74 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 8200 Server
Updating the BIOS
Flash memory simplifies distributing BIOS upgrades. If you need a new
version of BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from the Technical
Support web site and install the new version from a diskette.
1.
Enter BIOS Setup by pressing
F
1
when prompted during startup.
2.
Write down the settings for each of the parameters. (At the end of the
BIOS update process, reset the parameters to the correct values.)
3.
Exit the BIOS Setup program.
4.
Download the correct BIOS file from the Technical Support web site.
Directions are provided on the website.
5.
Uncompress the contents of the BIOS file you downloaded and copy
the contents onto a bootable diskette.
6.
Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive A,
then restart the system with the diskette in the drive. The BIOS Setup
program starts.
7.
Press
E
NTER
to go to the Main menu.
8.
Select
Update Flash Memory From a File
and press
E
NTER
.
9.
Select
Update System BIOS
and press
E
NTER
.
10.
Press
T
AB
to select the file name, then press
E
NTER
.
The system warns you that BIOS is about to be changed.
11.
Press
E
NTER
.
12.
Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the diskette from drive
A, then press
E
NTER
when prompted to restart the system.
13.
As the system starts up, verify that you have loaded the correct BIOS
version.
To update the BIOS
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