Updating The Bios - Gateway E-5400 System Manual

Updating the BIOS

Flash memory simplifies distributing BIOS upgrades. If you need a new version
of the BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from technical support on
the Gateway Web site and install the new version from a diskette.
To update the BIOS you need to perform the following tasks in sequence:
Create a bootable diskette
Note the current BIOS settings
Create the BIOS update diskette
Update the BIOS
Restore the BIOS settings
To create a bootable diskette:
1
Insert a blank, 3½-inch diskette into drive A:.
2
Insert the System Restoration CD into the CD drive, go to the
then select
To note the current BIOS settings:
1
Remove the bootable diskette and restart your computer.
2
Enter the BIOS Configuration Manager by selecting
mouse when the Gateway Logo screen appears.
3
Write down the settings for each of the fields. (At the end of the BIOS
update process, you will reset the fields back to the values you recorded.)
4
Exit the BIOS Configuration Manager.
To create the BIOS update diskette:
1
Go to the Gateway Web site
(www.gateway.com/product/drivers/BIOS/pentium.shtml).
2
Download the appropriate file (you will need to know your BIOS version
number) to your hard drive.
3
Double-click on the file to unzip it, then copy autoexec.bat,
newflash.exe, and wpgbios.bin to the diskette.
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Using the BIOS Configuration Manager
to format the diskette and make it bootable.
Boot Disk
tab
utilities
with your
Enter Setup
,