Select Burn to transfer BIOS image to CD

It's been a while since I updated the bios on my computer and recently its been giving me a blue screen. I'm trying to follow the instructions on my computer manufacturer's website but I can't find the "Select Burn to transfer BIOS image to CD" option on my CD burning program. When I try to open the file with my program it says it can't read those type of files.

The CD burning programs I have are:
-Nero 6 Ultra Edition
-Sonic RecordNow DX version 4.6

I would appreciate any explanation as to how to follow these installation notes. I'm really new at this, please forgive my ignorance!

source: http://www.nec-computers-ap.com/support/odds.aspx?CID=0
1. Download the file and use the CD burning software to open the file.
2. Select Burn to transfer BIOS image to CD.
3. Restart the system with CD and follow on screen message to complete BIOS update.

EDIT: Sorry, I should have given more detail. I get the blue screen when I boot into XP and it said that if I hadn't seen it before I should restart the computer, but if I had seen it before, to update the bios. Currently my bios version is 1.01 and the one on the website for my specific notebook (Versa E680) is 1.07. I have found version 1.03 on the net. Should I just upgrade to that one instead?

Edited by teafy, 24 January 2009 - 02:31 PM.

The bios should not need to be upgraded if it the computer has been working, unless you have added something and it is having problems.

Look in the Event Viewer and see what errors are showing up at the times that this is occurring.


Start> right click on My Computer> Manage> Event Viewer.

On the right side of the page you will see the options Applications, Security, and Systems, double click on Systems. There are eight columns on this page, the three that you will want are Type, Date, Time, and Event.

The errors will appear in the Type column, they are red dots with a white X inside of them.

Warnings will appear as a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark inside.

When you see an error, double click on it and see what the description is.

Please post the error code/s found in the Event column and the descriptions back in this topic.

Thank you so much! This is what I found:

Date: 1/24/2009 Source: System Error
Time: 11:21:19 AM Category: (102)
Type: Error Event ID: 1003

Error code 1000008e, parameter1 80000003, parameter2 bf800add, parameter3 f75c2cd0, parameter4 00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008
0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 38 30 eters 80
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 33 2c 20 000003,
0038: 62 66 38 30 30 61 64 64 bf800add
0040: 2c 20 66 37 35 63 32 63 , f75c2c
0048: 64 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 d0, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000


As I scrolled down I found other errors, I don't know if they are important. E.g.

Date: 1/24/2009 Source: Service Control Manager
Time: 11:16:02 AM Category: None
Type: Error Event ID: 7000

The PfModNT service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Date: 1/24/2009 Source: Service Control Manager
Time: 11:16:02 AM Category: None
Type: Error Event ID: 7000

The AG Windows Service service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Date: 1/24/2009 Source: Service Control Manager
Time: 11:16:02 AM Category: None
Type: Error Event ID: 7009

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the AG Windows Service service to connect.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Edited by teafy, 24 January 2009 - 03:40 PM.