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Upgrading the BIOS, Recovering the BIOS, Creating the BIOS Upgrade Floppy Diskette

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Creating the BIOS Upgrade Floppy Diskette The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to upgrade the BIOS. 1. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk. 2. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory. 3. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example: 10006BI1.EXE 4. Press . The extracted file contains the following files: LICENSE.TXT README.TXT BIOS.EXE 5. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement and the README.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade. 6. Insert the bootable floppy disk into drive A. 7. To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the floppy disk, change to the temporary directory that holds the BIOS.EXE file and type: BIOS A: 8. Press . 9. The floppy disk now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files. Upgrading the BIOS 1. Boot the computer with the floppy disk in drive A. The BIOS upgrade utility screen appears. 2. When you are prompted to reboot the server, remove the floppy disk and reboot. 3. As the computer boots, check the BIOS identifier (version number) to make sure the upgrade was successful. 4. To enter the Setup program, press when you see the message: Press Key if you want to run SETUP 5. For proper operation, load the Setup program defaults. 6. Set the options in the Setup program to the settings you wrote down before the BIOS upgrade. 7. Save the settings and exit. Recovering the BIOS It is unlikely that anything will interrupt the BIOS upgrade; however, if an interruption occurs, the BIOS could be damaged. The following steps explain how to recover the BIOS if an upgrade fails. The following procedure use recovery mode for the Setup program.  NOTE Because of the small amount of code available in the nonerasable boot block area, there is no video support. You will not see anything on the screen during the procedure. Monitor the procedure by listening to the speaker and looking at the floppy drive LED. Configuration Software and Utilities 53

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Configuration Software and Utilities
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Creating the BIOS Upgrade Floppy Diskette
The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to
upgrade the BIOS.
1.
Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk.
2.
From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.
3.
To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example:
10006BI1.EXE
4.
Press <Enter>.
The extracted file contains the following files:
LICENSE.TXT
README.TXT
BIOS.EXE
5.
Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement and the
README.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
6.
Insert the bootable floppy disk into drive A.
7.
To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the floppy disk, change to the temporary directory that holds
the BIOS.EXE file and type:
BIOS A:
8.
Press <Enter>.
9.
The floppy disk now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files.
Upgrading the BIOS
1.
Boot the computer with the floppy disk in drive A.
The BIOS upgrade utility screen appears.
2.
When you are prompted to reboot the server, remove the floppy disk and reboot.
3.
As the computer boots, check the BIOS identifier (version number) to make sure the upgrade
was successful.
4.
To enter the Setup program, press <F2> when you see the message:
Press <F2> Key if you want to run SETUP
5.
For proper operation, load the Setup program defaults.
6.
Set the options in the Setup program to the settings you wrote down before the BIOS upgrade.
7.
Save the settings and exit.
Recovering the BIOS
It is unlikely that anything will interrupt the BIOS upgrade; however, if an interruption occurs, the
BIOS could be damaged.
The following steps explain how to recover the BIOS if an upgrade fails.
The following procedure use recovery mode for the Setup program.
NOTE
Because of the small amount of code available in the nonerasable boot block
area, there is no video support.
You will not see anything on the screen
during the procedure.
Monitor the procedure by listening to the speaker and
looking at the floppy drive LED.