Hardware And Bios Issues; When Updating The Bios To V1.03, The Preserve Cmos Settings Option Is Not Available; C6 Package Sleep State - Sun Microsystems Ultra 27 Product Notes

Driver Update: Intel Chipset driver to 9.1.1.1019
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Driver Update: Intel NIC driver 14.4 to support Windows 2008, e1000e 1.0.25 for Linux
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Driver Update: Realtek audio driver 2.33 to fix WHQL failed issue
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Driver Update: SATA IMSM driver 8.9.0.1023
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Diagnostic Tool Update: Pc-Check v6.23s
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Download an ISO image of the Tools and Drivers DVD from the Sun Ultra 27 workstation
product page at:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/index.jsp

Hardware and BIOS Issues

The following hardware issues apply to the Sun Ultra 27 workstation, regardless of the
operating system (OS) installed on the workstation.
"SunVTS Requires 2 Gb System Memory" on page 12
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"Workstation Does Not Boot (POST Code 94) with LSI SAS1064E 4-Port Controller Card in
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x16 Slots" on page 12
"Corrupted BIOS: System Does Not Perform POST" on page 13
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"Headphone Volume Might Be Too Loud" on page 13
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"ROM Initialization Error Occurs When RAID is Enabled for On-board SATA Drives" on
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page 13
When Updating the BIOS to v1.03, the Preserve CMOS
Settings Option is Not Available
Due to CMOS structure change, users are unable to preserve the CMOS settings when updating
BIOS to v1.03.
Workaround
Record customized CMOS settings before flashing the BIOS. After the update, access the BIOS
Setup Utility and enter the recorded settings to customize BIOS v1.03.

C6 Package Sleep State

You must invoke C6 package sleep state to use it. There is no impact too the user if this is turned
off. However, it may provide a marginal power usage improvement if set.
Chapter 1 • Hardware and Software Issues
Hardware and BIOS Issues
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