To Update Bios - SOLTEK SL-85SD-C Manual

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 (AMIXXX.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.
• "AMIFLASH.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
utility can not be executed in win95/98, 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 latest BIOS
file and AMI update utility. The file name of AMI update utility will be
"AMIXXX.EXE" of which " XXX " stands for the version number of the
file. 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 "AMIXXX.EXE" into the diskette.
Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, boot your system from the
diskette.
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