Recovery Boot Jumper - Gateway 7250R System Manual

The following table shows the settings required to perform this task. Make
sure you turn off the server and unplug the power cord before moving the
jumper.
Mode
Protect
Clear
Caution

Recovery Boot jumper

The Recovery Boot jumper on the system board (pins 9 through 11 of jumper
J2J1) lets you recover from a failed BIOS update by booting from diskette and
loading the correct BIOS update. (See the figure on page 6 for the location of
the jumper.)
The following table shows the settings required to perform this task. Make
sure you turn off the server and unplug the power cord before moving the
jumper.
Mode
Normal boot
Recovery boot
Caution
Jumper
Setting
Pins 5-6
Pins 6-7
Moving the jumper while the power is on can damage the
server. Always turn off the server and unplug the power
cord before moving the jumper.
Jumper
Setting
Pins 9-10
Pins 10-11
Moving the jumper while the power is on can damage the
server. Always turn off the server and unplug the power
cord before moving the jumper.
Action When Set
Normal operation (default)
Clears all passwords at bootup
Action When Set
Normal boot from BIOS (default)
Boot from diskette and correct the
BIOS code
Setting the system board jumpers
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