Intel SE7501CW2 Product Guide - Page 44

Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette, Upgrading the BIOS - motherboard manual

Get Intel SE7501CW2 - E7501 DUAL PGA604 XEON 533MHZ PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 735858160308
View all Intel SE7501CW2 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 44 highlights

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. Download the BIOS image file to a temporary folder on your hard drive. The image is available from http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/SE7501CW2 2. Insert the bootable diskette you created in the steps above into the diskette drive. 3. Type BIOS.EXE a: to extract the update files from the image file and place 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. 3. If you selected option 1, to automatically update the system BIOS: The system will execute the Phlash update utility to update the BIOS. When the update is complete, the utility will display a green box with a message that says "Completed Successfully." The system will then reboot. 4. If you selected option 2, to manually update the BIOS or to update the flash memory, you can either select "Update Flash Memory From a File" or "Update System BIOS": • Update Flash Memory From a File: When prompted for a file name, type BIOS.wph and press Enter. • Update System BIOS: The system will warn you that the BIOS will be updated. Verify the BIOS version is correct and press Enter to continue. When the update is complete, the utility will display a green box with a message that says "Completed Successfully." The system will then reboot. 5. Wait while the BIOS files are updated. Do not power down the system during the BIOS update process! The system will reset automatically when the BIOS update process is completed. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive. 6. Check to make sure the BIOS version displayed during POST is the new version as the system reboots. 7. Enter Setup by pressing the F2 key during boot. Once in Setup, press the F9 and to set the parameters back to default values. 8. Re-enter the values you wrote down at the beginning of this process. Press F10 and to exit BIOS Setup and Save Changes. 9. If you do not set the CMOS values back to defaults using the F9 key, the system may function erratically. ✏ NOTE You may encounter a CMOS Checksum error or other problem after reboot. If this happens, shut down the system and boot it again. CMOS checksum errors require that you enter Setup, check your settings, save your settings, and exit Setup. 44 Intel Server Board SE7501CW2 Product Guide

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
44
Intel Server Board SE7501CW2 Product Guide
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.
Download the BIOS image file to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
The image is
available from
2.
Insert the bootable diskette you created in the steps above into the diskette drive.
3. Type
BIOS.EXE a:
to extract the update files from the image file and place 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.
3.
If you selected option 1, to automatically update the system BIOS:
The system will execute the Phlash update utility to update the BIOS. When the update is
complete, the utility will display a green box with a message that says “Completed
Successfully.” The system will then reboot.
4.
If you selected option 2, to manually update the BIOS or to update the flash memory, you can
either select “Update Flash Memory From a File” or “Update System BIOS”:
•
Update Flash Memory From a File: When prompted for a file name, type BIOS.wph and
press Enter.
•
Update System BIOS: The system will warn you that the BIOS will be updated.
Verify the
BIOS version is correct and press Enter to continue.
When the update is complete, the
utility will display a green box with a message that says “Completed Successfully.” The
system will then reboot.
5.
Wait while the BIOS files are updated.
Do not power down the system during the BIOS
update process!
The system will reset automatically when the BIOS update process is
completed.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.
6.
Check to make sure the BIOS version displayed during POST is the new version as the system
reboots.
7.
Enter Setup by pressing the F2 key during boot. Once in Setup, press the F9 and <Enter> to set
the parameters back to default values.
8.
Re-enter the values you wrote down at the beginning of this process.
Press F10 and <Enter> to
exit BIOS Setup and Save Changes.
9.
If you do not set the CMOS values back to defaults using the F9 key, the system may function
erratically.
NOTE
You may encounter a CMOS Checksum error or other problem after reboot.
If this happens, shut down the system and boot it again.
CMOS checksum
errors require that you enter Setup, check your settings, save your settings,
and exit Setup.