ICP DAS USA SAGP-845EV User Manual

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Appendix C.    How to Upgrade a 
New BIOS  
<Note> Before flashing BIOS , please enable the item  
“FLASH BIOS” in BIOS setting.  
 
The user can install an upgrade BIOS for the 
SAGP-845EV
 
download from the manufacturer’s web site 
http://www.ieiworld.com
 
). New BIOS may provide support for new 
peripherals ,improvements in performance or fixes to addressed 
known bugs. 
 
BIOS Update Procedure: 
 
1. Make a boot disk. Go to the DOS command prompt in MS-DOS 
or Windows 9x and, with an available floppy disk in "A", type  
"format A: /s" That will format the floppy and transfer the 
needed system files to it.  
 
NOTES: 
A. This procedure will erase any prior data on that floppy, 
so please Proceed accordingly. 
B. Typically four files will be transferred, only 
COMMAND.COM being visible when running a simple 
directory listing. 
C. Please leave the diskette UN-write protected for the 
balance of this procedure. 
 
2. Download the BIOS upgrade file and awdflash.exe utility from a 
ICP  web site to a temp directory on your hard drive, or directly 
to the floppy you made in step 1..  
 
3. Copy ( BIOS file and awdflash.exe )two files to the boot floppy.