Fit-PC2 BIOS Update
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Contents
To prepare bootable USB image on Linux based machine
- Download and extract bios_update.zip
- Insert thumb drive into USB socket (ensure you don't have any other USB mass storage devices connected).
- Follow USB Image Writing Guide to write 128MBDOS.img to the USB thumb drive
- Take out thumb drive and insert it again. Ubuntu should automount it.
- Copy to the root directory on the thumb drive files SFlash16.exe
- Depending on your fit-PC type Download and extract latest BIOS
- Copy to the root directory on the thumb drive the xxxxxx.ROM file.
To prepare bootable USB image on Windows 7 based machine
- Download Image Writer for Windows.
- Download and extract bios_update.zip.
- Connect the UFD to your host computer (ensure you don't have any other USB mass storage devices connected).
- Run Win32DiskImager.exe.
- Select Device - target disk.
- Select Image File - 128MBDOS.img.
- Press Write to proceed.
- Wait until completion.
- Disconnect the UFD and connect it again. It should now be assigned a drive letter.
- Copy the SFlash16.exe file to the root directory on the UFD.
- Download and extract latest BIOS.
- Copy the xxxxxx.ROM file to the root directory on the UFD.
To prepare bootable USB image on Windows XP based machine
- Download and extract bios_update.zip
- Insert thumb drive into USB socket (ensure you don't have any other USB mass storage devices connected).
- Run ImUpdate.exe
- select Target - desired disk (by letter/size).
- select Source image - 128MBDOS.img.
- Press Start Restore to proceed.
- Wait until completion - "Finished" will appear under Messages.
- Take out thumb drive and insert it again. It should now be assigned a drive letter.
- Copy to the root directory on the thumb drive files SFlash16.exe
- Download and extract latest BIOS
- Copy to the root directory on the thumb drive the xxxxxx.ROM file.
To update BIOS
Warning: If watchdog is enabled - make sure to disable it before update, or you might brick the fit-PC.
- Insert thumb drive and boot. Press F2 during boot to enter CMOS Setup Utility
- Set 1st boot priority to USB KEY
- Save and exit
fit-PC2 should boot to DOS from the thumb drive.
- Type
SFlash16.exe <ROM file name> /Force
- Wait until completion - a message "Flash memory has been successfully programmed" should appear
- Reboot