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4.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
5.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryswitchonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”on
page34.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothe
switch.
6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.
7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage147.
8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandthenstarttheserverfromthebootableUSBkeythat
containstheamiboot.romle.Therecoveryprocessstarts.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,
yourserverwillautomaticallyturnoff.
9.Repeatstep2throughstep5.
10.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchbacktotheoffposition.
11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage147.
12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsrecovertothe
factorydefaultsettings.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
.
Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamagedandyouneedtoreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomer
SupportCenter.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.
TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.
4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD
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