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SUPERSERVER 6026TT-HT(R)F/HIBX(R)F/HIBQ(R)F USER'S MANUAL

7-7 BIOS Recovery

Warning! Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS-related issue.

Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system. In no event shall

Supermicro be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages

arising from a BIOS update. If you need to update the BIOS, do not shut down or reset

the system while the BIOS is updating. This is to avoid possible boot failure.

How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image (-the Main BIOS

Block)

An AMIBIOS ﬂ ash chip consists of a boot sector block, and a main BIOS code block

(a main BIOS image). The boot sector block contains critical BIOS code, including

memory detection and recovery code to be used to ﬂ ash a new BIOS image if the

original BIOS Image is corrupted. When the system is powered on, the boot sector

code executes ﬁ rst. Once it is completed, the main BIOS code will continue with

system initialization and complete the bootup process.

Note: BIOS Recovery described below is used when the main BIOS block

crashes. However, when the BIOS Boot sector crashes, you will need to send the

motherboard back to Supermicro for RMA repairs.

Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device

This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB device without

additional utilities needed. A user can download the BIOS image into a USB ﬂ ash

device, and name the ﬁ le "SUPER.ROM" for the recovery process to load the ﬁ le.

A USB ﬂ ash device such as a USB Flash Drive, a USB CDROM or a USB CDRW

device can be used for this purpose,

1. Insert the USB device that contains the new BIOS image (the ROM ﬁ les)

saved in a root directory into your USB drive.

2. While turning the power on, press and hold <Ctrl> and <Home> at the same

time until the USB Access LED Indicator comes on. This might take a few

seconds.

3. Once the USB drive LED is on, release the <Ctrl> and <Home> keys.

AMIBIOS will issue beep codes to indicate that the BIOS ROM ﬁ le is being

updated.

4. When BIOS ﬂ ashing is completed, the computer will reboot. Do not interrupt

the ﬂ ashing process until it is completed.