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Appendix D: BIOS Recovery

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Appendix D - BIOS Recovery

The recovery procedure described in this section is to be used only when advised

by your Supermicro Technical Support representative, or in cases of emergencies

where the system no longer can boot due to a corrupted BIOS. DO NOT re-program

(re-ash)theBIOSifyoursystemisrunningproperly.

D-1 Recovery Process from a USB Device/Drive

(Recommended Method)

IftheBIOSleiscorruptedandthesystemisnotabletobootup,thisfeaturewill

allow you to recover the BIOS image using a USB-attached device. A USB Flash

Drive or a USB CD/DVD ROM/RW drive may be used for this purpose. Please

note that a USB Hard Disk drive is NOT supported at this time. Below is a two-part

procedure to recover the BIOS:

Part 1: Boot Sector Recovery Process

1. Using a different system, download and copy the correct BIOS binary image

intoaUSBashdeviceorawritableCD/DVDdisc'sRoot"\"Directory.Renamethe

downloadedle to "super.rom", sothe recoveryprocess canrecognize andread

theBIOSbinaryle.

2. Insert the USB device that contains the new BIOS binary image (“super.rom”)

and power the system down.

3. Whilepoweringonthesystem,pressandhold<Ctrl>and<Home>simultane-

ously on your keyboard until the USB device's LED indicator comes on. This will

take a few seconds or up to one minute.

4. OncetheUSBdevice'sLEDison,releasethe<Ctrl>and<Home>keys.The

systemmaygeneratebeepcodestoindicatethattheBIOSROMrmwareisbeing

reprogrammed. The screen will also display a message as shown below. DO NOT

INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS!

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