 --CONTENTS--    
 1 - BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
 2 - GUIDELINES FOR REPLACEMENT START UP SCREEN IMAGES
 3 - PROGRAM OPTIONS OF INTEREST TO SYSTEM SUPPORT PEOPLE
 4 - CMOS SAVE/RESTORE UTILITY
 5 - UPDATING PROCESSOR PATCH WITHOUT UPDATING BIOS

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 *                    INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS                       *
 *                                                                    *
 * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE      *
 * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY.                                *
 *                                                                    *
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   IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS


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                THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)...
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   Machine(s)  Description
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   6868        Pentium III processor PCs

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      ----  About Applied Fixes or Features Added   ----

   (CHANGES.NEW) is another file on this diskette that lists known problems

   corrected and/or features added after applying this UPDATE to your system.

   If you would like, please take the time to read or print that file before

   using this diskette to update your system.


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 *                    INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS                       *
 *                                                                    *
 *  STEPS...                                                          *
 *                                                                    *
 *  1 : PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE      *
 *      CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER   *
 *      UPDATING THE BIOS.                                            *
 *                                                                    *
 *  2 : PUT THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE AND POWER UP THE   *
 *      SYSTEM.. .                                                    *
 *                                                                    *
 *         -YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SELECT YOUR COUNTRY AND PRESS ENTER.  *
 *                                                                    *
 *         -THE SERIAL NUMBER IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU   *
 *          WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER                    *
 *                                                                    *
 *            -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE   *
 *             CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . .                             *
 *            -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . .                           *
 *                                                                    *
 *      -THE MACHINE MODEL/TYPE IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU *
 *          WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE MODEL/TYPE                       *
 *                                                                    *
 *         -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE      *
 *          CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . .                                *
 *         -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . .                              *
 *                                                                    *
 *  3 : THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT ON *
 *      THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE.                                    *
 *                                                                    *
 *      -IF THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING   *
 *       "THE POST/BIOS CODE IN THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME VERSION AS     *
 *        THAT ON THE DISKETTE. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE. PRESS ESC    *
 *        TO CANCEL."                                                 *
 *                                                                    *
 *      -IF THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT:                                 *
 *        IF THE LEVEL ON THE FLASH DISKETTE IS NEWER THAN THE ROM    *
 *        A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE SYSTEM POST/BIOS IS     *
 *        BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER  *
 *        OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE.            *
 *                                                                    *
 *        IF THE LEVEL ON THE DISKETTE IS OLDER THAN THE ROM          *                                                  *
 *        A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE POST/BIOS IN THE        *
 *        SYSTEM IS A NEWER VERSION THAN THAT ON THE DISKETTE         *
 *        IF YOU CONTINUE, THE OLDER VERSION WILL REPLACE THE NEWER   *
 *        VERSION IN THE SYSTEM."                                     *
 *        IF YOU PRESS ENTER, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED "THE SYSTEM POST/*
 *        BIOS IS BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT*
 *        POWER OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE."     *
 *                                                                    *
 *  4 : THE FLASH UPDATE IS NOW COMPLETE. REMOVE THE DISKETTE FIRST   *
 *      AND THEN PRESS ENTER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM.                    *
 *                                                                    *
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 *                                                                    *
 *      NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES                               *
 *      -------------------------------                               *
 *                                                                    *
 *      THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF  *
 *      REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "IBM" IMAGE THAT IS    *
 *      DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP.  THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE    *
 *      A 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT       *
 *      IMAGE.  SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE:             *
 *                                                                    *
 *      1. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX   *
 *         IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...)                             *
 *      2. NO LARGER THAN 50K FOR EITHER IMAGE                        *
 *      3. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE     *
 *         FLASH TO STORE REPLACEMENT IMAGES MAY VARY FROM RELEASE    *
 *         TO RELEASE AND BY LANGUAGE SELECTION.  I.E. AN IMAGE THAT  *
 *         FITS IN A U.S. ENGLISH FLASH MAY NOT FIT IN A GERMAN       *
 *         FLASH.                                                     *
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 *                                                                    *
 *      FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS                                         *
 *      ---------------------                                         *
 *                                                                    *
 *      THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS A STEP   *
 *      BY STEP DIALOGUE WITH THE USER THAT PRESENTS CHOICES AND      *
 *      GATHERS RESPONSES FROM THE USER ABOUT WHICH CHOICES ARE       *
 *      DESIRED.                                                      *
 *                                                                    *
 *      IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY     *
 *      SYSTEMS THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE     *
