How do I update my Bios on an Intel S5500BC motherboard?

Question

So i've just received an Intel S5500BC motherboard in an Intel chassis. I'm not sure how to upgrade the BIOS in it. First of all I have Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) installed. So I thought I might try downloading the Intel update program

S5500_WIndows_4_2

I then extracted that and ran Windows_OFU970_B17\OFU\Setup_Win.exe .. which copied a bunch of files to C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Flashupdt.

Now, in the command line, when I try to run Flashupdt.exe .. it's asking for a flash/bios (config?) file. er.........................................

this is where I'm stuck. What file is this? and where do i grab it from?

Clarrification (for the person who voted to close) - This mother board is a SERVER motherboard

Solution

I figured it out :)

I could use EFI to upgrade but I had windows already installed, so I follow the instructions here about how to upgrade.

Bascially,

• Download windows bios upgrading software
• Download firmware (this was the file I couldn't find)

• Run the bios flash application and give it the folder name, where the firmware exists.

  flashupdt -u <package folder name>

GLHF!

Comments

[John Gardeniers]

Did you read the instructions on the Intel page from which you downloaded the update?