--CONTENTS-- 1 - BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 2 - GUIDELINES FOR REPLACEMENT START UP SCREEN IMAGES 3 - PROGRAM OPTIONS OF INTEREST TO SYSTEM SUPPORT PEOPLE 4 - CMOS SAVE/RESTORE UTILITY ********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * ********************************************************************** IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------- THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)... -------------------------------------------------- Machine(s) Description ---------- ---------------------------------------------------- 6898 Pentium II Processor PCs =========================================================================== ---- About Applied Fixes or Features Added ---- (CHANGES.NEW) is another file on this diskette that lists known problems corrected and/or features added after applying this UPDATE to your system. If you would like, please take the time to read or print that file before using this diskette to update your system. =========================================================================== ********************************************************************** * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * STEPS... * * * * 1 : PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE * * CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER * * UPDATING THE BIOS. * * * * 2 : PUT THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE AND POWER UP THE * * SYSTEM.. . * * * * -YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SELECT YOUR COUNTRY AND PRESS ENTER. * * * * -THE SERIAL NUMBER IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU * * WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . * * * * -THE MACHINE MODEL/TYPE IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU * * WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE MODEL/TYPE * * * * -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE * * CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . * * -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . * * * * 3 : THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT ON * * THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE. * * * * -IF THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING * * "THE POST/BIOS CODE IN THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME VERSION AS * * THAT ON THE DISKETTE. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE. PRESS ESC * * TO CANCEL." * * * * -IF THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT: * * IF THE LEVEL ON THE FLASH DISKETTE IS NEWER THAN THE ROM * * A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE SYSTEM POST/BIOS IS * * BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER * * OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE. * * * * IF THE LEVEL ON THE DISKETTE IS OLDER THAN THE ROM * * * A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE POST/BIOS IN THE * * SYSTEM IS A NEWER VERSION THAN THAT ON THE DISKETTE * * IF YOU CONTINUE, THE OLDER VERSION WILL REPLACE THE NEWER * * VERSION IN THE SYSTEM." * * IF YOU PRESS ENTER, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED "THE SYSTEM POST/* * BIOS IS BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT* * POWER OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE." * * * * 4 : THE FLASH UPDATE IS NOW COMPLETE. REMOVE THE DISKETTE FIRST * * AND THEN PRESS ENTER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES * * ------------------------------- * * * * THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF * * REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "IBM" IMAGE THAT IS * * DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE * * A 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT * * IMAGE. SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE: * * * * 1. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX * * IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...) * * 2. NO LARGER THAN 50K FOR EITHER IMAGE * * 3. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE * * FLASH TO STORE REPLACEMENT IMAGES MAY VARY FROM RELEASE * * TO RELEASE AND BY LANGUAGE SELECTION. I.E. AN IMAGE THAT * * FITS IN A U.S. ENGLISH FLASH MAY NOT FIT IN A GERMAN * * FLASH. * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS * * --------------------- * * * * THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS A STEP * * BY STEP DIALOGUE WITH THE USER THAT PRESENTS CHOICES AND * * GATHERS RESPONSES FROM THE USER ABOUT WHICH CHOICES ARE * * DESIRED. * * * * IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY * * SYSTEMS THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE * * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION * * TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OPERATION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY * * MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE ON THIS DISKETTE WITH * * THE FOLLOWING: * * * * SHELL=FLASH2.EXE option1 option2 option3......optionxx * * * * OPTIONS * * ------- * * * * /U UNATTENDED MODE. ALL DEFAULTS ARE ASSUMED (UNLESS * * OVERRIDDEN BY OTHER OPTION STATEMENTS) AND ALL * * PROMPTS ARE BYPASSED. ANY ERRORS WILL RESULT IN * * PROGRAM TERMINATION WITHOUT ANY ERROR INDICATION. * * <<< USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION >>> * * * * /US COUNTRY CODE (LANGUAGE). THIS CAN BE ANY OF THE * * VALID COUNTRY CODES (UK, SV, SU, SP, PO, NO, NL, * * IT, GR, FR, DK, CF, CE, BE, LA, US, SF, SG, BR,JP, * * or TK) * * * * /B:nnnnnnn SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER * * * * /M:nnnnnnn MACHINE TYPE * * * * /N USE THE CURRENT FLASH IMAGE ON THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN * * THE IMAGE ON THE DISKETTE. THIS IS USED TO UPDATE * * MACHINE TYPE AND SERIAL NUMBER IN THE EVENT OF THE * * REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM BOARD. * * * * /L:xxxx.