********************************************************************* README FILE Intel(R) Express BIOS Update (Release 2.05.10) August 12, 2005 ********************************************************************* README CONTENTS =============== 1. Introduction 2. System Requirement 3. Installation Instructions 4. Troubleshooting Information 5. Advanced Options 6. Known Issues 1. INTRODUCTION =============== This README file contains installation and configuration notes on the Intel(R) Express BIOS Update utility found at this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ The Intel(R) Express BIOS Update utility combines the functionality of Intel Flash Memory Update Utility (iFlash) and the ease-of-use of InstallShield* applications, by packaging the BIOS file within an automated update utility. This utility will only work on Intel motherboards. 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ====================== Hardware -- Chipset requirements Your system must be based on an Intel(R) motherboard, 810 chipset or greater Memory requirements - Your system will require 32 MB of memory, with 64 MB recommended if you are running one of the following operating systems: -- Microsoft* Windows* 98 -- Microsoft Windows 98 SE -- Microsoft Windows Me - Your system will require 64 MB of memory, with 128 MB recommended if you are running one of the following operating systems: -- Microsoft Windows XP Professional -- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition -- Microsoft Windows NT* 4.0 -- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Operating System -- Your system must have one of the following operating systems installed: - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98, Second Edition - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with SP 4.0 or greater - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows Me - Microsoft Windows XP Professional - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Note: Intel Express BIOS Update does not support any Microsoft Windows server operating systems. Available Hard Drive Space -- Your system must have a minimum of 11 MB free hard drive space. 3. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ============================ The installation process provides all files required to perform a BIOS update using the Intel Express BIOS Update utility. Installation procedure: 1. Go to this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ 2. Then go to the appropriate Intel(R) Desktop Board or motherboard link. From that specific board's webpage select the required Intel(R) Express BIOS Update utility. 3. Either download the file to your hard drive or select Run from Current Location. (If you opt to Run from Current Location, skip step 5). Note: Make a note of the path the file is saved to on your hard drive. Note: You can save this utility onto a floppy disk. This is useful if you're updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems. 4. Close all other applications (REQUIRED). Note: This is a required step. Also, if you use Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT, you must temporarily disable Active Desktop before performing a BIOS update. This prevents a possible loss of some Active Desktop data. Remember that your system will be rebooted at the last Express BIOS Update window. 5. Double-click the executable file from the location on your hard drive where it was saved. This runs the update program. Note: Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT users must have administrator rights to continue. Guest accounts are not allowed to run the BIOS update. 6. Follow the instructions provided in the dialog boxes to complete the BIOS update. 4. TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION ============================== Here are some of the more common error messages and possible causes and recommended resolutions for those messages. Older BIOS -- Error Message: The BIOS version you are installing is older than your current system's BIOS. Do you want to continue? Possible Cause: The BIOS you are trying to install is older than the BIOS you currently have on your system. Recommended Resolution: Make sure you want to place the older BIOS on your system, or get a later BIOS update from this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ Same BIOS -- Error Message: The BIOS version you are installing is the same as your current system's BIOS. Do you want to continue? Possible Cause: The BIOS you are trying to update is the same as the BIOS you currently have in your system. Recommended Resolution: Do not perform the BIOS update. If available, get a newer BIOS update from this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ Older BIOS and Custom BIOS settings -- Error Message: The BIOS version you are installing is older than your current system's BIOS and your system's custom BIOS settings (CMOS) will be reset to factory defaults. Do you want to continue? Possible Cause: The BIOS you are trying to update is older than the BIOS you currently have in your system. and The BIOS you currently have in your system needs to be reset because of internal mapping differences (the current BIOS settings in your system differ from the defaults in the BIOS update). Recommended Resolution: Make sure you want to place the older BIOS on your system, or get a later BIOS update