5. Disconnect the battery cable from the Desktop Board battery connector (Figure 17, A). 6. Lift up on the battery (Figure 17, B) and carefully remove it from the board. It is attached to the board with a non-permanent adhesive pad. 7. Connect the cable on the new battery to the Desktop Board battery connector and reattach the battery to the board. 8. Replace the computer cover. Figure 17. Removing the Battery Intel Desktop Board D945GSEJT Product Guide 3 Updating the BIOS The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. You can access the BIOS Setup program by pressing the key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by either using the Intel Express BIOS Update utility or the Iflash Memory Update utility, and how to recover the BIOS if an update fails. Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you can update the system BIOS while in the Windows environment. The BIOS file is included in an automated update utility that combines the functionality of the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to 2. Navigate to the Intel Desktop Board D945GSEJT page, click “[view] Latest BIOS updates,” and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Download the file to your hard drive. (You can also save this file to a removable USB device. This is useful if you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.) 4. Close all other applications. This step is required. 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. 6. Follow the instructions provided in the dialog boxes to complete the BIOS update. Intel Desktop Board D945GSEJT Product Guide Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility You can use the information in this section to update the BIOS using the Iflash Memory Update Utility. Obtaining the BIOS Update File You can update to a new version of the BIOS by using the Iflash BIOS update file. The Iflash BIOS update file is a compressed file that contains the files you need to update the BIOS. The Iflash BIOS update file contains: • New BIOS file • Intel Flash Memory Update Utility You can obtain either of these files through your computer supplier or by navigating to the Intel Desktop Board D945GSEJT page at Navigate to the Intel Desktop D945GSEJT page, click “[view] Latest BIOS updates,” and select the Iflash BIOS Update utility file. CAUTION Do not interrupt the process or the system may not function properly. Using the Iflash Memory Update Utility With the Iflash Memory update utility you can update the system BIOS from a bootable USB flash drive or other bootable USB media. The Iflash BIOS update files can be extracted locally to your hard drive and copied to a bootable USB flash drive or other bootable USB media. NOTE Review the instructions distributed with the update utility before attempting a BIOS update. CAUTION Do not interrupt the process or the system may not function properly. 1. Uncompress the BIOS update file and copy the .BIO file and IFLASH.EXE to a bootable USB flash drive or other bootable USB media. 2. Configure the BIOS or use the F10 key option during POST to boot to the USB device. 3. Manually run the IFLASH.EXE file from the USB device and manually update the BIOS. Updating the BIOS Recovering the BIOS It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption occurs, the BIOS could be damaged. Table 24 lists the drives and media types that can and cannot be used for BIOS recovery. The BIOS recovery media does not have to be bootable. Table 24. Acceptable Drives/Media Types for BIOS Recovery Media Type Can be used for BIOS recovery? CD-ROM drive connected to the PATA interface Yes CD-ROM drive connected to the SATA interface Yes USB removable drive (a USB Flash Drive, for example) Yes USB diskette drive (with a 1.44 MB diskette) No USB hard disk drive No NOTE For more information about BIOS update and recovery, go to Intel Desktop Board D945GSEJT Product Guide A Board Status and Error Messages This appendix describes status error messages generated by the Desktop Board’s BIOS. The BIOS indicates these error messages with LED blink codes, speaker beep codes, and by text displayed on the PC monitor. Front-panel Power LED Blink and Internal Speaker Beep Codes Basic status and error messages are provided through the front-panel power LED blink codes as well as through audible beep codes on systems with...
