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| Thread ID: 46502 | 2004-06-25 23:54:00 | ChipAwayVirus | kbcad (1025) | Press F1 |
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| 247634 | 2004-06-26 06:39:00 | Thanks, Godfather - things seem to be OK now. Just wonder whether or not I should update my BIOS, but advice I find on this site suggests caution - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
| 247635 | 2004-06-26 10:48:00 | Updating a BIOS should only be done if you need to fix an incompatability issue. There is ~ 5% chance of any BIOS flash failing, and that means your motherboard would be useless in most cases, and require replacement. That has a trickle on effect, that things like RAM, vido card etc are probably not compatable with a replacement motherboard and you end up replacing almost the entire PC. Your choice, but BIOS flashing is not a recreational activity. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 247636 | 2007-05-04 15:38:00 | I am having the same problem, but cannot figure out a way to enter the BIOS . I press F1, but does not enter setup, and F8 and nothing happens differently . My computer had Win ME and am trying to upgrade to XP, but get an "stop" message . Now I have no operating system . How can I enter the AMI BIOS? Works for me . The contents of that page are: Chipaway Antivirus Question:when I start up my computer as it is scaning everything I receive a highlited sentence that says "Trend-chipaway virus[R] on Guard Ver1 . 63A" Then at the bottom of the page I get another sentence that is highlited that says press F1 to continue and I do and everything continues on as normal . What is this virus alert about and how do I eliminate it? Thanks for any help . John Answer: Trend-Chipaway is antivirus "protection" built into the system BIOS . This can trigger false virus alerts when it doesn't recognise the operating system that you have installed . It can be disabled by going into the BIOS . Next locate the Virus Scanning feature . For machines with AMI BIOS, this is under the Advanced menu heading . For machines with Award BIOS, check the Anti Virus Protection heading . Locate Trend ChipAway Virus or Anti-virus option and change or toggle its setting to Disable . Without making any further configuration changes, save the new settings and restart the computer . Finally, to properly protect your system from viruses, make sure that you have a good antivirus program installed on your computer and that you keep the signature files up to date . |
driddering (5809) | ||
| 247637 | 2007-05-04 19:37:00 | I am having the same problem, but cannot figure out a way to enter the BIOS. I press F1, but does not enter setup, and F8 and nothing happens differently. My computer had Win ME and am trying to upgrade to XP, but get an "stop" message. Now I have no operating system. How can I enter the AMI BIOS? It'll either be the Del key, F1,F2 or F10/F12 maybe to get into the BIOS. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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