from this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ and If you have previously customized your system's BIOS settings, you will lose those changes during the update. Write down all of your system's custom BIOS settings (CMOS) before performing the update. After the BIOS update is complete, you can customize your BIOS again manually. Same BIOS and Custom BIOS settings -- Error Message: The BIOS version you are installing is the same as your current system's BIOS and your system's custom BIOS settings (CMOS) will be reset to factory defaults. Do you want to continue? Possible Cause: The BIOS you are trying to update is the same as the BIOS you currently have in your system. and The BIOS you currently have in your system needs to be reset because of internal mapping differences (the current BIOS settings in your system differ from the defaults in the BIOS update). Recommended Resolution: Do not perform the BIOS update. Get a newer BIOS update from this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ and If you have previously customized your system's BIOS settings, you will lose those changes during the update. Write down all of your system's custom BIOS settings (CMOS) before performing the update. After the BIOS update is complete, you can customize your BIOS again manually. Invalid BIOS -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. The BIOS you are trying to update is invalid for your system. Possible Cause: You downloaded a BIOS for a system different than the one you are trying to update (motherboard and BIOS mismatch). Recommended Resolution: Return to this Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ and download the correct BIOS update for the Intel motherboard in the system you are updating. Older or unsupported board -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. The system you are trying to update does not support Intel Express BIOS Update. Possible Cause: You have either an older or an unsupported Intel motherboard, which cannot perform the update. Recommended Resolution: Upgrade your system with a newer (810 chipset or greater) Intel motherboard. Server system -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. Express BIOS Update will not run on servers. Possible Cause: The system you are trying to update is running a Microsoft Windows server operating system. Recommended Resolution: Use the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility (iFlash) to update your BIOS or change your operating system to a supported platform. Not an Intel motherboard -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. The system you are trying to update is not based on an Intel(R) motherboard. Possible Cause: The system you are trying to update is not an Intel(R) motherboard. Recommended Resolution: Contact your system manufacturer for a new BIOS. Not an Intel BIOS -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. The BIOS update cannot be performed. Please retrieve the BIOS update from the manufacturer that you bought your system from. Possible Cause: The system that you are trying to update does not have an Intel BIOS. Recommended Resolution: Contact your system manufacturer for a BIOS update. Windows OS is fragmented -- Error Message: The Windows* operating system is fragmented and cannot allocate memory for the BIOS update. Please reboot your system and then try performing the BIOS update again. Possible Cause: It has been a long time since your last reboot and your operating system does not have a large enough block of contiguous memory for the update to take place. Recommended Resolution: Reboot your system and try again. Hard drive does not have enough available space -- Error Message: This program is unable to continue. Internal System error: There is a programming or internal problem. Possible Cause: Not enough hard drive space exists either for installing Express BIOS Update or for the update to take place. Recommended Resolution: Make sure your system has a minimum of 11 MB free hard drive space and try again. 5. ADVANCED OPTIONS =================== Intel Express BIOS Update includes options for advanced users. These options allow you to redirect the source locations of the BIOS files. The usage models section lists examples of how to form commands. The command line options section lists the command types and provides a short description of each option. Note: -a = argument in the commands below and used to pass command line options from InstallShield's* PackageForTheWeb* to the installer for Express BIOS Update. GUI usage models -- <program.exe>, for example: update.exe This command performs the typical complete BIOS update with the included files in a graphical user interface. <program.exe> -a [force] [path <path>] For example: update.exe -a path C:\BIOS This command performs a complete BIOS update with the BIOS files stored in the path you specify with graphical user interface. This is a single use redirection of the BIOS files' source location. Note: This feature is only for advanced users and should not be used unless the user has a thorough understanding of directories and multiple BIOS locations. Note: Specified file names and directories cannot include spaces. Silent usage model -- <program.exe> -s -a [force] [path <path>] [mb] -s This command performs a silent BIOS update without needing user interaction