Performing The Bios Upgrade - IBM @server xSeries 343 Product Manual

Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette/CD
The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to
upgrade the BIOS. If your IBM
extract the BIOS files on a system with a diskette drive and transfer the extracted files to a bootable
CD-ROM.
On a system with a diskette drive:
1. Insert the bootable diskette into the diskette drive.
2. Extract the contents of the BIOS.EXE file onto the bootable diskette. To do this, type
BIOS.EXE A:
3. The BIOS upgrade image files are extracted directly onto the floppy disk.
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then perform the following steps to create a bootable BIOS update CD:
1. Insert the bootable diskette into a system with a CD-R (CD writer) drive and "Easy CD Creator"
or "Nero" CD writing software.
2. Start the CD writer application and choose "Bootable CD" or "CD-ROM (Boot)".
3. Set the source of the bootable image to the floppy drive (A:\) and choose "Floppy Emulation
1.44MB".
4. Set the "Load Segment" to 0x7C0 or 07C0.
5. Set the "Sector Count" or "Number of loaded sectors" to 1.
6. Start the CD burn.

Performing the BIOS Upgrade

1. Place the bootable diskette (or CD) containing the BIOS update files into the diskette (or CD)
drive of your system. Boot the system with the diskette in the drive (or the BIOS update CD in
the CD drive).
2. At this point you have a choice of two options. Press 1 and <Enter> to automatically update the
system BIOS. This will update the system BIOS and reset the system. Press 2 and <Enter> to
update the User Binary and reset the system.
3. Wait while the BIOS files are updated. Do not power down the system during the BIOS update
process! The system will reset automatically when the BIOS update process is completed.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive (or the BIOS upgrade CD from the CD drive).
4. Verify that the BIOS version displayed during POST is the new version as the system reboots.
5. Enter BIOS Setup by pressing the <F2> key during boot. Once in BIOS Setup, press <F9> and
<Enter> to set the parameters back to default values.
6. Re-enter the values you wrote down at the beginning of this process. Press <F10> and <Enter> to
exit BIOS Setup and Save Changes.
7. If you do not set the CMOS values back to defaults using the <F9> key, the system may function
erratically.
xSeries 343 Product Guide
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xSeries 343 server does not have a diskette drive, then
has a CD drive and no diskette drive (standard or USB),
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