT PORTABLE EDITION and I wanted to use it on a CD, can I do that?
  22. I received a Flash disk or download and when I try to flash the bios the system locks up before the flash is complete. Why?
  23. I received a Flash disk or download and when I try to flash the process is not automatic like it says in the manual. Why?
  24. I tried to add a USB device after getting my PC going and it would not work, what is wrong?
  25. I'm having trouble configuring my AGP card with the BIOS? What do the BIOS settings related to AGP mean?
  26. I'm using Vista and when I try to flash the BIOS, I get a "Flash Access Denied" error. How can I flash my BIOS?
  27. I've been having trouble creating a boot disk to perform the flash. What can I do?
  28. I've just upgraded the BIOS and my machine is still saying that it is not ACPI compliant, what do I do?
  29. Is my BIOS chip flashable?
  30. My AGP video card is not functioning properly, why?
  31. My BIOS will not let me boot to the floppy drive.
  32. My bios will not remember my settings after I shut down......why?
  33. My board has Dual BIOS, what does that mean? Do both BIOS function simultaneously?
  34. My hard drive is XXGB. Why is only XXGB reported?
  35. My Hard Drives are running in MS-DOS Compatibility Mode? What does this mean?
  36. My LBA PRO card is installed, but I still cannot recognized my new hard drive.
  37. My Motherboard has 2 BIOS chips. Which one should I replace?
  38. My system fails to boot from a Windows 2000/XP install CD. What is wrong?
  39. My system halts at 'Verifying DMI Pool Data'
  40. My system is reporting a CMOS Checksum Error, what do I do?
  41. My system keeps counting the memory over and over. How do I stop this?
  42. What do beep codes mean?
  43. What is CPU Throttling?
  44. What is S.M.A.R.T.?
  45. What is the BIOS feature named S.M.A.R.T.?
  46. What is the BIOS ID?
  47. What is the BIOS?
  48. What is VCORE?
  49. What should I set my Motherboard voltage to for my BIOS? 5 volt or 12 volt?
  50. When I boot with the BIOS upgrade, i get an error message: CMOS Checksum Error, defaults loaded?
  51. When I run the flash disk instead of flashing the BIOS I get a page of information about parameters and examples.Why?
  52. When I run the flash program I get an error, The Program's File's Part Number does not match with your system. What does this mean?
  53. When I tried to update the Award BIOS. Award Flash Program reported Insufficient memory. why?
  54. When I try to flash I get the error message: The Programs files BIOS Lock string does not match with your system. How can I flash the BIOS?
  55. When I try to flash my BIOS, I get the message FLASH ROM IS WRITE PROTECTED. What does this mean?
  56. When I try to install Windows 2000 or XP on my large hard drive, the install will not recognize the full size of the hard disk.
  57. When performing a flash upgrade, an error message of UNKNOWN FLASH TYPE
  58. When trying to flash the system, a message appears: PROGRAM CHIP FAIL?
  59. Where can I find more detailed BIOS option descriptions?
  60. Why can't I format a partition larger than 32GB using FAT32 in Windows 2000/XP?
  61. Why does the system BIOS display the hard drive size as 32GB when it is much larger than that?
  62. Why is the full capacity of EIDE drives larger than 137GB (128GB binary) not recognized in Windows 2000/XP?
  63. Why is Windows is giving me error messages with LBA PRO installed?
  64. Why should I consider upgrading the BIOS on my PC?
  65. Windows 98 SE will not shutdown properly. How can I fix this?
  66. Windows XP is not shutting down. Why?