Create The Bios Upgrade Diskette; Upgrading The Bios - Intel cc820 Product Manual

Create the BIOS Upgrade Diskette

1. Obtain the BIOS upgrade file through your computer supplier or from the Intel World Wide
Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
2. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk.
3. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.
4. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example, CCBIOSxx.EXE.
5. Press
<Enter>
LICENSE.TXT
BIOINSTR.TXT
BIOS.EXE
MK_BOOTZ.EXE
6. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement, and the
BIOINSTR.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
7. Insert the bootable diskette into drive A.
8. To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the diskette, change to the temporary directory that holds the
BIOS.EXE file and type:
BIOS A:
9. Press
<Enter>
10. The diskette now holds the new BIOS files, the Intel Flash Update Utility, and the recovery
files.

Upgrading the BIOS

CAUTION
The AUTOEXEC.BAT file provided with the update files updates the BIOS in two parts: first
updating the boot block and displaying the "Operation completed successfully" message and then
updating the BIOS core. You will be asked to reboot the system when the update process is
complete. Do not interrupt the process or the system may not be capable of rebooting.
1. Boot the computer with the BIOS upgrade diskette in drive A. During system boot, the
AUTOEXEC.BAT
process.
2. The
AUTOEXEC.BAT
displaying the "Operation completed successfully" message and then updating the BIOS core.
3. When the update process is complete, the monitor will display a message telling you to remove
the diskette and to reboot the system.
4. As the computer boots, check the BIOS identifier (version number) to make sure the upgrade
was successful. If a logo appears, press
5. To enter the BIOS Setup program, press
Press <F2> to Run SETUP
6. For proper operation, load the BIOS Setup program defaults. To load the defaults, press
7. To accept the defaults, press
8. In Setup, enter the settings you wrote down before beginning the BIOS upgrade.
9. To save the settings, press
10. To accept the settings, press
11. Turn off the computer and reboot.
. The extracted file contains the following files:
.
file provided with the update files will automatically run the BIOS update
file updates the BIOS in two parts: first updating the boot block and
.
<Enter>
.
<F10>
.
<Enter>
to view the POST messages.
<Esc>
when you see the message:
<F2>
Upgrading the BIOS
.
<F9>
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