Setup and Operation 2-45
After you complete downloading your file, log off the BBS as follows.
1.
Press
Enter
(to continue).
2.
Press
G
(command for Goodbye/Hangup).
3.
Press
Enter
.
Using the BIOS Update Utility
The system BIOS resides on a flash component. You can upgrade a flash BIOS through
software, without taking the system apart or replacing the flash component. This procedure
tells how to upgrade the system BIOS from a diskette. Appendix tells how to recover from
any interrupt that may occur during upgrade.
Update the BIOS from the BIOS flash diskette as follows.
1.
Write down the Setup parameters currently set on the system.
2.
Turn off the system.
3.
Insert the flash diskette in drive A, and turn on the system.
4.
When the flash upgrade menu appears, choose “Update Flash Memory Area from
a file.”
5.
When the menu asks you to enter a path/filename, use the arrow keys to select the
“
.bio
” file, and press
Enter
.
6.
The utility asks for a confirmation that you want to load the new flash into
memory. Select “Continue with Programming.”
7.
After the upgrade completes, remove the upgrade disk.
8.
Reboot the system and start the Setup program. Press <F5> to reset the BIOS
defaults. Then, use the copy of the Setup selections you made at the beginning of
this procedure to set the options.
SCSISELECT Utility
If you have a SCSI configuration and need to review or change the drive settings, select the
SCSISelect utility at boot up. Press
Ctrl-A
as soon as you see the SCSI utility information
on the screen. If the BIOS information appears, you have gone past the window and must
reboot.
