Bios, Flashing the bios from a cd, 1 turn on your computer – Dell OptiPlex 360 (Late 2008) User Manual

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BIOS

NOTE:

If a BIOS-update program CD is provided with a new system board, flash the

BIOS from the CD. If you do not have a BIOS-update program CD, see "Flashing the

Flashing the BIOS From a CD

1 Turn on your computer.
2 Press the eject button on the front of the optical drive to open the drive

tray.

3 Place the BIOS-update disc in the center of the drive tray, and then press

the eject button or gently push on the tray to close it.

4 Restart the computer.
5 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately.

NOTE:

Keyboard failure may result when a key on the keyboard is held down

for extended periods of time. To avoid possible keyboard failure, press and

release in even intervals until the Boot Device Menu appears.

If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to

wait until you see the Microsoft

Windows

desktop, and then shut down

your computer and try again.

6 At the Boot Device Menu, use the up- and down-arrow keys, or press the

appropriate number on the keyboard to highlight

Onboard or USB CD-

ROM, and then press .

NOTE:

The one time boot menu feature changes the boot sequence for the

current boot only. Upon restart, the computer boots according to the boot

sequence specified in the system setup program.

CAUTION:

Do not interrupt this process once it begins. Doing so may damage the

system.

7 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. The computer continues

to boot and updates the new BIOS. When the flash update is complete,

the computer automatically reboots.

8 Remove the flash BIOS update program CD from the drive.