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Recovery Boot jumper
The jumper at pins 9, 10, and 11 controls whether the system attempts to
boot using the BIOS programmed in flash memory or if it attempts to flash
the BIOS from a diskette in drive A. If an attempted BIOS update is
interrupted, you may need to perform this procedure.
1.
See “Changing a jumper setting” on page 175.
2. Move the recovery boot jumper from pins 9 and 10 to pins 10 and 11.
3.
Reinstall the access cover for your safety (using the original screws),
then connect the power cords to the system.
4. Turn the system on, and insert the Flash Memory Update Utility
diskette in drive A. After the system boots, the speaker emits a single
beep and the recovery process starts. This takes about three minutes.
When the recovery process completes, the speaker emits two beeps.
While in recovery mode, there is no screen display on the monitor. The
keyboard is also disabled as the system automatically recovers the
BIOS. The beep codes listed in the table BIOS Recovery Beep Codes
and Messages describe the recovery status.
5.
Turn the system off, disconnect all AC power cords from the system,
and remove the access cover.
6. Move the jumper from pins 10 and 11 back to pins 9 and 10 to enable
the normal boot mode.
To Perform a Recovery Boot
BIOS Recovery Beep Codes and Messages
Beep Codes Message
2 Successful completion, no errors.
4 The system could not boot from the diskette. The diskette
may not be bootable.
Continuous series
of low beeps The wrong BIOS recovery files are being used and/or the
flash memory jumper is in the wrong position.
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