Gateway E-3200 - Manual (Page 55)

46 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your E-3200 System
Updating the BIOS
Flash memory simplifies distributing BIOS upgrades. If you need a new
version of BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from the Technical
Support web site and install the new version from a diskette.
1. Enter Setup by pressing F1 when prompted during startup.
2. Write down the settings for each of parameters. (At the end of the
BIOS update process, you will reset the parameters back to the values
you recorded.)
3. Exit the Setup utility program.
4. Log onto the internet.
5. Download the correct BIOS file from the Technical Support web site.
6. Uncompress the contents of the BIOS file you downloaded, and copy
the contents onto a bootable diskette.
7. Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive A, and
restart the system with the diskette in the drive. The Setup utility
program starts.
8. Press E NTER to go to the Main menu.
9. Select Update Flash Memory From a File and press E NTER .
10. Select Update System BIOS .
11. Press T AB to select the file name and press E NTER .
The system warns you that BIOS is about to be changed and asks you
to confirm the BIOS version.
12. Press E NTER .
13. Once the BIOS files have been loaded, remove the diskette from drive
A and press E
NTER at the prompt to restart the system.
To update the BIOS