
AR-B1380/AR-1380A User’ s Guide
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7.8.2 Exit Without Saving
When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to
Abandon all Data and Exit Setup.
Quit without saving (Y/N) ?
7.9 BIOS UPDATE
The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located
on your system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS
firmware without removing and installing chips.
The AR-B1380/AR-B1380A provides FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily upgrade newer BIOS
version. Please follow the operating steps for updating new BIOS:
Step 1:
Turn on your system and press <F5> to skip the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
Keep your system in the real mode.
Step 2:
Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive.
Step 3:
In the MS-DOS mode, you can type the AMIFLASH program.
A:\>AMIFLASH
Step 4:
The screen will show the message as follows:
Enter the BIOS File name from which Flash EPROM will be programmed.
Press <ENTER> after inserting the file name or press <ESC> to exit.
Step 5:
And then please enter the file name to the box of <Enter File Name>. And the box of
<Message> will show the notice as follow. In the bottom of this window always show the
gray statement.
Flash EPROM Programming is going to start. System will not be usable until Programming of
Flash EPROM is successfully complete. In case of any error, existing Flash EPROM must be
replaced by new program Flash EPROM.
Step 6:
When the above statement disappears, press the <Y> key to updating the new BIOS.
And then the <Message> box will show the <Programming Flash EPROM>, and the gray
statement shows <Please Wait>.
Step 7:
The BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash Update Completed - Pass>.
NOTE
1) If the system didn’ t detect the boot procedure, during power on, please press the [F5] key immediately.
The system will pass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
. 2) Now the onboard BIOS is the newest BIOS, if user needs to add some functions in the future, please
contact technical supporting engineers, they will provide the newest BIOS for updating.
3) The included file of
AMIFLASH.EXE
is
Version 6.31
.
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