AR-B1579 User's Guide
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5.11.2 Exit Without Saving
When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to abandon all
the modified data and Exit Setup.
Quit without saving (Y/N) ?
5.12 BIOS UPDATE
The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your
system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware
without removing and installing chips.
The AR-B1579 provides FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily upgrade newer BIOS version. Please
follow the operating steps for updating new BIOS:
Step 1:
Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Keep your
system in the real mode.
Step 2:
Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive.
Step 3:
In the MS-DOS mode, you can type the AMIFLASH program.
A:\>AMIFLASH
Step 4:
The screen will show the message as follow:
Enter the BIOS File name from which Flash EPROM will be programmed. The File name must and
with a <ENTER> or press <ESC> to exit.
Step 5:
And then please enter the file name to the box of <Enter File Name>. And the box of <Message>
will show the notice as follow. In the bottom of this window always show the gray statement.
Flash EPROM Programming is going to start. System will not be usable until Programming of Flash
EPROM is successfully complete. In case of any error, existing Flash EPROM must be replaced by
new program Flash EPROM.
Step 6:
As the gray statement, press the <Y> key to updating the new BIOS.
And then the <Message> box will show the <Programming Flash EPROM>, and the gray statement
shows <Please Wait>.
Step 7:
The BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash Update Completed - Pass>.
NOTE: 1. After turn on the computer and the system didn’t detect the boot procedure, please press the [F5] key
immediately. The system will pass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. The importance is
that the system has to load the HIMEM.SYS on the memory in the CONFIG.SYS file.
2. The BIOS Flash disk is not the standard accessory. Now the onboard BIOS is the newest BIOS, if user
needs adding some functions in the future please contact technical supporting engineers, they will
provide the newest BIOS for updating.
3. The file of AMIFLASH.EXE had to Version 6.34.
4. The options of BIOS are not suitable for the AR-B1579A.