Upgrading Bios; Recovering Bios - NEC Express5800/180Rb-7 User Manual

Upgrading BIOS

1. Boot the computer with the diskette in drive A. The BIOS upgrade utility
screen appears.
2. Select Update Flash Memory From a File.
3. Select Update System BIOS. Press <Enter>.
4. Use the arrow keys to select the correct .bio file. Press <Enter>.
5. When asked toconfirm that you want to flash the new BIOS into memory,
select Continue with Programming. Press <Enter>.
6. When the utility displays the message that the upgrade is complete, remove
the diskette. Press <Enter>.
7. As the computer boots after the upgrade, check the BIOS identifier (version
number) to make sure the upgrade was successful.
8. To enter the Setup program, press <F2> when you see the message:
Press <F2> Key if you want to run SETUP
9. For proper operation, load the Setup program defaults. To load the defaults,
press <F9>.
10. To accept the defaults, press <Enter>.
11. Set the options in the Setup program to the settings you wrote down before
the BIOS upgrade.
12. To save the settings, press <F10>.
13. To accept the settings, press <Enter>.
14. Turn off the computer and reboot.

Recovering BIOS

It is unlikely that anything will interrupt the BIOS upgrade; however, if an
interruption occurs, BIOS could be damaged. In that case, you must recover
BIOS.
Note:
upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS upgrade.
The procedure for recovering BIOS is detailed in "Recovery Boot Switch" on
page 3-47. After doing the procedure, leave the upgrade disk in drive A and
turn on the server, then continue with the BIOS upgrade. See "Upgrading BIOS"
above.
Review the instructions distributed with the
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