Appendix D Dual Boot Block; Introduction; Bios Boot Block; Bios Boot Block Corruption Occurrence - Supermicro C7Z170-M User Manual

D-1 Introduction
This motherboard supports the Dual Boot Block feature, which is the last-
ditch mechanism to recover the BIOS boot block. This section provides
an introduction to the feature.

BIOS Boot Block

A BIOS boot block is the minimum BIOS loader required to enable nec-
essary hardware components for the BIOS crisis recovery flash that will
update the main BIOS block. An on-call BIOS boot-block corruption may
occur due to a software tool issue (see image below) or an unexpected
power outage during BIOS updates.
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Reading flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done
-- ME Data Size checking . ok
-- FFS checksums . . . . . . . . ok
Erasing Boot Block . . . . . . . . . . . done
__Updating Boot Block . . . . . . . . 0x00A91000 (13%)

BIOS Boot Block Corruption Occurrence

When a BIOS boot block is corrupted due to an unexpected power out-
age or a software tool malfunctioning during BIOS updates, you can still
reboot the system by activating switch JBR1 on the motherboard. When
JBR1 is activated, the system will boot from a backup boot block pre-
loaded in the BIOS by the manufacturer.
Appendix D
Dual Boot Block
AMI Firmware Update Utility vX.XX.XX
Appendix D: Dual Boot Block
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