Technical Advisory 1014

This Technical Advisory describes an issue which may or may not affect the customer’s product
Intel Technical Advisory TA-1014-1
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June 30, 2012
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System may hang during POST with “Quiet Boot” enabled in BIOS
and default Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module firmware
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Products Affected
Systems with any of the following supported Intel
®
Integrated RAID Modules installed.
Table. 1. Products Affected
Product Product code MM# PBA#
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080 RMS25PB080 917056 G27504-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB040 RMS25PB040 917078 G45802-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 RMT3PB080 917079 G45803-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080N RMS25PB080N 922597 G65114-501
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB080 RMS25CB080 917084 G35316-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040 RMS25CB040 917085 G41024-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMT3CB080 RMT3CB080 917086 G41025-502
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB080N RMS25CB080N 922598 G65115-501
Description
Intel has discovered a possible system POST hang event when both “Quiet Boot” is enabled in BIOS and the RAID
module with default firmware version 23.2.1-0046 is installed.
Root Cause
Potential conflict between RAID BIOS and “Quiet Boot” mode of system BIOS may result in system POST hang
condition.