Flashing The Bios - Dell 3000 Series Service Manual

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Flashing the BIOS

You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you replace the system board. To flash the BIOS:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Go to www.dell.com/support.
3. Click Product Support, enter the Service Tag of your computer and click Submit.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature or manually browse for your computer model.
4. Click Drivers & downloads.
5. Select the operating system installed on your computer.
6. Scroll down the page and expand BIOS.
7. Click Download File to download the latest version of the BIOS for your computer.
8. Save the file and, once the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the BIOS update file.
9. Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
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