Updating The Bios - Gateway ALR 8200R User Manual

Updating the BIOS

Flash memory simplifies distributing BIOS upgrades. If you need a new
version of BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from the Technical
Support web site and install the new version from a disk.
Enter BIOS Setup by pressing
1.
2. Write down the settings for each of the parameters. (At the end of the
BIOS update process, reset the parameters to the correct values.)
Exit the BIOS Setup program.
3.
Download the correct BIOS file from the Technical Support web site.
4.
Directions are provided on the website.
5. Uncompress the contents of the BIOS file you downloaded and copy
the contents onto a bootable disk.
Place the bootable disk containing the BIOS files into drive A, then
6.
restart the system with the disk in the drive. The BIOS Setup program
starts.
7. Press to go to the Main menu.
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NTER
Select
8. Update Flash Memory From a File
Select
9. Update System BIOS
10. Press to select the file name, then press
T
AB
The system warns you that BIOS is about to be changed.
Press .
11.
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Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the disk from drive A,
12.
then press
E
NTER
13. As the system starts up, verify that you have loaded the correct BIOS
version.
To update the BIOS
when prompted during startup.
F
1
and press
and press
E
NTER
when prompted to restart the system.
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