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Hi nancy2019,
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
It is not possible to make a copy of your BIOS.
I will find your BIOS installer for you, click your Start Button, then just type msinfo and press Enter, please provide a screenshot of the resulting System Information window.
"Yo dawg, i heard you like backups?..."
So, i bricked my dual bios MOBO GA-AB350-Gaming 3. Managed to short out Main bios (m_bios) to boot on Backup bios (b_bios), now i have to update everything all over again. And my MOBO is particularly complicated with many incremental updates and tools to dl along the way. Especially since i had to use an older ryzen, because 5800x3D won't work now. So it means I think i need to boot W10 on USB, cause W11 won't work on older cpu...
Meaning i could very well screw up something again, and if understand how backup works, I'm on one leg now. If i brick again, it's game over. Unless when switching to backup, main somehow reset as well? I assume it keeps its corrupted state as it is.
If so, how do i backup my backup on my previous main chip so in case of unfortunate events, i can still use it as backup of my previous backup (i'd have to short out chips again i guess? to revert everything back). On the net i found this obscure manipulation, using ALT+F10 on bios, which is exactly what i want but it's said everywhere that it copies the main bios on the backup one. I'm in the case where i've already burned through the main and i'm running on the backup already, so i need the other way around. Plus, i can't even seem to make the menu appear anyway.
There is also the usual option to check when updating the bios which asks "update also your backup?" but it's same issue, does it work the other way around too? Will the bios understand i'm on the backup already and i want to copy update on the main, instead of the backup? If not, it will copy my corrupted main on backup and i'm finished.
Oh and also, how does a dual bios MOBO work exactly? Does my B_bios become my main forever now? going full "look at me, i'm the captain now" at my previous main ? Will the MOBO consistently boot on the backup for sure now, or could it switch back to main at some point, or should i do it? (after i'm sure i've copied a working version on it). i'm not shorting out anything again unless i have too though.
Thanks.
BIOS is not something you can backup, it's embedded inside a small chip on the motherboard.
Hello CastorFest,
To update a BIOS you need a specific update application. This application is usually available from the BIOS manufacturer. Usually, when you begin the upgrade procedure, the BIOS upgrade application will give you the opportunity to backup your current BIOS. You might like to take a look at this article:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/41
Other than using the BIOS upgrade application I don't know to another way of actually backing the BIOS up like you would backup, say, a hard drive etc.
Whatever method is used you do have to be careful because, if a problem occurs, then the chances are that the PC will now boot.
You might also want to visit your PC manufacturer's website to see if they have a BIOS update utility specific to your PC. If I remember correctly any BIOS updates for my laptop (Samsung) are downloaded and automatically installed as part of the PC manufacturers software update program.
This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.
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