IMPORTANT FLASH DISKETTE INFORMATION. **************************************************************************** ALWAYS WRITE PROTECT THE FLASH DISKETTE AFTER CREATING IT. WINDOWS/95 AND WINDOWS/98 MAY MAKE IT UN-USABLE AS A FLASH DISKETTE IF YOU DO ANYTHING, INCLUDING DIR, TO THE DISKETTE. IF YOU DO NOT WRITE PROTECT THE DISKETTE, YOU MAY SEE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: "The diskette in drive A: is not a Flash diskette". IF YOU GET THIS MESSAGE, RE-CREATE THE DISKETTE AND THEN WRITE PROTECT IT. **************************************************************************** --CONTENTS-- 1 - BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 2 - GUIDELINES FOR REPLACEMENT START UP SCREEN IMAGES 3 - PROGRAM OPTIONS OF INTEREST TO SYSTEM SUPPORT PEOPLE 4 - CMOS SAVE/RESTORE UTILITY ********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * ********************************************************************** IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------- THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)... -------------------------------------------------- Machine(s) Description ---------- ---------------------------------------------------- 6561 PC300GL 6591 PC300GL =========================================================================== ---- About Applied Fixes or Features Added ---- (CHANGES.NEW) is another file on this diskette that lists known problems corrected and/or features added after applying this UPDATE to your system. If you would like, please take the time to read or print that file before using this diskette to update your system. =========================================================================== ********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * STEPS... * * * * 1 : PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE * * CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER * * UPDATING THE BIOS. * * * * 2 : PUT THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE AND POWER UP THE * * SYSTEM.. . * * * * -YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SELECT YOUR COUNTRY AND PRESS ENTER. * * * * -THE SERIAL NUMBER IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU * * WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . * * * * -THE MACHINE MODEL/TYPE IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU * * WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE MODEL/TYPE * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . * * * * 3 : THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT ON * * THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE. * * * * -IF THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING * * "THE POST/BIOS CODE IN THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME VERSION AS * * THAT ON THE DISKETTE. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE. PRESS ESC * * TO CANCEL." * * * * -IF THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT: * * IF THE LEVEL ON THE FLASH DISKETTE IS NEWER THAN THE ROM * * A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE SYSTEM POST/BIOS IS * * BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER * * OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE. * * * * IF THE LEVEL ON THE DISKETTE IS OLDER THAN THE ROM * * * A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE POST/BIOS IN THE * * SYSTEM IS A NEWER VERSION THAN THAT ON THE DISKETTE * * IF YOU CONTINUE, THE OLDER VERSION WILL REPLACE THE NEWER * * VERSION IN THE SYSTEM." * * IF YOU PRESS ENTER, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED "THE SYSTEM POST/* * BIOS IS BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT* * POWER OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE." * * * * 4 : THE FLASH UPDATE IS NOW COMPLETE. REMOVE THE DISKETTE FIRST * * AND THEN PRESS ENTER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES * * ------------------------------- * * * * THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF * * REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "IBM" IMAGE THAT IS * * DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE * * A 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT * * IMAGE. SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE: * * * * 1. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX * * IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...) * * 2. NO LARGER THAN 50K FOR EITHER IMAGE * * 3. