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V1.0 Vig870G Motherboard Manual
3.1.3 BIOS Update Instructions under DOS
The BIOS Updater allows you to update BIOS in a DOS environment. This utility also
allows you to copy the current BIOS file that you can use as a backup when the BIOS
fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
1. Save BIOS update zipped file to a temporary directory.
2. Extract the necessary files.
3. Copy the contents of the file to a bootable USB key or CD-ROM media
4. Turn on pc, press DEL enter BIOS setting then go to Save
& Exit tab. Set “ME FW
Image Re Fla
sh” to enable, and save and reset system.
5. Boot the target PC with the device connected or inserted.
6. Select
<F12>
during POST to display the Boot Menu and select your bootable
device.
7.
Navigate to the target device using cd (example “cd bios folder”) to enter the target
folder with the bios contents saved and dir (example “dir”) to list of the contents of
the current directory.
8. At the DOS prompt Type 'Flash.bat' to launch the BIOS updates process.
9. Reboot the system once complete.
10. Enter the BIOS Setup and Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to ensure
system compatibility and stability. Select the Load Optimized Defaults item under
the Exit menu.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS!
Doing so may cause system boot failure!
