Upgrading The Bios; Preparing For The Upgrade; Obtaining The Upgrade Utility; Recording The Current Bios Settings - Intel AL440LX Product Manual

5 Upgrading the BIOS

This chapter describes how to upgrade the BIOS and how to recover the BIOS if an upgrade fails.

Preparing for the Upgrade

Before you upgrade the BIOS, prepare for the upgrade by recording the current BIOS settings,
obtaining the upgrade utility, and making a copy of the current BIOS.

Obtaining the Upgrade Utility

You can upgrade to a new version of the BIOS using the new BIOS files and the BIOS upgrade
utility, iFLASH.EXE. You can obtain the BIOS upgrade file and the iFLASH.EXE utility through
your computer supplier or from the Intel World Wide Web site:
http://www.intel.com.
NOTE
Please review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS
upgrade.
This upgrade utility allows you to:
•
Upgrade the BIOS in flash memory.
•
Update the language section of the BIOS.
The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS.

Recording the Current BIOS Settings

1. Boot the computer and press
Press <F2> Key if you want to run SETUP
NOTE
Do not skip step 2. You will need these settings to configure your computer at the end of the
procedure.
2. Write down the current settings in the BIOS Setup program.
when you see the message:
<F2>
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