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Creating a Bootable Diskette, Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette, Upgrading the BIOS

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110 4 BIOS setup Note: Review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS upgrade. Review also any release notes in the release notes file that accompanies the new version of the BIOS. The release notes may contain critical information regarding jumper settings, specific fixes, or other information to complete the upgrade. Creating a Bootable Diskette Use a DOS system to create the diskette as follows: 1 Insert a diskette in diskette drive A. 2 At the C:\ prompt, for an unformatted diskette, type: format a:/s 3 or, for a diskette that is already formatted, type: sys a: 4 Press . Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to upgrade the BIOS. 1 Insert the bootable diskette into the diskette drive. 2 While in the directory into which you downloaded the upgrade file(s), type [filename] a: where "[filename]" is the name of the file that you downloaded. This command extracts the update files and places them onto the bootable diskette Upgrading the BIOS 1 Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS update files into the diskette drive of your system. Boot the system with the diskette in the drive. 2 A menu will appear with two options. Use option 1 to automatically update the system BIOS. Use option 2 to manually update the system BIOS and the User Binary.

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4 BIOS setup
110
Note:
Review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility
before attempting a BIOS upgrade. Review also any release notes
in the release notes file that accompanies the new version of the
BIOS. The release notes may contain critical information regarding
jumper settings, specific fixes, or other information to complete
the upgrade.
Creating a Bootable Diskette
Use a DOS system to create the diskette as follows:
1
Insert a diskette in diskette drive A.
2
At the C:\ prompt, for an unformatted diskette, type:
format a:/s
3
or, for a diskette that is already formatted, type:
sys a:
4
Press <Enter>.
Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette
The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that
contains the files you need to upgrade the BIOS.
1
Insert the bootable diskette into the diskette drive.
2
While in the directory into which you downloaded the upgrade
file(s), type [filename] a: where “[filename]” is the name of the file
that you downloaded. This command extracts the update files and
places them onto the bootable diskette
Upgrading the BIOS
1
Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS update files into
the diskette drive of your system. Boot the system with the
diskette in the drive.
2
A menu will appear with two options.
Use option 1 to
automatically update the system BIOS.
Use option 2 to manually update the system BIOS and the User
Binary.