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IV. BIOS (IDE HDD Detect) IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Flash Memory Writer Utility The motherboard package includes a Flash Memory Writer utility in the provided DOS floppy disk for use in erasing and reprogramming the onboard Flash EPROM BIOS ROM chip. This utility can be found under the \FLASH directory of the DOS floppy disk. You will find three files under this directory: PFLASH.EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility. T25Ixxxx.AWD A BIOS file for this motherboard. xxxx here is a 4-digit version number; larger values denote newer BIOS versions, while smaller numbers denote older versions. Readme A Readme text file containing information about the utility. To access or print out the contents of this file, you can use any text editor program. The Flash Memory Writer utility updates the contents of the Flash memory chip by downloading a new BIOS file. This BIOS file is included in the provided floppy disk, and may be newer than the BIOS on the motherboard. If this is such the case, then download the new BIOS file into your system to update the older BIOS. To determine whether or not the provided BIOS file is newer than the current system BIOS, compare the numbers after "T25I" in the BIOS file with the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left-hand corner of your screen while the Power-On Self Test (POST) is running. If the number in the BIOS file is larger, reprogram the system BIOS. If not, do not bother. IV. BIOS (FlashMemoryWriter) P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 45

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P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual
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(IDEHDDDetect)
IV.
BIOS SOFTWARE
IV.
BIOS
IV.
BIOS
(Flash Memory Writer)
Flash Memory Writer Utility
The motherboard package includes a Flash Memory Writer utility in the
provided DOS floppy disk for use in erasing and reprogramming the on-
board Flash EPROM BIOS ROM chip.
This utility can be found under the
\FLASH directory of the DOS floppy disk.
You will find three files under
this directory:
PFLASH.EXE
This is the Flash Memory Writer utility.
T25Ixxxx.AWD
A BIOS file for this motherboard.
xxxx here is a 4-digit version number;
larger values denote newer BIOS versions, while smaller numbers denote
older versions.
Readme
A Readme text file containing information about the utility.
To access or
print out the contents of this file, you can use any text editor program.
The Flash Memory Writer utility updates the contents of the Flash memory
chip by downloading a new BIOS file.
This BIOS file is included in the
provided floppy disk, and may be newer than the BIOS on the motherboard.
If this is such the case, then download the new BIOS file into your system to
update the older BIOS.
To determine whether or not the provided BIOS file
is newer than the current system BIOS, compare the numbers after “T25I”
in the BIOS file with the last four numbers of the code displayed on the
upper left-hand corner of your screen while the Power-On Self Test (POST)
is running.
If the number in the BIOS file is larger, reprogram the system
BIOS.
If not, do not bother.