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pages of the Intergraph Computer Systems World Wide Web site and from the Intergraph
Bulletin Board Service (IBBS). See the Preface of this document for details.
To update the system's BIOS:
1. Record the BIOS parameter settings for your system. To do this, restart the system, and
press
exit from BIOS Setup and let the system continue to boot.
2. Download the
Support pages on the World Wide Web or from the IBBS.
3. Use an unzip utility to open the
4. Insert a blank, formatted diskette into the system's floppy disk drive.
5. In the directory containing the
diskette with the new BIOS file and the BIOS flash programming utility.
6. After
system.
7. At the MS-DOS command prompt, run
example, if the BIOS file on the boot diskette is named
following command to update the BIOS:
phlashbx bios.rom
WARNING Do not turn off system power while the BIOS update is in progress, as it may lead to
system failure.
8. After the BIOS is updated, the system shuts down. Remove the diskette from the floppy
disk drive and label it BIOS Update date, where date is today's date.
9. Turn on power to the system.
10. As the system boots, press
PhoenixBIOS Version n.n
BIOS Setup starts.
11. Make sure that all parameter settings match the settings you recorded before you updated
the BIOS. Change any that do not match the settings you recorded.
12. Save any changes and exit from BIOS Setup.
13. Restart the system.
For more information on the phlashbx command, type phlashbx /? at the MS-DOS command
prompt. For more information on updating the BIOS, see the
the
PHLASHBX
"BIOS Setup."
during boot to run BIOS Setup. Write down the setting for each parameter; then
F2
product for the TD-260 to a directory on your system from the
PHLASHBX
. completes, leave the diskette in the floppy disk drive and restart the
INSTALL BAT
F2
product. For more information on the BIOS Setup program, see Chapter 11,
product and extract the files from it.
PHLASHBX
files, run
PHLASHBX INSTALL
.
PHLASHBX EXE
when you see a message like the following:
Release n.n 02UH
. . This creates a boot
BAT
to update the current BIOS. For
. , you would key in the
BIOS ROM
. file delivered with
README TXT