How To Flash A New Bios - ECS K7VZA Manual

How to Flash a New BIOS

You can install updated BIOS for this mainboard that you can
download from the manufacturer's web site. New BIOS may
provide support for new peripherals, improvements in performance
or fixes for known bugs. Install new BIOS as follows:
1. Some mainboards have a Flash BIOS jumper that
protects the current BIOS from being changed or
overwritten. If your mainboard has this jumper, change
the setting to allow BIOS flashing.
2. Some Setup Utilities have an item called Firmware Write
Protect that prevents the BIOS from being overwritten. If
your BIOS has this item (check the Advanced BIOS
Features Setup page) disable it for the present.
3. Your computer must be running in a real-mode DOS
environment, not the DOS window of Windows NT or
Windows 95/98. We recommend that you create a new
formatted DOS system floppy diskette.
4. Download the Flash Utility and new BIOS file from the
manufacturer's Web site. Copy these files to a system
diskette.
5. Turn off your computer and insert the system diskette in
your computer's diskette drive.
6. You might need to run the Setup Utility and change the
boot priority items on the Advanced BIOS Features
Setup page, to force your computer to boot from the
floppy diskette drive first.
7. At the A:\ prompt, after your computer has booted to
DOS from the diskette, run the Flash Utility and press
<Enter>. You see a screen similar to the following.
FLASH
(C) Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved
For P6IWP-Fe
Flash Type
File Name to Program :
Error Message
MEMORY WRITER V7.33
DATE: 10/26/2000
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