Alternative to Duel Bios

[devdeep]

My current Gigabyte board has Duel Bios and this has saved me at times when my bios got corrupted. I simply restore from the backup one. 

 

I am planning to move to X570 Board with 3700X CPU. I can see there is a board such as Crosshair VIII which has this type of recovery. Are there other options please where one can recover from a corrupt bios? If possible, I need 8 SATA ports on the Board.

[Uptivuptiz]

Most of the X570 boards have a BIOS Flashback feature wich allows you to re-flash the BIOS if it ever becomes corrupt. Kinda like Dual BIOS, but the user providing the second BIOS with a USB instead of it being on the board itself.

[GoldenLag]

17 minutes ago, devdeep said:

If possible, I need 8 SATA ports on the Board.

do you need all 8, or can you use an add-in card to get more?

 

there are chipset lanes avavible to have an add-in card. 

 

edit: https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Splitter-Controller-Expression-Profile/dp/B07V557DP4/ref=pd_sbs_147_4/132-2806718-9354647?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07V557DP4&pd_rd_r=fc430be5-5082-4c52-94f1-a2b954a52ab7&pd_rd_w=CRaVc&pd_rd_wg=o7vfP&pf_rd_p=1c11b7ff-9ffb-4ba6-8036-be1b0afa79bb&pf_rd_r=G914VJ0P2RTYQY70E15Q&psc=1&refRID=G914VJ0P2RTYQY70E15Q

 

its 40$ but adds another 6 Sata 6gbps.

[devdeep]

5 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

do you need all 8, or can you use an add-in card to get more?

 

there are chipset lanes avavible to have an add-in card. 

 

edit: https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Splitter-Controller-Expression-Profile/dp/B07V557DP4/ref=pd_sbs_147_4/132-2806718-9354647?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07V557DP4&pd_rd_r=fc430be5-5082-4c52-94f1-a2b954a52ab7&pd_rd_w=CRaVc&pd_rd_wg=o7vfP&pf_rd_p=1c11b7ff-9ffb-4ba6-8036-be1b0afa79bb&pf_rd_r=G914VJ0P2RTYQY70E15Q&psc=1&refRID=G914VJ0P2RTYQY70E15Q

 

its 40$ but adds another 6 Sata 6gbps.

Thanks. Worth a thought. Gives a lot more choice for motherboards.