To Upgrade Bios; 4-5.1 Before Upgrading Bios; 4-5.2 Upgrade Process - SOLTEK SL-75MRN Series Manual

Series SL-75MRN: 75MRN, 75MRN-L, 75MRN-R, 75MRN-RL

4-5 To Upgrade BIOS

• System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component. Flash
BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM
component.
• The Upgrade Utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette to execute saving,
verifying, and updating the system BIOS. The Upgrade Utility can also be
run from a hard disk drive or a network drive.

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS

• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard
BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility (AWDFLASH.EXE)
to a bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall the BIOS when needed.

4-5.2 Upgrade Process

• Normally, to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine
Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible
problems or need to create new features.
• "AWDFLASH.EXE" is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up dates
the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM
on the mainboard. This program only works in DOS environment, the
utility can not be executed in Win95/98, ME, NT, WINDOWS 2000 or
Windows XP environment.
• Please follow the steps below for upgrading the system BIOS:
Step 1. Please visit the board maker's website, download the zip file
which contains the latest BIOS file and Award Flash Utility "AWDFLASH.
EXE". After unzipping, the BIOS file format will be *.bin, of which " * "
stands for the specific BIOS file name.
Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and Award
Flash Utility "AWDFLASH.EXE" into the diskette.
Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, reboot your system and boot
from the diskette.
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