eSelect FlashBIOS Updates for the download category.
fClick Go.
3Follow the instructions on the screen to download the BIOS update utility.
NOTE: For some Dell systems, you are given a choice to create a diskette containing the BIOS update files or to download a file you can use from the hard drive. Select the choice to use the file that requires no installation mechanism, or application. This allows you to download a file that you can use from the hard drive.
4Go to an
5Change to the drive and file path where you downloaded the utility.
6Type the command xxxxx
This generates a file with an .hdr extension, and a message appears indicating that the .hdr file has been written.
7Copy the .hdr file to a blank, formatted diskette.
NOTE: This diskette does not have to be bootable. All operations for the recovery utility are performed by the BIOS, and no boot files are required.
8Insert the diskette into the diskette drive of the malfunctioning computer. Then turn the computer on.
The computer automatically regenerates the BIOS from the diskette.
9Remove the diskette from the diskette drive so that the computer does not boot from the diskette the next time you start the computer.