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Appendix c. how to upgrade a new bios – ICP DAS USA SAGP-845EV User Manual

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Appendix C. How to Upgrade a

New BIOS

Before flashing BIOS , please enable the item
“FLASH BIOS” in BIOS setting.

The user can install an upgrade BIOS for the

SAGP-845EV

download from the manufacturer’s web site
(

http://www.ieiworld.com

). New BIOS may provide support for new

peripherals ,improvements in performance or fixes to addressed
known bugs.

BIOS Update Procedure:

1. Make a boot disk. Go to the DOS command prompt in MS-DOS

or Windows 9x and, with an available floppy disk in "A", type
"format A: /s" That will format the floppy and transfer the
needed system files to it.

NOTES:

A. This procedure will erase any prior data on that floppy,

so please Proceed accordingly.

B. Typically four files will be transferred, only

COMMAND.COM being visible when running a simple
directory listing.

C. Please leave the diskette UN-write protected for the

balance of this procedure.


2. Download the BIOS upgrade file and awdflash.exe utility from a

ICP web site to a temp directory on your hard drive, or directly
to the floppy you made in step 1..


3. Copy ( BIOS file and awdflash.exe )two files to the boot floppy.