through a graphics UI. Note: The first "-s" command is used by the Express BIOS Update program (PackageForTheWeb) to stay silent. Note: The second "-s" command should be the last command line option to tell the Express BIOS Update InstallShield program to run silently. set BIOSPATH=<path>, for example: set BIOSPATH=C:\BIOS This command performs a complete BIOS update with the BIOS files stored in the path you specify. This is a permanent redirection of the BIOS files' source location. All future calls to the Intel Express BIOS Update utility will look in the location you specify, and will not use the files packaged with the program, to find the BIOS files. Note: Specified file names and directories cannot include spaces. Once you've permanently redirected the source location of the BIOS files, you can then perform the update using the files at the specified location using, <program.exe> -a [xxx]. For example: update.exe -a Command line options -- force Force BIOS Update Flag This optional command forces the BIOS to be updated, regardless if the new BIOS version is older, newer, or the same as the current BIOS version. -s Silent Operation This optional command permits automatic updates without user interaction. Use the "force" option in combination with silent operation to force the BIOS update. Force is also needed when silently flashing a version of BIOS that is lower than the version already installed. path <path> Allows you to manually specify a custom directory path for BIOS files, overriding the supplied BIOS files included in the BIOS update packet (with the files saved at the specified path) during installation. Note: This feature is only for advanced users and should not be used unless the user has a thorough understanding of directories and multiple BIOS locations. Note: Specified file names and directories cannot include spaces. set BIOSPATH=<path> Allows you to set a new path for all future BIOS updates. Or, if you are running Windows NT, you can set up an environment variable (BIOSPATH) in the environment section of the Windows NT system control panel applet. Note: This feature is only for advanced users and should not be used unless the user has a thorough understanding of directories and multiple BIOS locations. Note: Specified file names and directories cannot include spaces. mb Use default BIOS modules for BIOS update. language If supported, allows the selection of language to be used by the system BIOS on next reboot. 6. KNOWN ISSUES =============== Custom BIOS settings (CMOS) lost -- System Behavior: If you update your system with the Express BIOS Update utility and you have chosen to continue after receiving an error message warning that your system's custom BIOS settings (CMOS) will be reset, you will lose all of your custom BIOS settings (CMOS). Resolution: Go into your BIOS setup and write down all of the settings before running this update. System memory requirements -- System Behavior: If your system doesn't automatically reboot and no message displays that says the BIOS update was successful, your system might not have the required amount of memory installed. Resolution: Make sure your system has at least the minimum amount of memory installed for your operating system. For more information about Express BIOS Update memory requirements, see the System Requirements section (Section 2) in this readme file. Windows fails to reboot properly -- System Behavior: Occasionally Windows fails to reboot properly. If this occurs, your system will hang at the point just before rebooting, but fail to actually reboot. If it failed to reboot, then your BIOS has not been updated. Resolution: Power down the machine. Wait a couple of seconds. Power the machine on again. When Windows is booting, it may run ScanDisk (on Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me) or Autocheck (on Windows XP system, Windows NT Workstation or Windows 2000 systems), which is normal behavior. Now try running the BIOS update again. Browse - File Not Found -- System Behavior: This issue applies to you only if you are using advanced options. If, after you've selected Start + Run and clicked the Browse button to find your BIOS update file, you then enter program arguments into the File name field in the Browse dialog box, a File not found error message will be displayed. Resolution: Do not enter program arguments in the File name field in the Browse dialog box; enter any program arguments into the Open field in the Run dialog box. CMOS Error On Reboot -- System Behavior: When the system reboots, the following error occurs: CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad Press F1 to run SETUP Resolution: None. Use the following workaround: 1. Press F1 to enter BIOS. 2. Press ESC. 3. When the message, "Discard changes and exit setup now" appears, select YES. Alt-F4 Flashes BIOS even when last screen's checkbox is un-checked -- System Behavior: At the last screen (Finish and Reboot), if you press the Alt-F4 key sequence, the Express BIOS Update program will proceed to flash the BIOS. Resolution: Either click the "Finish" or "View Readme" buttons, or close the "Finish and Reboot" window without using the Alt-F4 key sequence. Silent Install Does Not Work -- System Behavior: When attempting to silently install the application, nothing happens. 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