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Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu

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Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu Updating your system BIOS using a BIOS update .exe file copied to a FAT32 USB key and booting from the F12 one time boot menu. BIOS Update You can run the BIOS update file from Windows using a bootable USB key or you can also update the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu on the system. Most Dell systems built after 2012 have this capability and you can confirm by booting your system to the F12 One-Time Boot Menu to see if BIOS FLASH UPDATE is listed as a boot option for your system. If the option is listed, then the BIOS supports this BIOS update option. NOTE: Only systems with BIOS Flash Update option in the F12 One-Time Boot Menu can use this function. Updating from the One-Time Boot Menu To update your BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu, you will need: • USB key formatted to the FAT32 file system (key does not have to be bootable) • BIOS executable file that you downloaded from the Dell Support website and copied to the root of the USB key • AC power adapter connected to the system • Functional system battery to flash the BIOS Perform the following steps to execute the BIOS update flash process from the F12 menu: CAUTION: Do not power off the system during the BIOS update process. Powering off the system could make the system fail to boot. 1 From a power off state, insert the USB key where you copied the flash into a USB port of the system . 2 Power on the system and press the F12 key to access the One-Time Boot Menu, Highlight BIOS Flash Update using the arrow keys then press Enter. 3 The Bios flash menu will open then click the browse button. System setup 59

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Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
Updating your system BIOS using a BIOS update .exe
file
copied to a FAT32 USB key and booting from the F12 one time boot menu.
BIOS Update
You can run the BIOS update
file
from Windows using a bootable USB key or you can also update the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot
menu on the system.
Most Dell systems built after 2012 have this capability and you can
confirm
by booting your system to the F12 One-Time Boot Menu to see
if BIOS FLASH UPDATE is listed as a boot option for your system. If the option is listed, then the BIOS supports this BIOS update option.
NOTE:
Only systems with BIOS Flash Update option in the F12 One-Time Boot Menu can use this function.
Updating from the One-Time Boot Menu
To update your BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu, you will need:
•
USB key formatted to the FAT32
file
system (key does not have to be bootable)
•
BIOS executable
file
that you downloaded from the Dell Support website and copied to the root of the USB key
•
AC power adapter connected to the system
•
Functional system battery to
flash
the BIOS
Perform the following steps to execute the BIOS update
flash
process from the F12 menu:
CAUTION:
Do not power
off
the system during the BIOS update process. Powering
off
the system could make the system fail to
boot.
1
From a power
off
state, insert the USB key where you copied the
flash
into a USB port of the system .
2
Power on the system and press the F12 key to access the One-Time Boot Menu, Highlight BIOS Flash Update using the arrow keys
then press
Enter
.
3
The Bios
flash
menu will open then click the browse button.
System setup
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