Updating The Bios - Gateway E-1000 Series Maintaining And Troubleshooting

38 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your E-1000 Series System

Updating the BIOS

If you need a new version of BIOS, you can download the BIOS update
from the Tech Support area of the Gateway web site
www.gateway.com/support and install the new version from a diskette.
Enter BIOS Setup by pressing F1 when prompted during startup.
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2. Write down the BIOS version that displays.
Write down the settings for each of options on the menus and
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submenus. (At the end of the BIOS update process, you will use the
list to reset the BIOS back to your deault values.)
Exit the BIOS Setup program.
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Connect to the Gateway Internet site http://www.gateway.com/support
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and download the correct BIOS file.
Uncompress the contents of the BIOS file you downloaded, and copy
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the contents onto a bootable diskette. Be sure to read the readme.txt
file for any updated instructions.
Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive A, and
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restart the system with the diskette in the drive. The BIOS Setup
program starts.
Press to go to the Main menu.
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9. Select
Update Flash Memory From a File
Select
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Update System BIOS
Press to select the file name and press
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The system warns you that BIOS is about to be changed.
Press .
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Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the diskette from drive
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A and press
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To update the BIOS
and press
and press
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at the prompt to restart the system.
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