 *      A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION  *
 *      TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OPERATION.  THIS CAN BE DONE BY          *
 *      MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE ON THIS DISKETTE WITH           *
 *      THE FOLLOWING:                                                *
 *                                                                    *
 *   SHELL=FLASH2.EXE option1 option2 option3......optionxx           *
 *                                                                    *
 *      OPTIONS                                                       *
 *      -------                                                       *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /U      UNATTENDED MODE. ALL DEFAULTS ARE ASSUMED (UNLESS     *
 *              OVERRIDDEN BY OTHER OPTION STATEMENTS) AND ALL        *
 *              PROMPTS ARE BYPASSED.  ANY ERRORS WILL RESULT IN      *
 *              PROGRAM TERMINATION WITHOUT ANY ERROR INDICATION.     *
 *              <<< USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION >>>                  *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /US     COUNTRY CODE (LANGUAGE).  THIS CAN BE ANY OF THE      *
 *              VALID COUNTRY CODES (UK, SV, SU, SP, PO, NO, NL,      *
 *              IT, GR, FR, DK, CF, CE, BE, LA, US, SF, SG, BR,JP,    *
 *              or TK)                                                *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /B:nnnnnnn  SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER                              *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /M:nnnnnnn  MACHINE TYPE                                      *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /N    USE THE CURRENT FLASH IMAGE ON THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN   *
 *            THE IMAGE ON THE DISKETTE.  THIS IS USED TO UPDATE      *
 *            MACHINE TYPE AND SERIAL NUMBER IN THE EVENT OF THE      *
 *            REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM BOARD.                   *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /L:xxxx.bmp  CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE LARGE    *
 *                   CENTERED IMAGE. AN IBM LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT   *
 *                   BUT ANY 16 COLOR WINDOWS BMP FILE CAN BE USED    *
 *                   INSTEAD.  THE UNCOMPRESSED IMAGE FILE MUST BE    *
 *                   LESS THAN 50K.  ONLY RELATIVELY SIMPLE IMAGES    *
 *                   CAN BE USED AS REPLACEMENTS.                     *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /LL:yyyy.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE SMALLER  *
 *                   IMAGE IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. IT       *
 *                   SHOULD BE NO LARGER THAN 50K.  AS WITH THE       *
 *                   OTHER IMAGE, IT NEEDS TO BE SIMPLE.              *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /R          AUTOMATIC COLD BOOT AFTER AN UNATTENDED (/U)      *
 *                  FLASH UPDATE.                                     *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /E:ON       TURNS ON THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION.            *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /E:OFF      TURNS OFF THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION.           *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /BB         THE FLASH UTILITY WILL ONLY UPDATE THE RECOVERY   *
 *                  SECTION OF THE FLASH.  THE BIOS SECTION WILL NOT  *
 *                  BE UPDATED.                                       *
 *                                                                    *
 *      /D          THE FLASH UTILITY WILL GENERATE AN UNIVERSALLY    *
 *                  UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UUID), REPLACING THE ONE THAT  *
 *                  IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLASH.                        *
 *                                                                    *
 *                                                                    *
 * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS IN IT'S        *
 * CONFIG.SYS SHOULD BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD USAGE.     *
 *                                                                    *
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 *                                                                    *
 *      CMOS SAVE/RESTORE PROGRAM                                     *
 *      ---------------------                                         *
 *                                                                    *
 *      THIS DISKETTE INCLUDES A CMOS SAVE RESTORE UTILITY            *
 *      FOR SAVING AND RESTORING THE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION          *
 *      MAINTAINED IN THE CMOS BATTERY BACKED RAM.  THIS UTILITY      *
 *      IS INTENDED FOR USE AS AN AID IN CONFIGURING MULTIPLE         *
 *      IDENTICAL SYSTEMS.  TO USE THIS UTILITY, COPY THE EXECUTABLE  *
 *      FILE (SRCMOSPL.EXE) TO A DOS BOOTABLE DISKETTE.  TYPE         *
 *      'SRCMOSPL' AT THE COMMAND PROMPT FOR INFORMATION ON           *
 *      COMMAND SYNTAX AND OPTIONS.                                   *
 *                                                                    *
 *      USAGE NOTES:                                                  *
 *                                                                    *
 *       1) THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION INCLUDES PASSWORDS.         *
 *          SAVING AND RESTORING THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION        *
 *          WILL ALSO CHANGE THE PASSWORDS TO THOSE SAVED IN          *
 *          DATA FILE (IF ANY).                                       *
 *                                                                    *
 *       2) SYSTEMS WITH ENHANCED SECURITY STORE PASSWORDS AND        *
 *          BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION IN A PROTECTED EEPROM.          *
 *          IN THESE SYSTEMS, THE BOOT SEQUENCE AND PASSWORDS         *
 *          CAN BE NEITHER SAVED NOR RESTORED.                        *
 *                                                                    *
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 *                                                                    * 
 *  UPDATING PROCESSOR PATCH WITHOUT UPDATING BIOS                    * 
 *  ----------------------------------------------                    * 
 *                                                                    * 
 *  FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO NEED TO USE THE NEW PROCESSOR PATCH FILE  * 
 *  FROM INTEL FOR THE 933 MHz / 1 GHz PENTIUM III WITHOUT UPDATING   * 
 *  THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF BIOS.                                      * 
 *                                                                    *
 *  THE FOLLOWING STEPS CAN BE USED TO WRITE THE NEW PROCESSOR PATCH  *
 *  ON THE OLD FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE:                                 *
 *                                                                    *
 *  1. OBTAIN THE LATEST LEVEL OF BIOS UPDATE DISKETTE FROM THE IBM   *
 *     WEB SITE (WWW.IBM.COM UNDER "SUPPORT").                        *
 *                                                                    *
 *  2. INSERT THE OLDER LEVEL BIOS UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DISKETTE    *
 *     DRIVE AND ON A DOS COMMAND LINE TYPE "ATTRIB A:0683 -R"        *
 *                                                                    *
 *  3. COPY THE FILE "0683" FROM THE LATEST LEVEL OF BIOS UPDATE      *
 *     DISKETTE TO THE OLDER LEVEL'S UPDATE DISKETTE                  *
 *                                                                    *
 *  4. BOOT THE OLDER LEVEL'S UPDATE DISKETTE AND FOLLOW NORMAL       *
 *     PROCEDURES.                                                    *
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