Software Updates and Recoveries
Accessing Notebook ROM Information
To determine whether an available ROM update is a later ROM version than the ROM version currently installed on the notebook, you need to know the version of the currently installed ROM.
To view the ROM version of your notebook:
»Press fn+esc.
✎When viewing system information, the system BIOS date is the version number of the system ROM. The BIOS date may display in a decimal format, such as 10/19/2003 F.07.
ROM information can also be displayed in the Setup utility.
1.Open the Setup utility. To open the Setup utility, turn on or restart the notebook.
2.Before Windows opens and while the “Press <F10> to enter setup” prompt is displayed in the
3.If the Setup utility does not open with system information displayed, use the arrow keys to select the Main menu. (When the Main menu is selected, ROM and other system information is displayed.)
4.To close the Setup utility without changing any settings, use the arrow keys to select Exit > Exit Discarding Changes, and then press enter. (The notebook restarts in Windows.)
For more information about using the Setup utility, refer to Chapter 13, “Setup Utility.”
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