NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron
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& Pentium III
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Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board
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Appendix D.
How to Upgrade a New BIOS
You can install an upgrade BIOS for the CPU Board that you can download
from the manufacturer’s web site (
www.iei.com.tw
). 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
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.
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