

Files required to update the BIOS:

	Progbios.exe
	xxxx.fpd (specific to your system, e.g., 10565.fpd for 10565 
		  system board on the ALR 8200)
	xxxx.bin (specific to your system, e.g., 10565-13.bin for 
		  10565 system board on the ALR 8200)*
	
	Readme.txt (this file)
	

	* Check the website for the latest versions of these files




UPDATING THE BIOS

Flash memory simplifies distributing BIOS upgrades. If you need a new
version of the BIOS, you can download the BIOS update from Gateways 
Technical Support web site, or the BBS, and install the new version 
from a disk.

To Update the BIOS

1) Enter BIOS Setup by pressing F2 when prompted during startup.
 
2) Write down the settings for each of the fields. (At the end of the 
   BIOS update process, you will reset the fields to the default 
   values.)
 
3) Exit the BIOS Setup program.

4) Uncompress the contents of the BIOS file you downloaded, and copy 
   the contents onto a bootable diskette.

5) Place the bootable diskette containing the BIOS files into drive 
   A, and restart the system with the disk in the drive.

6) At the prompt, type:  

	PROGBIOS
	
   and press Enter.

8) The system asks you if you want to change the BIOS. Press Y and 
   then press Enter. 

9) Once the program has run, remove the disk from drive A and 
    restart the system.

10) As the system starts up, verify that the correct BIOS version 
    is reported.

11) Enter BIOS Setup by pressing F2 when prompted during startup. 
    Once in BIOS Setup, re-enter the values you wrote down at the 
    beginning of this process. 

    If you do not set the CMOS values back to the correct values, 
    the system may function erratically.

Note:  You may encounter a CMOS checksum error or other problem
       after the system restarts. Try turning the system off and
       then restarting again. CMOS checksum errors require that
       you enter the BIOS Setup, check your settings, save your
       settings and exit Setup.


