********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * ********************************************************************** IBM PC Server 325/330 BOOT BLOCK UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------- THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)... ------------------------------------------------- Machine(s) Description ---------- --------------------------------------- 8639 PTO,PTW,PBO,RBO PC Server 325 8640 PTO,PBO,PMO PC Server 330 ==================================================================== THIS FLASH UTILITY WILL UPDATE THE BOOT BLOCK RECOVERY CODE IN YOUR SYSTEM. YOU DO NOT NEED THIS DISKETTE IF YOUR SYSTEM IS AT BIOS LEVEL 21A OR GREATER. IF YOUR SYSTEM IS AT A BIOS LEVEL LESS THAN 21A YOU SHOULD USE THIS DISKETTE TO UPGRADE YOUR SYSTEM. ********************************* *********** IMPORTANT *********** ********************************* IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR SYSTEM WITH A 333MHz PROCESSOR THEN YOU MUST USE THIS DISKETTE BEFORE INSTALLING THE 333MHz PROCESSOR. 1. FLASH SYSTEM WITH BB_UPD02.IMG WHICH WILL UPDATE THE BOOT BLOCK RECOVERY CODE IN THE SYSTEM. 2. FLASH SYSTEM WITH BIOS LEVEL 21A OR ABOVE WHICH WILL UPDATE SYSTEM TO CHOSEN LEVEL. 3. INSTALL 333MHz PROCESSOR UPGRADE. ********************************************************************** * 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. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * BOOTBLOCK UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * ********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * STEPS... * * * * 1 : PLEASE CONSULT YOUR SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION AND MOVE THE * * BOOTBLOCK PROTECTED JUMPER INTO THE UNPROTECTED POSITION. * * * * 2 : PUT THE BB_UPD02 DISKETTE IN DRIVE A: AND POWER UP THE * * SYSTEM.. . * * FLASH THE SYSTEM USING NORMAL FLASH PROCEDURE AS ABOVE * * NOTE:- tHIS PROCEDURE WILL COMPLETE FASTER THAN A NORMAL * * FLASH UPDATE * * 3 : POWER OFF THE SYSTEM AND PUT THE BOOTBLOCK PROTECTED * * JUMPER BACK TO IT'S NORMAL POSITION. * * * * 4 : POWER UP THE SYSTEM TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. * * * **********************************************************************