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# Step 1: BIOS Flashing (Vanguard)

Valorant requires BIOS Flash.

**BIOS FLASH SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE REINSTALLING&#x20;**<mark style="color:$warning;">**WINDOWS!**</mark>

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<summary><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f538">🔸</span> BIOS VERSION RECCOMENDATION <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2699">⚙️</span></summary>

We suggest upgrading your motherboard to latest BIOS version. With our professional experience, this process is safe, and we've seen better spoofing success rates using the previous version before the version your motherboard has right now.

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> **ASUS:** [**How To Flash BIos On Asus**](https://youtu.be/Em7SRaG3L_0?si=pzdHZjNo_Fu0bAI)

> **ASROCK:** [**How To Flash Bios On Asrock**](https://youtu.be/dUCWRqOdLUw?si=1kA5ER1vzcgV3Npg)

> **GIGABYTE:** [**How To Flash Bios On Gigabyte**](https://youtu.be/DIIde3s02kM?si=uojxszXk1YHz79sQ)

> **LENOVO:** [**How To Flash Bios On Lenovo**](https://youtu.be/AwOax1uWgYc?si=p0GFrReez2Ttk0UV)

> **MSI:** [**How To Flash Bios On MSI**](https://youtu.be/sKMub20CUNI?si=EBQyE2A7o3VdToSG)

#### HOW DO U CHECK IF YOUR FLASH WAS <mark style="color:$success;">SUCCESFULL?</mark> <a href="#how-do-u-check-if-your-flash-was-succesfull" id="how-do-u-check-if-your-flash-was-succesfull"></a>

***THE VERSION & DATE SHOULD BE CHANGED WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION***

<img src="https://spiritxx.gitbook.io/eon/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.gitbook.com%2Fcontent%2FlqfzJX64GxG4gGhnFwkN%2Fblobs%2FrExjrfQbho29k52IsxjD%2Fimage.png&#x26;width=768&#x26;dpr=3&#x26;quality=100&#x26;sign=c7d6a9b43168efe58a716f463b64ad18&#x26;sv=3" alt="" height="73" width="696">

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**Now continue with** [<mark style="color:$success;">**Normal reinstallation**</mark>](https://guide.lunarcheat.com/welcome/permanent-kernel/getting-started/step-3-windows-reinstall/normal-reinstallation) **|** [<mark style="color:$success;">**RAID Reinstallation**</mark>](https://verse-solutions.gitbook.io/verse-permanent/setup-instructions/windows-reinstall/raid-reinstallation) **⚙️**
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