
Now you have to load the default settings ("Load Bios Defaults", "Load Setup Defaults", "Safe Settings", "Load Optimized Defaults", "Load Default Settings", or similarly). Reboot the PC and enter the BIOS-Setup while pressing repeatedly the DEL key (see Keystrokes to Enter the BIOS-Setup) straight after you have power on the PC. So, please take a look into the mainboard manual how to reset the CMOS! Many mainboard manufacturers are advising to first shut down the PC and then to reset the CMOS (not on notebooks!). Example: "afudos /H".Īfter the flashtool has successfully updated your BIOS, it normally should display a short message like "100% OK, please restart the PC", but we still have to do some things before restarting the PC: Some flashtools are showing some more parameters/infos if you start the flashtool with one of these parameters: /? or /H. If you start the flashtool without any parameters, the tool should display some parameters/infos how to start the update, or it shows a menue with input boxes to insert the bios filename etc. In this case start the flashtool without any parameters. It could also be that your flashtool requires some different parameters. If the flashtool reports an error (like "invalid parameter") then check the right spelling of the command line. If the flashtool reports an error, then quit it (with ESC / CTRL-C / CTRL-Break) and restart it again!. Double check the right spelling (incl. Insert the command line which starts the flashtool inclusive the parameters (see table below or inside your manual). Maybe you can find some important infos how to flash your BIOS. Read the info and readme text files, which are most often available in the download section, or inside the compressed archive files which contains the flashtool and BIOS file.
Take a look into your mainboard manual under the section BIOS Update.Open your eyes, start your brain, power off vacuum cleaners and other troublemakers, and take off:
With cd test you can open a sub-folder named test. If you want to change the drive, you have to insert the drive letter e.g. All rights reserved.ĭOS-Tips: the DOS-Prompt A:\> indicates that the current drive letter is A.