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE * * FLASH TO STORE REPLACEMENT IMAGES MAY VARY FROM RELEASE * * TO RELEASE AND BY LANGUAGE SELECTION. I.E. AN IMAGE THAT * * FITS IN A U.S. ENGLISH FLASH MAY NOT FIT IN A GERMAN * * FLASH. * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS * * --------------------- * * * * THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS A STEP * * BY STEP DIALOGUE WITH THE USER THAT PRESENTS CHOICES AND * * GATHERS RESPONSES FROM THE USER ABOUT WHICH CHOICES ARE * * DESIRED. * * * * IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY * * SYSTEMS THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE * * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION * * TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OPERATION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY * * MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE ON THIS DISKETTE WITH * * THE FOLLOWING: * * * * SHELL=FLASH2.EXE option1 option2 option3......optionxx * * * * OPTIONS * * ------- * * * * /U UNATTENDED MODE. ALL DEFAULTS ARE ASSUMED (UNLESS * * OVERRIDDEN BY OTHER OPTION STATEMENTS) AND ALL * * PROMPTS ARE BYPASSED. ANY ERRORS WILL RESULT IN * * PROGRAM TERMINATION WITHOUT ANY ERROR INDICATION. * * <<< USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION >>> * * * * /US COUNTRY CODE (LANGUAGE). THIS CAN BE ANY OF THE * * VALID COUNTRY CODES (UK, SV, SU, SP, PO, NO, NL, * * IT, GR, FR, DK, CF, CE, BE, LA, US, SF, SG, BR,JP, * * or TK) * * * * /B:nnnnnnn SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER * * * * /M:nnnnnnn MACHINE TYPE * * * * /N USE THE CURRENT FLASH IMAGE ON THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN * * THE IMAGE ON THE DISKETTE. THIS IS USED TO UPDATE * * MACHINE TYPE AND SERIAL NUMBER IN THE EVENT OF THE * * REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM BOARD. * * * * /L:xxxx.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE LARGE * * CENTERED IMAGE. AN IBM LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT * * BUT ANY 16 COLOR WINDOWS BMP FILE CAN BE USED * * INSTEAD. THE UNCOMPRESSED IMAGE FILE MUST BE * * LESS THAN 50K. ONLY RELATIVELY SIMPLE IMAGES * * CAN BE USED AS REPLACEMENTS. * * * * /LL:yyyy.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE SMALLER * * IMAGE IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. IT * * SHOULD BE NO LARGER THAN 50K. AS WITH THE * * OTHER IMAGE, IT NEEDS TO BE SIMPLE. * * * * /R AUTOMATIC COLD BOOT AFTER AN UNATTENDED (/U) * * FLASH UPDATE. * * * * /E:ON TURNS ON THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. * * * * /E:OFF TURNS OFF THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. * * * * /BB THE FLASH UTILITY WILL ONLY UPDATE THE RECOVERY * * SECTION OF THE FLASH. THE BIOS SECTION WILL NOT * * BE UPDATED. * * * * /D THE FLASH UTILITY WILL GENERATE AN UNIVERSALLY * * UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UUID), REPLACING THE ONE THAT * * IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLASH. * * * * /A:nnnnnnnn ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TO SELECT THE 32 BIT ADDRESS * * WHERE THE FLASH UTILITY WILL COPY THE FLASH * * IMAGE FROM DISKETTE TO MEMORY BEFORE PREFORMING * * THE FLASH UPDATE. * * * * * * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS IN IT'S * * CONFIG.SYS SHOULD BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD * * USAGE. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * CMOS SAVE/RESTORE PROGRAM * * --------------------- * * * * THIS DISKETTE INCLUDES A CMOS SAVE RESTORE UTILITY * * FOR SAVING AND RESTORING THE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION * * MAINTAINED IN THE CMOS BATTERY BACKED RAM. THIS UTILITY * * IS INTENTED FOR USE AS AN AID IN CONFIGURING MULTIPLE * * IDENTICAL SYSTEMS. TO USE THIS UTILITY, COPY THE EXECUTABLE * * FILE (SRCMOSNZ.EXE) TO A DOS BOOTABLE DISKETTE. TYPE * * 'SRCMOSNZ' AT THE COMMAND PROMPT FOR INFORMATION ON * * COMMAND SYNTAX AND OPTIONS. * * * * USAGE NOTES: * * * * 1) THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION INCLUDES PASSWORDS. * * SAVING AND RESTORING THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION * * WILL ALSO CHANGE THE PASSWORDS TO THOSE SAVED IN * * DATA FILE (IF ANY). * * * * 2) SYSTEMS WITH ENHANCED SECURITY STORE PASSWORDS AND * * BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION IN A PROTECTED EEPROM. * * IN THESE SYSTEMS, THE BOOT SEQUENCE AND PASSWORDS * * CAN BE NEITHER SAVED NOR RESTORED. * * * ********************************************************************** Flash Changes Models 6561 and 6591 NZJTxxA is the flash diskette level. NZKTxxA is the flash image level. (BIOS) NOTE: All changes carry forward. That is, if a change is added in 