********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * ********************************************************************** * * * IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS * * * * ------------------------------------------------- * * THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S) * * ------------------------------------------------- * * * * MACHINE DESCRIPTION * * ---------- ---------------------------------------------------- * * 2169 CELERON/PENTIUM III PROCESSOR PCs / DESKTOP * * * * ---- ABOUT APPLIED FIXES OR FEATURES ADDED ---- * * * * CHANGES.NEW IS ANOTHER FILE ON THIS DISKETTE THAT LISTS KNOWN * * PROBLEMS CORRECTED AND/OR FEATURES ADDED AFTER APPLYING THIS * * UPDATE TO YOUR SYSTEM - PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS FILE * * BEFORE USING THE FLASH UPDATE FACILITY * * * ********************************************************************** * * * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * STEPS * * * * 1 : PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE * * CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER * * UPDATING THE BIOS. * * * * 2 : DISKETTE MUST BE KEPT IN WRITABLE. IF WRITE PROTECT TAB IS * * CHANGED, IT MUST BE SET TO WRITABLE POSITION. * * * * 3 : PUT THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE AND POWER UP THE * * SYSTEM. THE FLASH UPDATE UTILITY AWD753 WILL AUTOMATICALLY * * START AND UPDATE POST/BIOS - NOTE THE USER MUST CONFIRM * * THAT DISKETTE IS WRITE ENABLED. IF USER DO NOT NEED TO UPDATE * * BIOS, SYSTEM MUST BE REBOOTED AFTER DISKETTE REMOVED.ES * * * * 4 : ONCE THE FLASH UPDATE PROCEDURE IS COMPLETE, SYSTEM IS * * REBOOTED TO RESTART THE SAME FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE. * * AFTER REBOOTED, A SECOND UTILITY WILL START THAT WILL ALLOW * * THE USER TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER AND MACHINE TYPE MODEL IF* * YOU WISH AFTER RELOAD THE ORIGINAL MACHINE TYPE MODEL, SERIAL * * NUMBER AND UUID. * * * * FIRSTLY, THE CURRENT SERIAL NUMBER IS DISPLAYED AND YOU * * ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE IT * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * NEW OR CORRECT SERIAL NUMBER * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN YOU PROCEED TO THE MACHINE TYPE * * MODEL UPDATE SECTION * * * * SECONDALY, THE CURRENT THE MACHINE TYPE MODEL IS DISPLAYED * * AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE IT * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * NEW OR CORRECT MACHINE TYPE MODEL * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN THE UPDATE IS COMPLETE * * * * 5 : ONCE THE UPDATE IS COMPLETE YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WISH * * TO REBOOT THE MACHINE OR EXIT TO DOS. IF YOU EXIT TO DOS, * * YOU MUST REBOOT THE MACHINE LATER IN ORDER FOR YOUR CHANGES * * TO TAKE EFFECT. BEFORE REBOOTING, REMOVE ALL DISKETTES * * * ********************************************************************** * * * FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS * * --------------------- * * * * THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS TO * * PERFORM THE UPDATE AFTER USER CONFIRMATION, GIVE THE USER * * THE OPTION TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER AND MACHINE TYPE * * MODEL IF DESIRED THEN EXIT * * * * IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY * * SYSTEMS THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE * * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION * * TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OPERATION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY * * MODIFYING THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE ON THIS DISKETTE WITH * * THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS (OPTIONS ARE CASE SENSITIVE): * * * * * * AWD753 [FILENAME1] [FILENAME2] [/SW /SW .....] * * * * FILENAME1 = NEW BIOS NAME FOR FLASH PROGRAMMING * * FILENAME2 = BIOS FILE FOR BACKING UP ORIGINAL BIOS * * * * * * OPTIONS * * ------- * * * * /? SHOW HELP MESSAGES * * /py PROGRAM FLASH MEMORY * * /pn NO FLASH PROGRAMMING * * /sy BACKUP ORIGINAL BIOS TO DISK FILE * * /sn NO ORIGINAL BIOS BACKUP * * /sb SKIP BOOTBLOCK PROGRAMMING * * /sd SAVE DMI DATA TO FILE * * /cp CLEAR PNP(ESCD) DATA AFTER PROGRAMMING * * /cd CLEAR DMI DATA AFTER PROGRAMMING * * /cc CLEAR CMOS DATA AFTER PROGRAMMING * * /R RESET SYSTEM AFTER PROGRAMMING * * /cks SHOW UPDATE BINFILE CHECKSUM * * /Tiny OCCUPY LESS MEMORY * * /E RETURN TO DOS * * /F USE FLASH ROUTINES IN ORIGINAL BIOS FOR * * FLASH PROGRAMMING * * /LD DESTROY CMOS CHECKSUM AND NO SYSTEM HALT * * FOR FIRST REBOOT AFTER PROGRAMMING * * /cksxxxx COMPARE BINFILE CHECKSUM WITH xxxx * * * **********************************************************************