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Updating the BIOS Updating the BIOS If you need a new version of the BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from support.gateway.com, then install the new version from Windows. To update the BIOS: 1 Download the new version of the BIOS from support.gateway.com, then unzip the file. Important Make sure you write down the location of the unzipped files, so you can locate them later. 2 Print the appendix for BIOS Settings in this guide. 3 Restart your server, then press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS setup utility opens. 4 Record any custom BIOS settings on your printout, then exit the BIOS setup utility. 5 Continue to boot your server into Windows 2003 Server, then click the Windows-based BIOS update utility named WT72310J.15A.xxxx.xx.exe (or similar) (found in the location you wrote down after Step 1). Windows restarts the server and automatically flashes the BIOS. 6 Enter any custom BIOS settings you recorded in Step 4, then save your changes and close the BIOS Setup utility. www.gateway.com 67

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www.gateway.com
Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS
If you need a new version of the BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from
support.gateway.com
, then install the new version from Windows.
To update the BIOS:
1
Download the new version of the BIOS from
support.gateway.com
, then unzip the file.
2
Print the appendix for
BIOS Settings
in this guide.
3
Restart your server, then press
F2
when the Gateway logo screen appears during
startup. The BIOS setup utility opens.
4
Record any custom BIOS settings on your printout, then exit the BIOS setup utility.
5
Continue to boot your server into Windows 2003 Server, then click the
Windows-based BIOS update utility named WT72310J.15A.xxxx.xx.exe (or similar)
(found in the location you wrote down after
Step 1
).
Windows restarts the server and automatically flashes the BIOS.
6
Enter any custom BIOS settings you recorded in
Step 4
, then save your changes and
close the BIOS Setup utility.
Important
Make sure you write down the location of the unzipped files, so you
can locate them later.