4-5.1 Before Upgrading Bios; 4-5.2 Upgrade Process - SOLTEK SL-65LIV User Manual

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• The upgrade utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette and used to provide
the capability to save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade
utility can be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive.

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS

• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard
BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility (AWDFLASH.EXE)
to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later.

4-5.2 Upgrade Process

Note:
Normally, to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working
fine without any problem. Users should not upgrade the BIOS unless you
experience incompatible problems or need to create new features. However,
please read all information in this section before upgrading.
"AWDFLASH.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 or WINDOWS 2000
environment.
Upgrading the system BIOS
Step 1. Please visit the board maker's website, download latest BIOS file and
award flash utility "AWDFLASH.EXE". The BIOS file format will be *.bin, of
which "*" stands for the specific file name.
Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and award flash utility
"AWDFLASH.EXE" into the diskette.
Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, reboot your system and boot from the
diskette.
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