CompactRIO 904x Firmware and Additional Drivers Readme

October 2021

This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for CompactRIO 904x Firmware and Additional Drivers.

BIOS Firmware Installation Instructions

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BIOS Firmware Installation Instructions

To use this application, you must have a USB flash drive. This USB flash drive will be formatted so that, when booted, it prepares the system for a BIOS update. This application runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Note  Flashing this BIOS will reset your CMOS default settings. Record changes you have made to them prior to flashing this BIOS!

Complete the following steps to install the update:

  1. Insert a USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer. Any existing data on the flash drive will be erased.
  2. Use the CreateUSBUtilityDisk.exe application to make the flash drive bootable.
    1. Run the CreateUSBUtilityDisk.exe application with administrator privileges.
    2. Select the appropriate drive in the drop-down list.
    3. Click the Make Bootable button. A progress bar indicates when the formatting task is complete.
  3. Insert the USB flash drive into your controller.
  4. Reboot your controller. While the controller boots, press DEL to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
  5. Navigate to Save & Exit»Boot Override and choose USB Flash Drive. If there are multiple options, select the UEFI option.
  6. If you selected the correct boot override option, the controller will reboot into EFI shell. Allow the startup.nsh script to run and follow the on-screen instructions to flash your BIOS.
  7. Once the system starts the BIOS update process, you must let the program complete. Failure to do so will corrupt the system and it will no longer boot.
  8. When the program finishes, the controller should reboot automatically and boot into the operating system normally. If the controller boots into BIOS Setup Utility, press ESC to boot into the operating system.

If a problem occurs during the flash, contact NI technical support for assistance.

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