Saturday, September 29, 2007

BIOS V: Flashing the BIOS

This will depends on your getting an executable from the PC mfg.

  1. Use the System Information tool(or MSINFO32) to determine your current BIOS version.
  2. Visit the mfgs web site support pages to locate their BIOS update files. Compare their version # and release date with the info from the System Information tool to see if a new BIOS version is available.
  3. Download the new BIOS installation executable.
  4. If it isn't part of the installation pkg, also download the "flashing utility" from the website.
  5. Close all open applications
  6. Open and run the flashing utility and follow its instructions.
  7. Restart PC when prompted.