M81E / M81DC2 / M812-FX Series User’s Manual
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Or allows your O/S specify the path for LAN driver install, please refer to “LAN Driver
Readme” explain on the Figure 2.
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BIOS Utility
This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the
motherboard, and let you copy an updated BIOS to the chip. Take care how you use this
program. If you erase the current BIOS and fail to write a new BIOS, or write a new BIOS
that is incorrect, your system will malfunction.
The flash memory utility is called
AWDFLASH.EXE
. To use the utility, you must be in
real-mode DOS (not the DOS box that is available in Windows 95/98/NT). If you are
using Windows 95/98, shut down your system and select the option restart in DOS in the
shut down dialog box. If you are running Windows NT, shut down your system and boot
from a DOS diskette temporarily in order to run the flash memory utility. You can easily
flash a BIOS by following the step below :
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After downloading the appropriate BIOS file from website, extract it to a bootable DOS
6.X or Windows 98 diskette.
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If you are using DOS 6.X, reboot your system with the bootable diskette in the A:
drive. To make sure a clean DOS environment is loaded, press the [
F5
] key while
“Starting MS-DOS” is displayed. After the system has rebooted, the cursor will ap-
pear at the A:\>prompt.
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If you are using Windows 95 or 98, press [
F8
] key when you see “Starting MS Win-
dows 95 or 98”. Select the option “Safe Mode Command Prompt only”.
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Now you can run the flash utility from the A:\prompt.For example, to update the moth-
erboard to BIOS version xx, you would type :
A:\>AWDFLASH xxxxxx.BIN
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Then press [
Enter
] key, after the flash screen appear, select [
Y
] to save the current
BIOS or [
N
] if you do not want to save the current BIOS. We recommended that you
save the current BIOS.
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When prompted, select [
Yes
] to program the BIOS.
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After the update process has completed, you will be prompted to power off or reset
your system. Once the system reboots, verify that the new BIOS version appear on the
screen.
Note : After reprogramming the BIOS, you may need to enter BOS setup and reset
your settings.
