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title: "How to flash NAS UEFI BIOS"
url: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/how-to-flash-nas-uefi-bios.25020/"
thread_id: 25020
date: "2019-01-23"
category: "Instruktaż/Tutorial"
section: "Serwisowanie elektroniki i modyfikacje sprzętowe"
source: "Forum QNAP Polska"
site: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl"
language: "pl"
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license: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/ai-policy.md"
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# How to flash NAS UEFI BIOS
> Source: · Instruktaż/Tutorial · Forum QNAP Polska · 2019-01-23
**Applied NAS models:** For the NAS models using UEFI BIOS
**Procedures**:
- **How to create a UEFI USB boot disk:**
1. Plug a USB flash drive to your PC. Please format the USB flash drive as FAT32.
2. 
3. Do wnload the EFI utility from the link below:
4. Extract the downloaded file and save the folder, [efi] into the root directory of USB flash
drive.
5. Copy BIOS files into root directory of USB flash drive. Ex:
- **How to use USB boot disk to flash NAS BIOS:**
1. During the NAS bootup, hit **F7 **key to enter boot option screen and select UEFI: USB flash
drive model name below. **Ex: UEFI JetFlashTranscend 32GB 1100, Partition 1**
2. Check the device name of the USB flash drive(:Removable HardDisk) and enter the
corresponding device. **Ex: **Shell > **fs6:**
3. Execute *.nsh file which exists in the BIOS file to start flashing BIOS.
Ex: fs6:\> **QZ14AR54.nsh**
4. Press “ **E** ” to start updating entire ROM and exit.
5. Once it is done, please press and hold the power button to shutdown NAS and then power
on the NAS again.
6. Done.
## Odpowiedzi społeczności
Podczas całej operacji, dyski muszą być wyciągnięte? ( gdzieś na wujku google rzuciło mi się w oczy :D )
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