To update the BIOS:

1Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive A: then restart the computer.

2The BIOS update program will run.

3The BIOS update program will let you know what to expect when you attempt to update the BIOS and will give you a choice to update or not. Select Y to update the BIOS.

4The system will automatically reboot and find the wpgbios.bin file on the diskette, then it will load the file to update the BIOS.

5When the process is completed the system will beep. If the BIOS update was successful, you will hear three groups of three beeps (3-3-3). If you hear anything else, the BIOS update was not successful and the old version of the BIOS is still in place. If this happens, try the update procedure again. If the update is still unsuccessful, call technical support.

6Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the diskette from drive A:, then restart the computer.

7As the computer starts up, enter the BIOS Configuration Manager by selecting Enter Setup with your mouse when the Gateway Logo screen appears.

8Go to the BIOS Version tab and make sure that the number of the BIOS version reported on the screen is the number of the new BIOS you downloaded from the Gateway Web site.

To restore the BIOS settings:

1Enter the BIOS Configuration Manager by restarting the computer, then selecting Enter Setup with your mouse when the Gateway Logo screen appears.

2Once in BIOS Configuration Manager, select the Save/Exit tab and click on Load Factory Settings.

3Go to the appropriate tabs and select any BIOS fields you want to change, then reenter the values you wrote down at the beginning of this process.

4Exit the BIOS Configuration Manager and restart the computer.

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