Abit SL6 User Manual page 131

BIOS Flashing User Instructions
The BIOS file name in the figure shown is only an example. You should check
which .bin file is to be used with your motherboard. Don't flash with the wrong .bin file
otherwise you may cause system malfunctions. Even the same model BIOS, according
to their release dates and which problems have been fixed, have different .bin names.
Please read the BIOS file description before you download it.
For example, if you want to update the SL6 BIOS, please follow the procedures described
below.
Step 1. Please visit our website (www.abit.com.tw) and download the following files:
ABITFAE.BAT, AWDFLASH.EXE and the SL6's newest BIOS file—
SL6_MJ.EXE for example. After you download these three files, please execute
the "SL6_MJ.EXE." Then you will get a file "SL6_MJ.BIN."
Step 2. Create a bootable floppy without any resident programs, and then copy the files
ABITFAE.BAT, AWDFLASH and SL6_MJ.BIN to the floppy.
Step 3. Reboot your computer and enter the BIOS setup. Set your system to boot from
"Floppy" (refer to section 3-3) and then insert the floppy you created into drive A.
Step 4. After you boot from floppy successfully, at the "A:\>" prompt, execute the
following command:
ABITFAE SL6_MJ.BIN (Enter)
The BIOS will be updated automatically with all parameters.
Step 5. After the flash update is completed, reboot your system, and then go into the BIOS
setup to configure the CPU parameter and other peripheral settings (refer to chapter
3).
! The Award flash utility can not be completed under a Windows
NT environment, you must be in a pure DOS environment.
! You should check which BIOS file is to be used with your motherboard, don't flash
with the wrong BIOS file. Otherwise, you may cause system malfunctions.
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