Updating￿the￿System￿BIOS

Your￿computer￿uses￿flash￿BIOS,￿which￿enables￿you￿to￿update￿the￿BIOS￿ easily￿from￿a￿floppy￿disk.￿If￿Samsung￿releases￿a￿BIOS￿update￿for￿your￿ computer,￿copy￿the￿disk￿image￿to￿your￿hard￿drive￿from￿

￿The￿Samsung￿Web￿site: http://www.samsungpc.com/

Performing￿the￿BIOS￿Update￿

Before￿performing￿the￿BIOS￿update,￿please￿note￿the￿following￿rules:

￿ Do￿not￿interrupt￿the￿power￿while￿updating￿the￿BIOS.￿ Interrupting￿the￿power￿may￿create￿a￿fatal￿error,￿causing￿your￿ computer￿to￿become￿inoperable￿once￿it￿has￿been￿turned￿off.￿If￿ the￿power￿is￿interrupted,￿turn￿off￿your￿computer￿and￿call￿your￿ authorized￿Samsung￿Service￿Center.

￿ If￿your￿computer￿is￿connected￿to￿a￿docking￿device,￿disconnect￿ it.

￿ Do￿not￿attempt￿a￿BIOS￿update￿unless￿the￿AC￿adapter￿is￿ connected.

￿ Under￿the￿Boot￿menu￿in￿System￿Setup,￿set￿Diskette￿Drive￿as￿ the￿first￿boot￿device.￿(See￿“Boot￿Menu”￿on￿page￿54￿for￿ information￿on￿setting￿the￿option.)

￿ Write￿down￿your￿System￿Setup￿settings￿before￿you￿perform￿a￿BIOS￿update.￿(See￿“Recording￿the￿Computer￿Hardware￿Configuration”￿on￿page￿109.)￿To￿perform￿the￿BIOS￿update:

1.Attach￿the￿AC￿adapter￿to￿your￿computer,￿plug￿the￿adapter￿into￿ an￿electrical￿outlet,￿and￿turn￿on￿the￿computer.

2.Copy￿the￿BIOS￿disk￿image￿from￿the￿Samsung￿Web￿site￿onto￿ your￿computer’s￿hard￿drive.

3.Insert￿a￿formatted￿floppy￿disk￿in￿the￿floppy￿drive.4.Click￿the￿Start￿button￿on￿the￿Windows￿taskbar￿and￿click￿Run.

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