IMPORTANT FLASH DISKETTE INFORMATION.
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ALWAYS WRITE PROTECT THE FLASH DISKETTE AFTER CREATING IT. WINDOWS/95 AND
WINDOWS/98 MAY MAKE IT UN-USABLE AS A FLASH DISKETTE IF YOU DO ANYTHING,
INCLUDING DIR, TO THE DISKETTE.
IF YOU DO NOT WRITE PROTECT THE DISKETTE, YOU MAY SEE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
"The diskette in drive A: is not a Flash diskette".
IF YOU GET THIS MESSAGE, RE-CREATE THE DISKETTE AND THEN WRITE PROTECT IT.
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--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
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* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS *
* *
* PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE *
* STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. *
* *
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IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
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THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)...
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Machine(s) Description
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6889 IntelliStation M Pro
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---- 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.
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* 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. *
* *
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* *
* 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. *
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* *
* 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. *
* *
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* *
* 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 (SRCMOSNU.EXE) TO A DOS BOOTABLE DISKETTE. TYPE *
* 'SRCMOSNU' 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. *
* *
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Flash Changes
Model 6889
NUJTxxA is the flash diskette level.
NUKTxxA is the flash image level. (BIOS)
NOTE: All changes carry forward. That is, if a change is added in 24, it is
also in 25, 26 etc.
CHANGES for NUKT/NUJT24A Initial release
NUKT/NUJT25A ACPI standby and APM fixes
NUKT/NUJT26A Add flash support to LS120. Bios flash is
TIP: system does not save bios info
6591 and memory problems
network connection using madge token and 3com 3c509 cards
flashing between levels causes flash corruption
Bios Config error with CD-R drive
6591/piix 4 syquest 1gb removeable media drive
(LS-120 fails to boot in a scsi system)
UPdate patch for 650, add patch 652 for slot 1
Memory hole at 15MB
Adding Boot Block Revision # to DMI
System hangs at ckpt 7A with IDE CDROM installed
shutdown paths not working correctly
NUKT/NUJT27A Memory Buffer Strength Settings
Windows 95 is getting rid of ISA legacy memory hole (15-16M)
IPDLT update for BX rev 3
Enable midi port from the crystal chip
Power LED stays on in Stand-by mode on Win98J
C segment not being shadow with ISA cards
NUKT/NUJT28A 6889 Fails Unreported Memory in ACPI Mode for WIN/98
System may Hang at CKPT 60 with Audio Disabled
Add IBM BIOS version string for NT
System very intermittantly loses CMOS data
SMBIOS updates
Update cache code to support 2 GB memory.
Manufacturing cannot re-write boot-block.
NUKT/NUJT29A Occasional hang at checkpoint 58 during Win 98 reboot
CMOS checksum problem after level NUJT28A
NUKT/NUJT30A
Celeron processors without cache are being misconfigured
PCI modem diagnostics hangs system if using IRQ 11 or 15
System board identifier is corrupted if Boot Block recovery was used.
IDE Bus Master controller UDMA setting wrong for Zip drive
Cannot update model and serial number during flash.
Add processor patch for 671
Udma mode 0 is being set for non udma devices.
Put LSA version .99j
SMBIOS:ERRORS AGP PORT 64 bit reported when it is 32 bit.
Can't format a ZIP drive under DOS
NT5 - Beta 2 issues
USB Hub will not work in Bios
PCI adapters not recognized in BIT3 chassis.
ATI AGP adapter with 64K ROM hangs or causes system to reboot.
Win95 ignores bios apm settings
Problems configuring the 5250 Express ISA adapter in PnP
6889 fails with 2 adaptec quad port ethernet pci adapters
Randomly after warm boot system gets memory error beeps.
3F6/376 reversed in their mapping to IDE prim/sec controller.
Add CPU ID 665 patch
Letter 'm' is not recognized in password in some french langs.
CIA in rfid reports K bytes instead of M bytes
Readme.1st files have incorrect information.
NUKT/NUJT31A
Add patch 672 for new CPU ID
Serial B does not get correct IRQ if serial A is disabled.
67x processor cache support update
DMIBIOS scsi information is incorrect.
NUKT/NUJT32A
Update uproc patches for 671 and 672
Add user selection of AGP/PCI as primary display when both are in the system.
MP Table overflows its buffer area and overwrites code.
3DLabs Oxygen RPM adapter hangs entering NT4.0
Update Intel LSA (DHCP) code to the latest level. (.99L)
NUKT/NUJT33A
Intermittant hangs during warm boot.
LSA code puts out bogus "Unsupported" message
Add patch 653 for slot1 processors
CPU info is incorrect for Pentium III processors.
NUKT/NUJT34A
Setup States PentiumIII is a PentiumII
Add Processor Serial Number Access Menu Item and disable processor serial number by default.
BIOS Setup date prompt displays YY not YYYY for the year
NUKT/NUJT35A
1. System hangs after flash update if enhanced security is enabled and asset control
antenna is not detected.
2. Changes to support NT2000
3. Add Pentium III 550MHz support
4. Patch for 673 processor
5. '1886 configuration error' occurs when adapter has empty DMA descriptor
6. Possible error when attempting to boot system with non-system diskette
7. Japanese language text changes for Processor Serial Number Access setup option
8. Support for AVID video card
NUKT/NUJT36A
Update CPU patches for various Intel processors
Intermittant hang during POST (Power On Self Test).
Memory information incorrect when memory hole at 15M-16M is used for some
ISA cards.