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Updating the BIOS

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3 Updating the BIOS The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. The BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the key (see Figure 16) after the Power-On SelfTest (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. F2 OM17050 Figure 16. F2 Key This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by either using the Intel Express BIOS Update utility or the Iflash Memory Update utility, and how to recover the BIOS if an update fails. Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you can update the system BIOS while in the Windows environment. The BIOS file is included in an automated update utility that combines the functionality of the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease-of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ 2. Navigate to the Desktop Board D865PCK page and click the Express BIOS Update utility file for the Desktop Board D865PCK BIOS. 3. Download the file to your hard drive. (You can also save this file to a diskette. This is useful if you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.) 4. Close all other applications. This step is required. Your system will be rebooted at the last Express BIOS Update window. 5. Double-click the executable file from the location on your hard drive where it was saved. This runs the update program. 6. Follow the instructions provided in the dialog boxes to complete the BIOS update. 47

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3 Updating the BIOS
The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer.
The
BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the <F2> key (see Figure 16) after the Power-On Self-
Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins.
OM17050
F2
Figure 16.
F2 Key
This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by either using the Intel Express BIOS Update utility
or the Iflash Memory Update utility, and how to recover the BIOS if an update fails.
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
®
Express BIOS
Update Utility
With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you can update the system BIOS while in the Windows
environment.
The BIOS file is included in an automated update utility that combines the
functionality of the Intel
®
Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease-of use of Windows-based
installation wizards.
To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility:
1.
Go to the Intel World Wide Web site:
2.
Navigate to the Desktop Board D865PCK page and click the Express BIOS Update utility file
for the Desktop Board D865PCK BIOS.
3.
Download the file to your hard drive.
(You can also save this file to a diskette.
This is useful if
you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.)
4.
Close all other applications.
This step is required.
Your system will be rebooted at the last
Express BIOS Update window.
5.
Double-click the executable file from the location on your hard drive where it was saved.
This
runs the update program.
6.
Follow the instructions provided in the dialog boxes to complete the BIOS update.