1. Caution: If your system is in good working condition without encountering any conflicts, we strongly recommend you don't update the BIOS. Only upgrade the BIOS when you are encounter difficulties, or the BIOS modified items are useful to you. Updating may resulting in incompatibility problems, we can't guarantee all the products on the market are compatible with the BIOS. However, incorrect operation of flash procedure may also result in damaging the board. This company is not responsible for any damages caused from the result of end-users flashing their BIOS.

2. IDENTIFY YOUR BOARDS' TYPE: Before you download the BIOS, it is essential you identify the type of mainboard you are using, also the version. Flash incorrect BIOS might also result in damaging your board. (For example, you can't flash the Titanium IB BIOS on the Titanium IB+ mainboard, etc.) There are various ways to identify the type of board and the version used:
   
1. The identification type can be located on the edge of the board. Please take note (e.g. you can find 'P5I430TX TITANIUM I B+' beside the outer ISA slot of your mainboard. Note also the 'TITANIUM I B+'.)
2. Identify the BIOS version during system boot-up. (e.g. when you start up your computer, you can find 'P5I430TX/T1B+ BIOS V1.5SL MAR.17,1998' appearing on your screen, the 'v1.5SL' is the BIOS version of your mainboard.)
3. Identify the PCB version from the mainboard markings. (e.g. if you identify a label that on the edge of the board stating v1.0(s1.3), then this is a v1.0 version mainboard too.)

3. STEPS TO FLASH BIOS:
   
1. Download the correct xxxxx.ZIP file and extract it. It may include a BIOS binary file xxxxx.BIN and a README file. Please read the README file carefully.
   
2. Download the AWDFLASH.EXE file from top of every Bios page.
   
3. Prepare a DOS 6.2x bootable disk (or windows 95/98 bootable disk) and don't include any AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file, then save the above files (AWDFLASH.EXE and xxxxx.BIN) to this diskette.
   
4. Enter BIOS setup and record any setting that you have changed before, then Load Setup Default to resume the default setting. Set "Boot Sequence" to "A, C, SCSI" in BIOS FEATURE SETUP, and disable the "System BIOS Cacheable" in CHIPSET FEATURE SETUP. You must record all BIOS settings especially PCI IRQ settings also serial & parallel port settings etc.. Finally save and exit BIOS setup.
   
5. Turn the system off and then turn the system on. Let the system boot up from the prepared diskette, type the command at the DOS prompt as following:

              A:\>AWDFALSH xxxxx.BIN <enter>
              (Note: the xxxxx.BIN should be the file you downloaded)

6. The first question will be whether you want to back up the original BIOS from your system to a file. Normally, you may answer "N" because the original BIOS file can be found on the diskette bundled with your mainboard when purchasing.
   
7. The second question needs you to confirm the update BIOS, you need to press "Y" to confirm updating.
   
8. Once the update is done, you need to power off and on the system.
   
9. Go back to the BIOS setup and Load Setup Default once again, then change back the settings that you have recorded before.
   
10. Save and exit the BIOS setup, letting the system boot up successfully.

4. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AFTER FLASHING BIOS: If no display appears after flashing the BIOS, but the beeping sound from the system can be heard and the floppy disk drive is activated, then all is not lost. Try the following method to recover the system:
   
1. Prepare a bootable floppy disk with an AWDFLASH.EXE utility and BIOS binary file in the disk (you can use the prepared diskette mentioned in Q3).
   
2. Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the diskette with the following command line:

        AWDFLASH xxxxx.BIN/SN /PY
The options /SN /PY will answer the questions automatically that you would normally answer with "no" or "yes". That way the system will boot up from the floppy disk, program the BIOS and restart the computer It will take a while to carry out the procedure, don't turn off the system, wait for the system to restart again.

3. If you want to see what it does, use an ISA VGA card instead of PCI or AGP. If you don't have any ISA VGA card, the BIOS can still be fix in blind mode (no screen, but the BIOS is flashed by the Auto-run diskette). After the mainboard reboots itself, the floppy disk can be taken out and your system should have recovered. However if that doesn't work, return the mainboard to your Vendor.

Then you may resume BIOS update.