Intel SX220 manual Individual Updates, Bios Upgrade Description Preparing for the Upgrade

3.Disk 3 – SCB2 FRU/SDR update—Prompts you to choose the chassis type. You can choose to update the chassis information; you will be prompted for the Serial Number, Part Number, and Asset Tag.

Following the update process, the system will automatically reboot. Upon completion, it may be necessary to enter BIOS setup and reconfigure the setting values.

Individual Updates

BIOS Upgrade Description

Preparing for the Upgrade

Before upgrading the BIOS, prepare for the upgrade by recording the current custom BIOS settings, and obtaining the upgrade utility.

Obtaining a BIOS Update

You can download the most current version of the BIOS from the Viglen support website

NOTE: Print and review the release notes and instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS upgrade. This upgrade utility allows you to upgrade the BIOS in flash memory. The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS.

Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette

The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to upgrade the BIOS.

1.Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on the hard disk.

2.From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.

3.To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example: 10006BI1.EXE

4.Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:

LICENSE.TXT

INSTALL.TXT

BIOS.EXE

5.Read the LICENSE.TXT file, this contains the software license agreement, and the INSTALL.TXT file. It contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.

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