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your BIOS before downloading. Select your motherboard model and down-
load the BIOS file to your computer. Unzip the BIOS update file and you will
find the readme.txt (flash instructions), the flash.bat (BIOS flash utility) and
the BIOS image (xxxxxx.rom) files. Copy these files onto a bootable floppy
and reboot your system. It is not necessary to set BIOS boot block protec-
tion jumpers on the motherboard. At the DOS prompt, enter the command
"flash." This will start the flash utility and give you an opportunity to save
your current BIOS image. Flash the boot block and enter the name of the
update BIOS image file.
N o t e : I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o s a v e y o u r c u r r e n t B I O S a n d r e n a m e i t
"super.rom" in case you need to recover from a failed BIOS update.
Select flash boot block, then enter the update BIOS image. Select "Y" to
start the BIOS flash procedure and do not disturb your system until the
flash utility displays that the procedure is complete. After updating your
BIOS, please clear the CMOS then load Optimal Values in the BIOS.
Question: After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video.
How can I correct this?
Answer: If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS,
it indicates that the flashing procedure failed. To remedy this, first clear
CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing proce-
dure. If you still do not have video, please use the following BIOS Recov-
ery Procedure. Boot up the system from a Win98 boot disk. Type
A:\>phlash /s /cz /mfg /mode=3 [BIOS filename.rom], making sure you insert
the spaces. The system will flash BIOS from here and reboot once it
finishes.
To recover BIOS: a recovery flash requires an update key over the COM
port as follows: hardwire Pin4 to Pin8, hardwire Pin9 and Pin7 to Pin6, and
hardwire Pin3 to Pin2. Use the Supermicro CD to make a “Phoenix BIOS
Crisis Disk for Supermicro Mainboard”. This disk includes a BIOS file named
“bios.rom”. Please note, this BIOS file can be changed to a different Phoenix
BIOS file as long as it’s named “bios.rom”. Connect the serial key to the
COM port, insert the recovery disk into floppy drive and power on the
system. When the system starts to read the disk, remove the serial key
immediately. When the system is done with the BIOS recovery, it will auto-
matically reboot.