01, it is also in 02, 03 etc. CHANGES for NZKT/NZJT20A Initial release for first customer ship. Changes for NZKT/NZJT21A - Some PCI Lan attachement cards cause system to hang on warm boot. - Store systems controller hangs system when "Dump" switch on controller card is pressed. - Processor speed shown incorrectly in Setup program. - System will not resume from low power state when parallel port activity is detected. Changes for NZKT/NZJT22A - Bios Setup screens display wrong IDE hard disk size if drive is larger than 8.4 gig. - Downloading a DOS image from a network using a ISA network attachment card hangs. Changes for NZKT/NZJT23A - Holding down a key on the keyboard during POST occasionally locks system. - Fixed problem in flash update utility where the program would hang while reprograming the flash module. (If this happened on a earlier version,the flash could be recovered by setting the flash recovery jumper to "recover" and the clear CMOS jumper to "clear" and re-running the flash update procedure. - Fixed problem of network cards becoming unresponsive to the network (for example, not responding to a "Ping" request) when the system was in an APM power saving mode in OS/2 and Windows 95. (Note: in Windows 95, this fix only applies when the system has entered low power mode via the inactivity timer. If you enter low power mode via the suspend button in the start menu, network cards may still be unresponsive to network activity.) Changes for NZKT/NZJT24A - System powers off after clearing CMOS - Network cards loose touch with network under Windows 95 after a "Suspend" power management operation. Changes for NZKT/NZJT25A Not released - Changes to support ACPI in Windows 98 - Error message when running with a single 8 Meg. DIMM - Hangs during restart with APM enabled - Print screen in DOS only prints first 25 lines of screen - Added setup option to disable ECC checking in cache on processors that have ECC L2 cache. - Added support for Intel Celeron processor Changes for NZKT/NZJT26A Not released - Add LS120/Iomega Zip boot support (6561/6591). Use the Microsoft W95 driver if using LS120 device. Procedure for Removing the Intel BM IDE driver from 6561/6591 Win95 OSR2.x Preload =============================================================================== Background: ----------- The Intel BM IDE driver supports DMA and Ultra-DMA operation of Hard files and CD ROM devices. The Native IDE driver in Win95 OSR2.x supports DMA, but not Ultra-DMA operation. The Intel driver has several shortcomings, including not supporting LS120 devices. The Native Win95 OSR2.x driver seems to work fine with LS120 devices. The latest system performance tests indicate that there is little or not system performance penalty for using the Win95 OSR2.x native driver versus the Intel Busmaster Driver. To Remove the Intel Bus Master Driver: -------------------------------------- 1. Obtain the Intel Win95 Busmaster driver (Z23T11A) on a diskette from the RTC, or the IBM PC web site (http://www.pc.ibm.com) 2. Boot the 6561/6591 system with the Win95 preload installed. Ensure all devices are running, and that there are no conflicts in Device Manager. 3. Insert the Intel Busmaster driver diskette into the A: drive 4. Open a MSDOS window, and type a:setup and press Enter 5. The install Wizard will start, press the NEXT button in the Welcome panel. 6. Press the DE-INSTALL button in the Select Components panel. 7. The driver will get de-installed, and you will be asked to restart, press OK button, and remove the diskette from the A: drive. 8. When the system reboots, the Update Device Driver Wizard will appear. Do NOT insert the Intel Busmaster driver diskette ! Press NEXT button, and the Wizard should find the native Win95 OSR2.x driver ' Intel 82371AB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller' on the hard file. Press the NEXT button. 9. You will be asked to restart your system, press YES button. If you have more than one IDE device in your system, you may be asked to restart more than once. The Intel Busmaster driver has now been removed, and the native Win95 OSR2.x driver is installed. The Win95 OSR2.x driver is DMA capable, but it usually defaults to NOT DMA operation. DMA will improve the system performance by allowing the device to transfer data at higher speed, and by reducing the load on the processor. To ensure DMA is enabled: ------------------------- 1. Open Device Manager 2. Click on the + box next to Disk Drives. Select the hard disk drive, and click on the Properties box. Select the Settings tab. There should be several check boxes, and