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10. Move the jumper at J5H3 from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2.
11. Install the chassis cover.
12. Plug in the power cords.
13. Power on the server by pressing and holding the power button on the front
BIOS recovery mode
The BIOS Recovery Mode permits re-flashing the BIOS when the flash ROM has
been corrupted. The sequence of events for automatic recovery is:
1. Insert the xSeries 382 BIOS Firmware Update CD and reset the system.
2. One beep indicates recovery media is valid, and the flash update has started.
3. Approximately two minutes later, two beeps indicate the flash update is
Note: BIOS recovery requires an "El Torito" formatted CD; alternate forms of
Use the following procedure to initiate the BIOS recovery mode:
10. Follow any other instructions in the BIOS release notes.
Support telephone numbers
View support telephone numbers at http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/ on the World
Wide Web.
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8. Power down the server by pressing and holding the power button on the front
control panel. To do so, hold down the power button for several seconds.
9. Unplug both power cords from the server.
control panel.
complete.
System automatically resets and starts the new BIOS.
removable media including USB devices are not supported and will result in
a continuous beep code (approximately 1 beep every 2 seconds until the
system is powered down).
1. Turn off the server.
2. Unplug both power cords from the server.
3. Move the jumper at J5H1 Labeled 'RCV BOOT' from pins 1-2 to pins 2-3.
4. Reconnect the AC power and switch server power on. CD Recovery activity
will begin. One full beep is emitted as the server begins to load the image
(.REC file type) from disk to memory.
5. Wait two minutes. Two beeps indicate the BIOS recovery has completed
successfully.
6. Remove the CD and power down the server.
7. Unplug both power cords from the server.
8. Move the jumper at J5H1 from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2.
9. Reconnect AC power and power on the server.
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