Intel DG43GT BLKDG43GT User Manual

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It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption 
occurs, the BIOS could be damaged.  Table 35 lists the drives and media types that 
can and cannot be used for BIOS recovery.  The BIOS recovery media does not need 
to be made bootable. 

CD-ROM drive connected to the Serial ATA interface 

Yes 

USB removable drive (a USB Flash Drive, for example) 

Yes 

USB diskette drive (with a 1.44 MB diskette) 

No 

USB hard disk drive 

No 

Legacy diskette drive (with a 1.44 MB diskette) connected to the 
legacy diskette drive interface  

No 

 

BIOS recovery 

 

In the BIOS Setup program, the user can choose to boot from a diskette drive, hard 
drive, USB drive, USB flash drive, CD-ROM, or the network.  The default setting is for 
the diskette drive to be the first boot device, the hard drive second, and the ATAPI 
CD-ROM third.  If enabled, the last default boot device is the network.   

Booting from CD-ROM is supported in compliance to the El Torito bootable CD-ROM 
format specification.  Under the Boot menu in the BIOS Setup program, ATAPI CD-
ROM is listed as a boot device.  Boot devices are defined in priority order.  Accordingly, 
if there is not a bootable CD in the CD-ROM drive, the system will attempt to boot 
from the next defined drive. 

The network can be selected as a boot device.  This selection allows booting from the 
onboard LAN or a network add-in card with a remote boot ROM installed. 

Pressing the <F12> key during POST automatically forces booting from the LAN.  To 
use this key during POST, the User Access Level in the BIOS Setup program's Security 
menu must be set to Full.