IBM 8685 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 50

Update POST/BIOS, Attention, Select your language 0 through 5 and press Enter to accept your choice.

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Flash ROM page-swap jumper (J50) 3 2 1 3. Move J50 to pins 2 and 3 to enable BIOS recovery mode. 4. Reconnect all external cables and power cords and turn on the peripheral devices. 5. Insert the BIOS flash diskette into the diskette drive. 6. Restart the server. The system begins the power-on self-test (POST). 7. Select 1 - Update POST/BIOS from the menu that contains various flash (update) options. 8. When you are prompted whether you want to move the current POST/BIOS image to the backup ROM location, press N. Attention: If you press Y, the damaged BIOS will be copied into the secondary page. 9. When you are prompted whether you want to save the current code to a diskette, press N. 10. Select your language (0 through 5) and press Enter to accept your choice. 11. Attention: Do not restart the server at this time. Remove the flash diskette from the diskette drive. 12. Turn off the server. 13. Move J50 to pins 1 and 2 to return to normal startup mode. 14. Restart the server. The system starts up. 40 xSeries 255 Type 8685: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide

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Flash ROM page-swap
jumper (J50)
3
2
1
3.
Move J50 to pins 2 and 3 to enable BIOS recovery mode.
4.
Reconnect all external cables and power cords and turn on the peripheral
devices.
5.
Insert the BIOS flash diskette into the diskette drive.
6.
Restart the server. The system begins the power-on self-test (POST).
7.
Select
1 - Update POST/BIOS
from the menu that contains various flash
(update) options.
8.
When you are prompted whether you want to move the current POST/BIOS
image to the backup ROM location, press N.
Attention:
If you press Y, the damaged BIOS will be copied into the
secondary page.
9.
When you are prompted whether you want to save the current code to a
diskette, press N.
10.
Select your language (0 through 5) and press Enter to accept your choice.
11.
Attention:
Do
not
restart the server at this time.
Remove the flash diskette from the diskette drive.
12.
Turn off the server.
13.
Move J50 to pins 1 and 2 to return to normal startup mode.
14.
Restart the server. The system starts up.
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