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Gigabyte to Extend DualBIOS Technology to all Motherboards

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Good news for Gigabyte fans who like to tweak their systems but fear one bad move (or BIOS flash) could ruin the whole experience. The motherboard maker has begun offering its DualBIOS technology on its entire lineup of motherboards and not just the high-end boards.

Gigabyte refers to its DualBIOS as a "hot spare" for your system, and that's essentially what is. DualBIOS boards contain two BIOS chips. Should the primary chip fail for any reason -- say a power outage during a BIOS update, or a particularly nasty virus infection -- the secondary BIOS automatically kicks in the next time you boot your system.

Gigabyte initially only offered its DualBIOS technology on premium boards, but look to see it on both entry- and mid-level mobos going forward as the company tries to increase its market share.

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The Dual Bios was first introduced by the
company in 1999. While it was traditionally reserved only for high-end Gigabyte
motherboards, it has now been extended to the company’s complete motherboard
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avatarNo, they won't release any

No, they won't release any newer processors for LGA775.

It's assumed that once a socket switch happens, no new processors will be made for the older socket (LGA775 being the older socket). One of the few exceptions will be Core i5 which will be designed for mainstream use rather than high-end. 

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avatar Sounds great to me.  Even

 Sounds great to me.  Even if they don't win it puts the studios on the defensive and costs them money.  Way to go Real. 

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avatarActually..

Actually Core i5 will have it's own NEW(again!) socket, I think it was Socket 1156. :(

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avatarAh darn it, too late for an

Ah darn it, too late for an RMA... On the bright side, it didn't cost me much as I've salvaged everything from my old setup (except for ram/mobo). I just hope it'll last me 2 yrs max with a midrange videocard upgrade yearly before obsoleteness sets in. Many thanks though...

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avatarFinally a manufacturer is.....

.....thinking again  :)

 

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avatarI'll never buy another brand

I'll never buy another brand of motherboard again, my P35-DS3L is absolutely perfect, and when its time for it to go, im getting one of these babys. I never even consider a BIOS flash 'cause im too worried ill screw up my motherboard, this will let me do whatever i want!

 i wonder if you can upgrade your backup bios...       -Denis

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avatarIv'e bought a GB mobo

Iv'e bought a GB mobo recently which brings me to my off topic question... Does anyone know if QX9775 and Q9650 would be the last
highest-end part on socket 775 or will Intel still release a few more higher end CPUs late 09 or even early 2010 before finally deserting socket 775
altogether? Yep, I know you'd say the answer is effin obvious
with Intel's current i7 on the market for months but MPC hasn't mention anything about the issue (or coz im living on a rock and didn't read past roadmap articles on MaxPC/ other web) thanks to whoever.

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avatarI'd like to see this become

I'd like to see this become an industry standard.  Tweak and modify all you want and you've still got a back up bios. Excellent feature!

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avatarOthers?

Are there other motherboard manufacturers doing redundant BIOS like Gigabyte is?

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avatarI Know

Asus offers a dual BIOS, but they only use them on their higher end boards.

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avatarGood idea

Good idea.

 

 

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