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Date: | Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:24:52 -0800 |
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Phil Parker:
> I need to flash the Award BIOS on a Tyan S1590S AT motherboard.
> 1. How important is it to completely clear the BIOS first? On one page
> at the Tyan site they claim it's vital, but the page of flash
> instructions does not even mention it.
> 2. How important is it that the setup defaults *ALL* be used? In
particular,
> if the setup default boot sequence is C,A,SCSI is it OK to change just
> that one to A,C,SCSI in order to use a DOS boot floppy? The machine
> does not have any DOS on it at all, and it would be a bit unpleasant
> to install it just for this one-time flash.
Hi, the only preparation I've ever used was to backup the current BIOS
settings in case of a catastrophic oops. Personally, the only advantage
I see with restoring defaults prior to flashing is in the case you downgrade
your BIOS with an older version.
-yui shin
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