Unprotect BIOS 2

[ron71]

I have apparently run some sort of utility that offered to protect my BIOS from malicious alteration. I cannot remember what it was.
MB: gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2
Attempts to flash the BIOS are met with message that BIOS is write protected. BIOS screens do not appear to offer a way to turn this off.
Can anyone tell me how to unprotect my BIOS

Ron71

 

[dakota81]

I think Gigabyte calls it "BIOS Guardian", which you need to disable in BIOS setup.

 

[soaplover]

I think you have to inside the bios go in to
F8(dual bios/Q flash) end ensure that it's set to boot from "main bios" and that "wide range protection" is set to disabled .

//soaplover

 

[paparazi]

Don't forget this motherboard, the Gigabyte GA7-N400pro 2 has extended bios option, from memory I believe you have to press control and F1 to access additional functions.
Then follow others advice on disabling bios protection
Martin

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