To Update Bios - SOLTEK 86SP2 Manual

86SP2/86SP2-L

4-5 To Update 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 for upgrading
saving, and verifying the system BIOS. The Update Utility can also be run
from a hard disk drive or a network drive.
• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard
BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility (afudos.exe) to a
bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall the BIOS when in need.
• Normally, to update BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine.
Users should only update BIOS when incompatible problems are encoun-
tered or new features have to be added to system.
• "AFUDOS.EXE" is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that updates the
BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on
the mainboard. This program only works in DOS environment, the util-
ity can not be executed in Windows 95/98, ME, NT, WINDOWS 2000
or Windows XP environment.
• Please follow the steps below for updating the sys-
tem BIOS:
Step 1. Please visit the board maker's website, download the zip files
of the latest BIOS and AMI flash utility "afudos.exe" for your mainboard.
After unzipping, the BIOS file format will be *.ROM, of which " * " stands
for the specific BIOS file name.
Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and AMI
flash utility "afudos.exe" into the diskette.
Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, boot your system from the
diskette.
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