L-IG41_BIOS

--CONTENTS-- 1 - Installation Instructions 2 - Flash under Operating System 3 - Flash Program Options 4 - Flashing Back to an Older Level of BIOS ***************************************************************************** * 1. Installation Instructions * * * * Please print out these instructions or write them down before * * starting this flash update utility. * * * * This flash under operating system (32-bit/64-bit) utility provides * * the ability to update the system flash from a windows application. * * * * The utility may be downloaded from the internet and unpacked into * * the default path: "C:\SWTOOLS\FLASH\5OJYxxUSA", where "xx" * * represents the two digit flash level. After unpacking the utility, * * run "afuwin.exe" from the default path to launch the windows * * based flash application to update your system. * * * ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** * 2. Flash Under Operating System * * * * 1. Please make note of any settings you have changed in the BIOS * * Setup utility. They may have to be re-entered after updating * * the BIOS. * * * * 2. In the application graphical user interface, press button "Open" * * and select the BIOS ROM image "imagexx.rom", where "xx" * * represents the two digit flash level. Then press button "Flash" to * * start the update process. When the update process is complete, * * press button "Exit" to exit the application. * * * * 3. Update may take up to 2 minutes. Do not power off or restart * * the system during this procedure! It is highly recommended to * * reboot your system after the update. * * * ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** * 3. Flash Program Options * * * * The default operation of the flash update program is to use the * * graphical user interface provided by the AFUWINGUI program. You can * * also run the program from a dos command box by running "flash.cmd". * * Before running the "flash.cmd", please change the command line to * * the options you need. The command format is include * * "afuwin.exe <BIOS ROM file name> [option1] [option2] ... [optionX]". * * * * The following options are available when the program is invoked * * from a dos box command line. * * * * [OPTIONS] * * /p Program main BIOS image. * * /b program boot block. * * /n program NVRAM. * * /q Quiet mode enable. * * /reboot Reboot after update BIOS done. * * /shutdown Shutdown after programming. * * * * The following example includes the standard options of the * " file "flash.cmd": * * afuwin.exe image36.rom /p /b * * * * * ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** * 4. Flashing Back to an Older Level of BIOS * * * * In order to flash back to an older level of BIOS, the following * * steps should be used to insure the latest flash utility is used. * * * * 1. Obtain the latest level of BIOS update program from the Lenovo * * web site. * * 2. Copy afuwin.exe, Ucoredll.dll, Ucoresys.sys, Ucorevxd.vxd ,Ucorew64.sys * * from the latest bios update program folder to the older level * * bios update program folder. Replace the same files in the older * * level bios update program folder. * * 3. In the application graphical user interface, press button "Open" * * and select the BIOS ROM image "imagexx.rom", where "xx" * * represents the two digit flash level. Then in the page "Setup", * * make sure the option "Main BIOS Image" * * and "Do Not Check ROM ID" are selected. At last, press button * * "Flash" to start the update process. When the update process is * * complete, press button "Exit" to exit the application. * * 4. Update may take up to 2 minutes. Do not power off or restart * * the system during this procedure! It is highly recommended to * * reboot your system after the update. * * * *****************************************************************************