Moxa DA-682A-C7-DPP [42/45] Upgrading the bios

DA-682A-DPP Hardware BIOS Setup

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Upgrading the BIOS

This section describes how to upgrade the BIOS.

IMPORTANT

BIOS upgrades, if not done correctly, can

permanently damage the computer. We strongly recommend that

you contact Moxa’s technical support staff for assistance in order to obtain all necessary tools and the most

current advice before attempting to upgrade the BIOS on any Moxa device.

Step 1: Create a Bootable USB Disk

Before upgrading the BIOS, you must create a bootable USB RAM drive, which you can use as a system rescue

device. A useful software suite, Rufus for creating a bootable USB RAM drives can be downloaded at:

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

To create a bootable USB disk using Rufus software, do the following:

Start Rufus and s

elect the USB device that you want to

use as a bootable disk from the Device drop-down list

Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI

computers to boot from a legacy BIOS or UEFI.

Select FAT (Default) from File system drop-down

list.

Select 16 kilobytes (Default) for Cluster size.

Enter a drive name under New volume label.

Select the Quick format, Create a bootable disk

using FreeDOS, and Create extended label and

icon files format options.

Click Start to format and create the bootable USB

drive.

ATTENTION

We suggest you use a USB drive with under 2 GB disk space, as larger USB drives may not

support FAT file

format and consequently fail to boot.

Step 2: Prepare the Upgrade File

You must use the BIOS upgrade installation file to upgrade the BIOS. Contact Moxa’s technical department for

assistance.

1. Get the BIOS upgrade installation file. The file name should have following format: 682AxxSx.exe (xx

refers to version numbers).

2. Copy the file to the Bootable USB Disk.

Step 3: Run the upgrade program on the DA-682A-DPP Computer

1. Reboot the computer, press F12 while booting up to enter the Boot Manager

2. Select USB Disk as the first boot source. Press Enter to continue.