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BIOS, Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility, Obtaining the BIOS Update File - download

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3 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 after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. 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 D915PGN/D915PSY/D915PCY/D915PCM page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 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. Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility With the Iflash BIOS update utility you can update the system BIOS from a floppy disk or other bootable media. The utility available from the Web provides a simple method for creating a bootable flash memory update floppy that will automatically update your BIOS. Obtaining the BIOS Update File You can update to a new version of the BIOS by using the BIOS update file. The BIOS update file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains all the files you need to update the BIOS. The BIOS update file contains: • New BIOS files • BIOS recovery files • Intel Flash Memory Update Utility 59

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3 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 after the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins.
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 D915PGN/D915PSY/D915PCY/D915PCM page, click “[
view
]
Latest BIOS
updates
,”
and select the Express BIOS Update utility file.
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.
Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update
Utility
With the Iflash BIOS update utility you can update the system BIOS from a floppy disk or other
bootable media.
The utility available from the Web provides a simple method for creating a
bootable flash memory update floppy that will automatically update your BIOS.
Obtaining the BIOS Update File
You can update to a new version of the BIOS by using the BIOS update file.
The BIOS update file
is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains all the files you need to update the BIOS.
The
BIOS update file contains:
•
New BIOS files
•
BIOS recovery files
•
Intel Flash Memory Update Utility