Recovering The Bios; Recovering The Bios With The Crisis Recovery Diskette - Intel SE7501CW2 - E7501 DUAL PGA604 XEON 533MHZ Product Manual

Recovering the BIOS

In the rare event that the BIOS becomes damaged a recovery process needs to be followed to return
the system to service. Two methods are available to recover the BIOS: automatically with the crisis
recovery diskette, and manually by moving a jumper on the system board. These methods are
described below.
NOTE
BIOS recovery is the mode of last resort, used only when the main system
BIOS will not come up.

Recovering the BIOS with the Crisis Recovery Diskette

Automatically Recovering the BIOS
If a ROM checksum error occurs during POST, the system will automatically enter BIOS recovery
mode. This is indicated by system beeping with one long beep followed by two short beeps. When
you hear this beep pattern, use the following steps to initiate an automatic recovery:
1. Insert the Crisis Recovery Diskette into the A: diskette drive. (See the section titled Crisis
Recovery Diskette on page 45 for instructions on creating the diskette.)
2. A blue screen will be displayed and the recovery process will automatically run. The system
will continue to beep throughout the recovery process. The recovery process is complete when
the beeping stops.
3. Remove the diskette and power down the system.
4. Power the system up to restart it and confirm that the recovery was successful.
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