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Appendix A AMIFlash Utility
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Reprogramming from System Boot
When you reprogram from system boot, the American Megatrends Flash utility:
1. reads S701P.ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A:,
2. erases the Flash EPROM,
3. programs the Flash EPROM with the data read from the floppy disk in drive A:, and
4. generates a CPU reset, rebooting the system.
The AMIFlash portion of Flash EPROM is not programmed.
S701P.ROM
S701P.ROM resides on a floppy disk and contains the updated main BIOS code. American Megatrends will provide
this file when the AMIBIOS for the Excalibur PCI Pentium motherboard must be updated.
S701P.ROM must be present in the root directory of the floppy disk before the onboard Flash EPROM can be
reprogrammed. The file that has the main BIOS code must be named S701P.ROM.
Programming the Flash EPROM
Step Action
1 Turn system power off.
2 Place the floppy disk that has the latest S701P.ROM BIOS file in floppy
drive A:.
3 Make sure that the system has a speaker that is connected.
4 Turn system power on while pressing and holding down the <Ctrl> and
<Home> keys.