one of these is labeled DMA; check this box, and click OK. You may be asked to restart your system, click on YES. 3. If you have a CD ROM, click on the + box next to CDROM. Select the CD ROM, and click on the Properties box. Select the Settings tab. There should be several check boxes, and one of these is labeled DMA; check this box, and click OK. You may be asked to restart your system, click on YES. 4. Click OK to close Device manager. - F1 hang when power switch pressed during a soft smi - Add flash support to LS120. Changes for NZKT/NZJT27A Not released - DMI calls return some wrong information - Some Celeron processors come up running very slow - System turns on automatically after setting power management under Windows 98 Changes for NZKT/NZJT28A -Fix microsoft HCT failure. -Speed up POST with cache disabled. Changes for NZKT/NZJT29A -Fix Win98 HCT failure -Intermittant flash coruption when "/u" option set in flash update utility -fix "not enough memory" error in manufacturing test -Change default for 233 and 266 mhz processors to "ECC cache enabled" when ECC memory dimms are installed in system. -Fix trouble with Madge and 3Com network cards conntcting to network on a cold boot. -System hangs after upgrade to Win98 Changes for NZKT/NZJT30A -An error occured during the build of level 29 that resulted in the Japanese flash diskette (NZJ229A) being unusable. (The non-Japanese version (NZJT29A) were o.k. This build (30) was done to correct the NZJ230A Japanese diskette and is otherwise identical to level 29. Changes for NZKT/NZJT31A -ISA "memory hole" function (reserving the memory addresses between 15 and 16 meg for use by a ISA card) not working. -Bios config error with CD-R drive -Problem with Sysquest 1gb removeable media drive -New processor patches for processor types 650 & 652 -PCI IRQ table missing AGP Changes for NZKT/NZJT32A Add changes for WIN/98 compatability tests. Changes for NZKT/NZJT33A Problem w/oem touch screen & no mouse LS-120 fails to boot in a scsi system Update video bios. Removes debug code from video bios. System hangs at ckpt 7A with some IDE CDROMs installed Changes for NZKT/NZJT34A New patch file for 652 type processor C000 segment not being shadowed with ISA video cards Hayes Optima (Serial) modem does not connect Add support for Mendicino processor Add soft off support to SMI handler Changes for NZKT/NZJT35A Power LED stays on in Stand-by mode on Win98J Add keyboard delay for certain DOS programs that hang the keyboard Celeron processors with 0 L2 cache are mis-configured PCI modem diagnostics hangs system if using IRQ 11 or 15 Memory beep code after boot block recovery Add processor patch for 671 processors IDE Bus Master controller UDMA setting wrong for Zip drive Celeron CPU Name is not correct at Setup Utility Occasional hang at checkpoint 58 during Win 98 reboot System intermittantly loses configuration data Changes for NZKT/NZJT36A Can't format a ZIP drive under DOS Win95 ignores bios apm settings Problems configuring the 5250 Express ISA adapter in PnP POST fails with 2 adaptec quad port ethernet pci adapters installed Intermittant after warm boot system gets memory error beeps Letter 'm' is not recognized in password in canadian/french flash. Readme.1st files had incorrect information. Changes for NZKT/NZJT37A IBM 100/10 ISA Ethernet in causes BIOS error Add patch 653 for slot1 processors Add patch 672 for new CPU ID Serial B may not work if serial A is disabled. Update uproc patches for 671 and 672 Screen becomes all white when warp 4 being shutdown Changes for NZKT/NZJT38A BIOS Setup date prompt displays YY not YYYY for the year ACPI changes to support NT2000 Added Processor Serial Number Access menu item Updated CPU patches for various processors Incorrect memory information when memory hole at 15M-16M is used for some ISA cards NT Simplified Chinese will not install from CD System Service Function call returns incorrect memory information Changes for NZKT/NZJT39A Microcode updates for 653, 665, 672, 673, and 680 processors. Do not remove hard drive from boot sequence when no hard drive is found in POST. Correct ACPI errors. Could not warm boot when enhanced security was enabled. Add IBM_BOOT signature for network adapters. Changes for NZKT/NZJT40A Microcode updates for Pentium III and Celeron processors. Changes for NZKT/NZJT41A New coppermine patches for slot 1 Add ACPI Local APIC NMI Structure for all IOAPIC systems Change location of temporary error log in BDA Changes for NZKT/NZJT42A SMBIOS: Fix system information problem Fix Virus Detection feature Fix CD Boot 2-track problem