Intel STL2 Product Guide - Page 52
Upgrading the BIOS, Preparing for the Upgrade - review
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Upgrading the BIOS Preparing for the Upgrade Before you upgrade the BIOS, prepare for the upgrade by recording the current BIOS settings, obtaining the upgrade utility, and making a copy of the current BIOS. Recording the Current BIOS Settings 1. Boot the computer and press when you see the message: Press Key if you want to run SETUP 2. Write down the current settings in the BIOS Setup program. NOTE Do not skip step 2. You will need these settings to configure your computer at the end of the procedure. Obtaining the Upgrade Utility You can upgrade to a new version of the BIOS using the new BIOS files and the BIOS upgrade utility, PHLASH.EXE. You can obtain the BIOS upgrade file and the PHLASH.EXE utility through your computer supplier or from the Intel Customer Support website: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/STL2 NOTE Please review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS upgrade. This upgrade utility allows you to: • Upgrade the BIOS in flash memory. • Update the language section of the BIOS. The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS. Creating a Bootable Floppy Diskette 1. Use a DOS or Windows 95 system to create the floppy disk. 2. Insert a floppy disk in floppy drive A. 3. At the C:\ prompt, for an unformatted floppy disk, type: format a:/s or, for a formatted floppy disk, type: sys a: 4. Press 52 Intel Server Board STL2 Product Guide
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