Server Utilities
Recovering the BIOS
In the rare event that the BIOS becomes damaged, a recovery process needs to be followed to return
the system to service. Two methods are available to recover the BIOS: automatically with the crisis
recovery diskette, and manually by moving a jumper on the system board. These methods are
described below.
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NOTE
BIOS recovery is the mode of last resort, used only when the main system
BIOS will not come up.
Manually Recovering the BIOS
A BIOS recovery can be manually initiated. This option would be used only when the BIOS is
corrupt, but the ROM checksum error does not occur during POST. To manually initiate a BIOS
recovery, use the following steps:
1.
Power down and uplug the system from the AC power source.
2.
Move the recovery jumper at J1D1 from pins 13 and 14 to cover pins 14 and 15.
3.
Insert a bootable diskette containing the file AMIBOOT.ROM
into the A: diskette drive.
4.
Plug the system into the AC power source and power it on.
5.
A blue screen will be displayed and the recovery process will automatically run. The system
will continue to beep throughout the recovery process. The recovery process is complete when
the beeping stops.
6.
Remove the diskette.
7.
Power down and unplug the system from the AC power source.
8.
Move the BIOS recovery jumper at J1D1 back to the original position, covering pins 13 and 14.
9.
Plug the system into the AC power source and power it up to confirm that the recovery was
successful.
Clearing the CMOS
If you are not able to access the BIOS setup screens, the CMOS Clear jumper will need to be used
to reset the configuration RAM. The CMOS Clear jumper is located on jumper block J17.
1.
Power down the system and disconnect the AC power.
2.
Open the server.
3.
Move the jumper from pins 1 and 2 to the Clear CMOS position, covering pins 2 and 3.
4.
Reconnect the AC power, power up the system.
5.
When the system begins beeping, power it down and disconnect the AC power.
6.
Return the CMOS Clear jumper to the original location, covering pins 1 and 2.
7.
Close the server chassis, reconnect the AC power and power up the system.
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