Product guide

Chapter Four Configuration Software and Utilities

Creating the BIOS Upgrade

Floppy Diskette

The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the

files you need to upgrade the BIOS.

1. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk.

2. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.

3. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example:

10006BI1.EXE

4. Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:

LICENSE.TXT

README.TXT

BIOS.EXE

5. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, this contains the software license agreement

and the README.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS

upgrade.

6. Insert the bootable floppy disk into drive A.

7. To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the floppy disk, change to the temporary

directory that holds the BIOS.EXE file and type:

BIOS A:

8. Press <Enter>.

9. The floppy disk now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files.

Performing the BIOS Upgrade

1. Boot the computer with the floppy disk in drive A. The BIOS upgrade utility

screen appears.

2. Select Update Flash Memory From a File.

3. Select Update System BIOS. Press <Enter>.

4. Use the arrow keys to select the correct .bio file. Press <Enter>.

5. When the utility asks for confirmation that you want to flash the new BIOS

into memory, select Continue with Programming. Press <Enter>.

6. When the utility displays the message upgrade is complete, remove

the floppy disk. Press <Enter>.

7. As the computer boots, check the BIOS identifier (version number) to make

sure the upgrade was successful.