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It is unlikely that anything will interrupt the BIOS upgrade; however, if an interruption occurs, the BIOS
could be damaged. The following steps explain how to recover the BIOS if an upgrade fails. The following
procedure use recovery mode for the Setup program.
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NOTE
Because of the small amount of code available in the non-erasable boot
block area, there is no video support. You will not see anything on the
screen during the procedure. Monitor the procedure by listening to the
speaker and looking at the floppy drive LED.
1. Turn all peripheral devices connected to the computer off and then turn the computer
off.
2. Remove the computer cover.
3. Locate jumper block J3J2.
4. Move the Recovery Boot jumper from pins 9-10 to pins 10-11 (see Figure on page
133).
5. Insert the bootable BIOS upgrade floppy disk into floppy drive A.
6. Replace the cover, turn on the computer, and allow it to boot. The recovery process
will take a few minutes.
7. Listen to the speaker.
8. Two beeps and the end of activity in drive A indicate successful BIOS recovery.
9. A series of continuous beeps indicates failed BIOS recovery.
10. If recovery fails, return to Step 1 and repeat the recovery process.
11. If recovery is successful, turn off the computer. Remove the computer cover and
continue with the following steps.
12. Move the Recovery Boot jumper back to pins 9-10.
13. Replace the computer cover. Leave the upgrade disk in drive A and turn on the
computer.
14. Continue with the BIOS upgrade.
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You can use the BIOS upgrade utility to change the language the BIOS uses for messages and the Setup
program. Use a bootable floppy disk containing the Intel flash utility and language files.
1. Boot the computer with the bootable floppy disk in drive A. The BIOS upgrade utility
screen appears.
2. Select
Update Flash Memory From a File
.
3. Select
Update Language Set
. Press
<Enter>
.
4. Select drive A and use the arrow keys to select the correct
.lng
file. Press
<Enter>
.
5. When the utility asks for confirmation that you want to flash the new language into
memory, select
Continue with Programming
. Press
<Enter>
.
6. When the utility displays the message
upgrade is complete
, remove the floppy disk.
Press
<Enter>
.
7. The computer will reboot and the changes will take effect.
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