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e. Select FlashBIOS Updates for the download category.
f. Click Go and follow the instructions on screen to create a diskette containing
the BIOS update files.
NOTE: For some Dell systems, you are given a choice to create a diskette con-
taining the BIOS update files or to download a file you can use from the hard
drive. Select the choice to use the file that creates an installation diskette.
2. Insert the BIOS update diskette into the diskette drive of the computer to be
updated. Then restart the computer.
The computer automatically updates the BIOS from the diskette.
3. When the computer begins to restart and the Dell logo screen appears, remove
the diskette from the diskette drive so that the computer does not boot from the
diskette again.
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for your personal safety and to prevent damage to the system from electrostatic dis-
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1. Turn off the computer and any peripherals.
2. Disconnect
the computer and peripherals from their power sources. Also, discon-
nect any telephone or telecommunication lines from the computer.
Before disconnecting a peripheral from the computer or removing a component
from the system board, verify that the standby power light, located on the sys-
tem board, has turned off. If it is on, you may need to wait 15 to 30 seconds for it
to go out (see the internal system board label that is attached to the cover of your
computer).