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE LARGE * * CENTERED IMAGE. AN IBM LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT * * BUT ANY 16 COLOR WINDOWS BMP FILE CAN BE USED * * INSTEAD. THE UNCOMPRESSED IMAGE FILE MUST BE * * LESS THAN 50K. ONLY RELATIVELY SIMPLE IMAGES * * CAN BE USED AS REPLACEMENTS. * * FOR NO IMAGE, USE /L:NONE * * * * /LL:yyyy.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE SMALLER * * IMAGE IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. IT * * SHOULD BE NO LARGER THAN 50K. AS WITH THE * * OTHER IMAGE, IT NEEDS TO BE SIMPLE. * * FOR NO LOWER RIGHT IMAGE USE /LL:NONE * * * * /R AUTOMATIC COLD BOOT AFTER AN UNATTENDED (/U) * * FLASH UPDATE. * * * * /E:ON TURNS ON THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. * * * * /E:OFF TURNS OFF THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. * * * * /BB THE FLASH UTILITY WILL ONLY UPDATE THE RECOVERY * * SECTION OF THE FLASH. THE BIOS SECTION WILL NOT * * BE UPDATED. * * * * /D THE FLASH UTILITY WILL GENERATE AN UNIVERSALLY * * UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UUID), REPLACING THE ONE THAT * * IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLASH. * * * * /A:nnnnnnnn ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TO SELECT THE 32 BIT ADDRESS * * WHERE THE FLASH UTILITY WILL COPY THE FLASH * * IMAGE FROM DISKETTE TO MEMORY BEFORE PREFORMING * * THE FLASH UPDATE. * * * * * * A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS IN IT'S * * CONFIG.SYS SHOULD BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD * * USAGE. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * CMOS SAVE/RESTORE PROGRAM * * --------------------- * * * * THIS DISKETTE INCLUDES A CMOS SAVE RESTORE UTILITY * * FOR SAVING AND RESTORING THE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION * * MAINTAINED IN THE CMOS BATTERY BACKED RAM. THIS UTILITY * * IS INTENTED FOR USE AS AN AID IN CONFIGURING MULTIPLE * * IDENTICAL SYSTEMS. TO USE THIS UTILITY, COPY THE EXECUTABLE * * FILE (SRCMOSNG.EXE) TO A DOS BOOTABLE DISKETTE. TYPE * * 'SRCMOSNG' AT THE COMMAND PROMPT FOR INFORMATION ON * * COMMAND SYNTAX AND OPTIONS. * * * * USAGE NOTES: * * * * 1) THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION INCLUDES PASSWORDS. * * SAVING AND RESTORING THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION * * WILL ALSO CHANGE THE PASSWORDS TO THOSE SAVED IN * * DATA FILE (IF ANY). * * * * 2) SYSTEMS WITH ENHANCED SECURITY STORE PASSWORDS AND * * BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION IN A PROTECTED EEPROM. * * IN THESE SYSTEMS, THE BOOT SEQUENCE AND PASSWORDS * * CAN BE NEITHER SAVED NOR RESTORED. * * * ********************************************************************** Flash Changes Model 6889 NGJTxxA is the flash diskette level. NGKTxxA is the flash image level. (BIOS) NOTE: All changes carry forward. That is, if a change is added in 23, it is also in 24, 25 etc. CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT23A Included new DHCP BIOS code. Included new ACPI BIOS code. Clean up the A20 setting/reseting of control bits. Corrected the PMP memory alocation tables. CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT24A Updates for the ACPI function to support Microsoft ACPI requirements. Corrected a word port access to SCSI chipes causing a NMI interrupt. CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT25A OS/2 Monitor Power Management Not Working System hangs if WakeonPCI_PME or WakeonLAN is enabled Don't clear the low power enable bit in the processor per Intel (Disable ESC does not stop Post Count) Code modifications for ACPI - HCTs New patch for Deschutes processor from Intel system will not wake up from power management state APM Bios, Int 15, AX=530D Atmel AT49F002T Flash Part support added to flash utility. SCSI BIOS Update Add support for large EIDE hardfiles >8.4GB Adaptec RAID 1130 ROM not seen Hang at Checkpoint 69h with two Appian dual video adapters CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT26A Remove 3 second delay at century roll-over Update DMI Information re: Max Processor Speed Update DMI System Configuration Options Processor Patching in boot block mode does not work Add New patch code for Intel Processors Ethernet address location is not getting initialized Hard disk LED never goes off. System powers off at chkpnt 29h after clearing cmos Keyboard buffer full problem if key held down. Checksum error on warm boot Add 651 processor patch Invalid characters in the Japanese readme.1st files Printer doesn't work after changing port mode under NT. System will go tp APM sleep mode during activity ECC memory & ECC cache configuration error. CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT27A ACPI and NT5 problems discovered at Plugfest Printer doesn't work after changing port mode from the operating system. Loss of network with suspend hangs during restart with apm enabled Update LSA20 to level .99c in current systems PCI configuration fails running PCI_SIG tests Setup Changes required for ECC cache Chipset changes for ECC cache Windows 3.11 reboots during install Keyboard/mouse will not wake ACPI Target Abort at Host Bridge causing problems with DEC21152/VGA ACPI : MP APIC table changes for NT5.0 NT5.0 hangs during warm reboot attempt. ECC Setup language Translations PrtScrn only prints the first 25 lines. Use current video mode to determine number of lines. FAST DV adapter does not respond properly to PCI config reads Setup cacheable address range to lowest common range in Dual Processor configurations. NT 5.0 restart hangs at check point 58h CHANGES for NGKT/NGJT28A Add code to save and restore RTC index. No known field problems. SYSTEM TURNS ON AUTOMATICALLY AFTER SETTING ACPI POWER MANAGEMENT. This would only fail on ACPI enabled operating systems. WIN/98 and NT 5.0. Put level 27 of intel 650 processor patch code for dual processor systems. IDE Seek command does not use LBA addressing (not a field problem) Intermittant hangs at checkpoint 5D on warm reboots. This problem was introduced in level NGJT27A and not shipped to the field.