Updating The Bios With The Iflash Memory Update Utility; Updating The Bios With The Intel ® Express Bios Update Utility; Obtaining The Bios Update File - Intel D945PLNM Product Manual

3 Updating the BIOS
The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. You
can access the BIOS Setup program by pressing the <F2> key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins.
This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by either using the Intel Express BIOS Update utility
or the Iflash Memory Update utility, and how to recover the BIOS if an update fails.
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
Update Utility
With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you can update the system BIOS while in the Windows
environment. The BIOS file is included in an automated update utility that combines the
functionality of the Intel
installation wizards.
To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility:
1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
2. Navigate to the D945PLNM page, click "[
BIOS Update utility file.
3. Download the file to your hard drive. (You can also save this file to a diskette. This is useful if
you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.)
4. Close all other applications. This step is required. Your system will be rebooted at the last
Express BIOS Update window.
5. Double-click the executable file from the location on your hard drive where it was saved. This
runs the update program.
6. Follow the instructions provided in the dialog boxes to complete the BIOS update.
Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update
Utility
With the Iflash BIOS update utility you can update the system BIOS from a floppy disk in a USB
floppy disk drive or other bootable media. The utility available on the Intel World Wide Web site
provides a simple method for creating a bootable flash memory update floppy that will
automatically update your BIOS.

Obtaining the BIOS Update File

You can update to a new version of the BIOS by using the BIOS update file. The BIOS update file
is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains all the files you need to update the BIOS. The
BIOS update file contains:
•
New BIOS files
•
BIOS recovery files
•
Intel Flash Memory Update Utility
® Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease-of use of Windows-based
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