VALUEPOINT PENTIUM FLASH BIOS UPDATE INFORMATION


PRINT THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING THIS FLASH BIOS UPDATE.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE . . .

  1 : REMOVE ALL PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK CARDS BEFORE BEGINNING BIOS UPDATE.

  2 : WITH THE COMPUTER TURNED OFF,INSERT THE FLASH BIOS UPDATE DISKETTE
      IN DRIVE A: AND TURN ON THE COMPUTER. THIS UPDATE WILL NOT WORK BY
      WARM BOOTING (CTRL-ALT-DEL) THE MACHINE.

  3 : THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT ON THE
      FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE. IF THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT,THE CURRENT
      LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER AND ON THE DISKETTE ARE DISPLAYED WITH A
      (Y/N) QUESTION ASKING IF YOU WANT TO UPDATE THE BIOS.

      -A (N) ANSWER WILL EXIT THE UPDATE TO A DOS PROMPT WITH NO UPDATING
       OR BACKDATING OF THE SYSTEM BIOS.

      -A (Y) ANSWER WILL AUTOMATICALLY REBOOT THE SYSTEM. LEAVE THE FLASH
       UPDATE BIOS DISKETTE IN THE COMPUTER DURING REBOOTING.

  4 : SELECT YOUR COUNTRY (LANGUAGE) FROM THE MAIN MENU AND PRESS ENTER.
      THE COMPUTER WILL REBOOT AGAIN. IF THE COUNTRY (LANGUAGE) MENU
      APPEARS AGAIN, SELECT "0" AND PRESS ENTER. A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR-
      "OPERATOR SELECTED TO QUIT". REMOVE THE DISKETTE AND REBOOT THE 
      COMPUTER.	

  5 : TO VERIFY THE NEW BIOS LEVEL HAS BEEN UPDATED, CHECK THE FLASH EEPROM
      REVISION LEVEL IN THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THIS IS DONE BY TURNING THE
      COMPUTER ON AND PRESSING THE F1 KEY WHEN THE SQUARE APPEARS IN THE UPPER
      RIGHT SECTION OF THE SCREEN.

WARNING : DO NOT TURN THE COMPUTER OFF DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
          DO NOT RUN THIS UPDATE FROM THE DOS PROMPT. IT WILL VOID THE WARRANTY
          AND COULD PERMANENTLY DAMAGE THE SYSTEM BOARD.

NUMERIC CODES :

00  --  UPDATE INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY.

01  --  UPDATE TERMINATED AT THE MAIN MENU, OR AN UNKNOWN COMMAND
        PARAMETER WAS ENTERED.

02  --  UNSUPPORTED COMPUTER MODEL, FLASH WRITE PROTECTED, FIRST INSTALLATION
        ATTEMPT ON A LAN OR TIRED TO INSTALL FROM A WARM BOOT (CTRL-ALT-DEL).

03  --  UNKNOWN POST/BIOS FLASH ID.

04  --  POST/BIOS UPDATE UTILITY DISKETTE IS DEFECTIVE.

05  --  POST/BIOS UPDATE UTILITY DISKETTE IS DEFECTIVE.

06  --  POST/BIOS FLASH ON THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY UPDATED.

07  --  POST/BIOS UPDATE UTILITY DISKETTE IS DEFECTIVE.