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Upgrading the BIOS
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Creating a BIOS Upgrade Diskette
1. Obtain the BIOS upgrade file through your computer supplier or from the Intel World Wide
Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
2. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk.
3. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.
4. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example, CCBIOSxx.EXE.
5. Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:
LICENSE.TXT
BIOINSTR.TXT
BIOS.EXE
MK_BOOTZ.EXE
6. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement, and the
BIOINSTR.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
7. Insert the bootable diskette into drive A.
8. To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the diskette, change to the temporary directory that holds the
BIOS.EXE file and type:
BIOS A:
9. Press <Enter>.
10. The diskette now holds the new BIOS files, the Intel Flash Update Utility, and the recovery
files.
Upgrading the BIOS
CAUTION
The AUTOEXEC.BAT file provided with the update files updates the BIOS in two parts: first
updating the boot block and displaying the
Operation completed successfully message
and second, updating the BIOS core. You will be asked to reboot the system when the update
process is complete. Do not interrupt the process or the system may not be capable of rebooting.
1. Boot the computer with the BIOS upgrade diskette in drive A. During system boot, the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file provided with the update files will automatically run the BIOS update
process.
2. The AUTOEXEC.BAT file updates the BIOS in two parts: first updating the boot block and
displaying the
Operation completed successfully message and then updating the
BIOS core.
3. When the update process is complete, the monitor will display a message telling you to remove
the diskette and to reboot the system.
4. As the computer boots, check the BIOS identifier (version number) to make sure the upgrade
was successful. If a logo appears, press <Esc> to view the POST messages.
5. To enter the BIOS Setup program, press <F2> when you see the message:
Press <F2> to Run SETUP
6. For proper operation, load the BIOS Setup program defaults. To load the defaults, press <F9>.
7. To accept the defaults, press <Enter>.
8. In Setup, enter the settings you wrote down before beginning the BIOS upgrade.