PREMIO ST (219H) Award BIOS 2.0 Release

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1.  This BIOS adds the following:



    - Support for Cyrix 6x86MX (M2) CPUs.





                !!!!! IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE PROGRAMMING !!!!!



Note1:  This BIOS is a Plug 'n Play BIOS, and has to be used with SST or Winbond

        Flash Memory.  If this BIOS is programmed in EPROM or other brands of

        Flash Memory (not SST nor Winbond), there will be a problem with Windows

        95 RESTART function.



Note2: If your on-board BIOS is AMI BIOS and you want to program the Award BIOS

       file into the on-board BIOS, you must use the "AMI" flash utility

       (i.e.: AMIFL530.COM).



Note3: If your on-board BIOS is Award BIOS and you want to program the AMI BIOS

       file into the on-board BIOS, you must use the "AWARD" flash utility

       (i.e.: AWDFL52B.EXE ).







                      How to use the AMI FLASH Utility

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This utility is used to program a new BIOS into a Flash memory.  You have to

make sure first that the BIOS installed in your mainboard is Flash memory,

and not EPROM.



1.  Turn on your computer.



2.  Boot up clean, bypassing your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.



3.  Then, run the AMI FLASH UTILITY file.



            DRIVE:\>AMI_FLASH UTILITY_FILE BIOS_FILE

            EX: C:\>AMIFL530 A37A.ROM



    The programming screen will be shown.  At the bottom of the screen, the

    following message will appear:



                  Press "Y" to Continue, "N" to Reboot



    Press "N" if you do not want to continue programming the new BIOS.



    Press "Y" if you want to continue programming the new BIOS.  The new BIOS

    will then be programmed.  When it has finished programming, the following

    message will appear:



                  Flash EPROM Program Successful.  Press Any Key to Reboot.



    You have successfully programmed the new BIOS.







                      How to use the AWARD FLASH Utility

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This utility is used to program a new BIOS into a Flash memory.  You have to

make sure first that the BIOS installed in your mainboard is Flash memory,

and not EPROM.



1.  Turn on your computer.



2.  Boot up clean, bypassing your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.



3.  Then, run the flash program file.



    EX:           C:\>AWDFLxxx



    The programming screen will be shown.  You will prompt to enter the file

    name:



                  File name to program:



    EX:           filename.BIN



    At the bottom of the screen, the following message will appear:



                  Do you want to save BIOS (Y/N)?



    Press "N" if you do not want to save the old BIOS.



    Press "Y" if you want to save the old BIOS.  Enter file name to save.



                  File name to save: __________



    After saving the old BIOS, the following message will appear at the

    bottom of the screen:



                  Are you sure to program (Y/N)?



    Press "N" if you do not want to program the new BIOS.



    Press "Y" if you want to continue programming the new BIOS.  The new BIOS

    will then be programmed.  When it has finished programming, the following

    message will appear:



                  Flash EPROM Program Successful.



    You have successfully programmed the new BIOS.