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Please carefully read through all the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting
any BIOS upgrade.
This upgrade utility lets you:
Upgrade the BIOS in flash memory.
Update the language section of the BIOS.
The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS.
Creating a bootable diskette
1.
Use a DOS or Windows 95 system to create the diskette.
2.
Insert a diskette in drive A.
3.
At the C:\ prompt, for an unformatted diskette, type:
or, for a formatted diskette, type:
4.
Press <Enter>
Creating the BIOS upgrade 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:
4.
Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:
5.
Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement, and the
README.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
6.
Insert the bootable diskette into drive A.
7.
To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the diskette, change to the temporary directory that holds
the BIOS.EXE file and type:
8.
Press <Enter>.
9.
The diskette now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files.
Upgrading the BIOS
1.
Boot the computer with the diskette 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>.
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format a:/s
sys a:
10006BI1.EXE
LICENSE.TXT
README.TXT
BIOS.EXE
BIOS A:
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