Recovering Your Operating System And Preinstalled Software; Recovering Or Installing Device Drivers - IBM 621410U - IntelliStation E - Pro 6214 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Recovering your operating system and preinstalled software

This section contains instructions for recovering BIOS code, device drivers,
operating system, and other support software.
Notes:
1. The Product Recovery Program is provided on the computer hard disk drive to
2. The recovery process replaces all information stored on drive C. If possible,

Recovering or installing device drivers

Restoring the factory-preinstalled device drivers is part of the Product Recovery
program and the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD.
On some IBM computers, device drivers are located in the
C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS directory. Other device drivers are on the software
media that come with individual devices.
Notes:
1. Before you can recover or install device drivers, your operating system must be
2. Before you start recovering or installing device drivers, make sure that you
3. Device drivers for IBM devices and the instructions to install them
4. The latest device drivers are also available at
Table 6. Intel Boot Agent messages (continued)
Message
PXE-04: The LAN adapter is
not functioning correctly or
the wrong Boot Agent is
installed. The Boot Agent
cannot continue.
PXE-05: The LAN adapter's
configuration is corrupted or
has not been initialized. The
Boot Agent cannot continue.
Media test failure, check
cable.
assist with software recovery.
back up your data files before starting this process.
installed on your computer.
have the documentation and software media for the device.
(README.TXT) are located on the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
CD and in the C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS directory.
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web.
Description
Explanation: The Boot Agent was unable to read one or
more of the adapter PCI configuration registers. The
adapter might be misconfigured, or the wrong Boot Agent
image might be installed on the adapter. The Boot Agent
will return control to the BIOS and not attempt to remote
boot.
Action: Try to update the flash image. If this does not solve
the problem, contact the system administrator.
Explanation: The Boot Agent determined that the adapter
EEPROM checksum is incorrect. The agent will return
control to the BIOS and not attempt to remote boot.
Action: Try to update the flash image. If this does not solve
the problem, contact the system administrator.
Explanation: The adapter did not detect a viable network
connection.
Action: Verify that a network cable has been plugged into
the Ethernet connector.
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