Hi twocows,
GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ is a patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. In addition, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ now supports 3TB+ (terabyte) hard drive booting without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on a single hard drive.
See here :
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3904#ovAnd in Specifications about BIOS:
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for
DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
See here :
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3904#spManual of GA-P61-USB3-B3 (rev. 1.1)
http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-p61-usb3%28ds3%29-b3_e.pdfIn page 62, you read :
What is DualBIOS™?
Motherboards that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. Normally, the system works on the
main BIOS. However, if the main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, the
backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot and copy the BIOS file to the main BIOS to ensure normal system operation. For the sake of system safety, users cannot update the backup BIOS manually.
In page 7, in Layout, you vew, at right side a M_Bios and B_Bios. Near Sata Connections.
Read this article for more infos:
http://france.test.giga-byte.com/FileList/NewTech/2006_motherboard_newtech/article_04_bios_explained.htmIt is very interesting.
Add infos : in main Bios Menu , you have :
F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F12: Load CMOS from BIOS
When you modify a parameter on Bios, save it by F11
Gloup_Gloup