Flashing the BIOS
You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when
you replace the system board. To flash the BIOS:
1
Turn on the computer.
2
Go to www.dell.com/support.
3
Click Product Support, enter the Service Tag of your computer and click
Submit.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect
feature or manually browse for your computer model.
4
Click Drivers & downloads.
5
Select the operating system installed on your computer.
6
Scroll down the page and expand BIOS.
7
Click Download File to download the latest version of the BIOS for your
computer.
8
Save the file and, once the download is complete, navigate to the folder
where you saved the BIOS update file.
9
Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the instructions on the
screen.
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