Moxa MC-7230-MP-T [38/47] Upgrading the bios

MC-7270-MP-T Series BIOS Setup

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Save Custom Defaults

This item allows you to save the current BIOS values as a “custom default” that may be reverted to at any time

by the “load custom defaults” selection just above.

Options: Yes (default), No

Discard Changes

This item allows you to discard all settings you have just configured.

Options: Yes (default), No

Upgrading the BIOS

This section describes how to upgrade the BIOS. However, please note that it is easy to permanently damage

the computer when upgrading the BIOS. 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 every user should first create a bootable USB RAM drive as a system rescue device.

A useful software suite for building USB RAM drives can be found by searching for Rufus, which can then be

downloaded and used to create a bootable RAM drive. Take the following steps to create a bootable USB disk

by using Rufus.

1. Start Rufus and select the USB device

that you want to

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

2. Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI

computers to boot from a legacy BIOS or UEFI.

3. Select FAT (Default) from File system drop-down

list.

4. Select 16 kilobytes (Default) for Cluster size.

5. Enter a drive name under New volume label.

6. Check Quick format,

Create a bootable disk using

FreeDOS, and Create extended label and icon

files.

7. Click Start to format and create the bootable USB

drive.

ATTENTION

We suggest that you use a USB drive with under 2 GB in disk space, since

larger USB drives may not support

the FAT file format and consequently fail to boot.