Flashing my Gateway Desktop

10. When the computer shuts down, it may appear to take a longer period of time to restart and it may beep 10 times during the restart process. This is considered normal and a part of the BIOS update process.

11. In the Intel(r) Express BIOS Update dialog box, it states that the Express BIOS update has completed successfully. Click OK.

12. On the first start-up after the BIOS update has completed, it is possible to receive a Checksum error message. This is caused by some BIOS parameters not being set at the default values. Reset BIOS options to default values (F9) and save and exit (F10) the BIOS Setup.


If the computer reboots and I can't get back to the bios screen again. try pulling the battery and shorting the battery contacts to ground. I imagine that just mean touch the batter contacts while touching the case.