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Using the BIOS Setup Utility

To update the BIOS:

1

Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive A:, then
restart the computer. The BIOS Setup utility starts.

2

Press E

NTER

. The

Main

menu opens.

3

Select

Update Flash Memory From a File

, then press E

NTER

.

4

Select

Update System BIOS

.

5

Press T

AB

to select the file name, then press E

NTER

. The computer warns

you that the BIOS is about to be changed and asks you to confirm the
BIOS version.

6

Press E

NTER

. The BIOS files are loaded.

7

Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the diskette from
drive A:, then press E

NTER

when prompted to restart the computer.

8

As the computer starts up, verify that the number of the BIOS version
reported on the screen is the number of the new BIOS you downloaded
from the Internet.

To restore the BIOS settings:

1

Enter BIOS Setup by pressing F1 when prompted during startup.

2

Once in BIOS Setup, press F9 to load the BIOS Setup utility default
settings.

3

Select any BIOS fields you want to change by using the

=

(

up arrow) and

(down arrow) keys. Press E

NTER

, then reenter the values you wrote down

at the beginning of this process.

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