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4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in
“Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to
upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility.
STEP 1.
Prepare a boot disc. (you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A:
click OK)
STEP 2.
Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD
X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.
STEP 3.
Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for motherboard series from the web
site to your boot disc.
STEP 4.
Insert your boot disc into A:,
start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\xxxxxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R” ,xxxxxx.BIN
is the file name of latest BIOS
SN
means don’t save existing BIOS data
PY
means renew existing BIOS data
CC
means clear existing CMOS data
R
means restart computer
STEP 5.
Push ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart
automatically.