Clearing The Cmos; Moving Clear Cmos Jumper - MAXDATA PLATINUM 500 I M5 System Manual

Keyboard Commands (Continued)
<F10>

Clearing the CMOS

If you are not able to access the BIOS setup screens, the CMOS Clear jumper will need to be used
to reset the configuration RAM. The CMOS Clear jumper is located on jumper block J17.
1. Power down the system and disconnect the AC power.
2. Open the server. See your chassis documentation for instructions.
3. Move the jumper from pins 1 and 2 to the Clear CMOS position, covering pins 2 and 3. See
Figure 8.
4. Reconnect the AC power, power up the system.
5. When the system begins beeping, power it down and disconnect the AC power.
6. Return the CMOS Clear jumper to the original location, covering pins 1 and 2.
7. Close the server chassis, reconnect the AC power and power up the system.
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Save and Exit - Pressing <F10> causes the following message to appear:
Save Configuration changes and exit now?
If "Yes" is selected and the <Enter> key is pressed, all changes are saved and
Setup is exited. If "No" is selected and the <Enter> key is pressed, or the <Esc>
key is pressed, the user is returned to where they were before <F10> was
pressed without affecting any existing values.
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Figure 8. Moving Clear CMOS Jumper
Setup Confirmation
[Yes] [No]
CMOS CLEAR
BMC Control
Force Erase
PASSWORD CLEAR
Protect
Erase
RECOVERY BOOT
Normal Boot
Recovery Boot
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