Flashing the bios – Dell LATITUDE C510 User Manual

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Flashing the BIOS: Dell Latitude C610/C510 Service Manual

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Flashing the BIOS

Dell™ Latitude™ C610/C510 Service Manual

Flashing the BIOS

Flashing the BIOS

To update the basic input/output system (BIOS):

1. Make sure that the AC adapter is plugged in and that the main battery is installed properly.

2. Turn on the computer. The following error message appears:

System hardware failures: #0010

Strike the F1 key to shutdown

3. Instead of pressing , insert the flash BIOS update floppy disk or CD into the appropriate drive and press ,

and then press . The computer displays the following message on the screen:

Failure override

Processor update failure. Reload current BIOS

Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.

4. Press . The computer continues to boot and updates the new BIOS.

5. Press to enter the system setup program and reset the boot sequence with the appropriate drive, if required.

6. Press to exit the system setup program.

7. Remove the flash BIOS update floppy disk or CD from the drive and restart the computer.