F. Emergency Procedure - Teknor Industrial Computers VIPer 821 Technical Reference Manual

F. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

Follow this procedure only in case of emergency such as a critical error occurred during
the Boot Block Flash BIOS update (when using UBIOS utility program or saving the
AWARD parameters into the flash memory) or if you meet one of the following symptoms
at anytime:
1. No POST code on a power up (when using a POST card).
2. System stops at POST 41(when using a POST card) and associated beep code is
generated (Refer to Section E.1).
3. Board does not boot, even after following all the usual verifications: cables, power,
bootup diskette.
F.1 EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
The Emergency Procedure is described as follows:
1. Remove the battery jumper (W10) to reset the CMOS values.
2. Disable the Power Fail Detection function (W11 removed).
3. Ensure the Supervisor I/O base address is set to 190h (see BIOS Setup Program).
4. Connect a 1.44MB floppy drive (drive A) to the board, and insert the EMERGENCY
diskette in it.
5. Power on the board. (Note that no VGA is present during this procedure.)
6. Boot block flash update will be completed when the POST code 55 is displayed (when
using a POST card) or the associated beep code sounds (indicated in Section E-1).
7. After the procedure is successfully completed, power down the board, install the
battery and Power Fail Detection jumpers and power up the board. Be aware to restore
the I/O base address as it was previously
The boot block flash BIOS should be correctly programmed and the system should
run properly.
NOTE
The preparation of an Emergency Diskette is described in Section
F.2 - Generate an Emergency Floppy Diskette .
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