Index of Flash BIOS Error Message
Index of flashing BIOS Error Message using PHLASH.EXE.
Error Message | Action in Sequence |
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BIOS backup not supported in PLATFORM.BIN | Current Platform.bin does not support BIOS backup. |
| Please contact your vendor for latest platform.bin or |
| remove BIOS backup |
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File Open/Read/Close failed on PLATFORM.BIN | Make sure that PLATFOR.BIN files is present and not |
| damaged. Also check if there is enough space for |
| rewriting. |
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Unsupported PLATFORM.BIN file version | Make sure the platform.bin is the correct version. |
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Device table in PLATFORM.BIN has unsupported flash | Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this |
type | platform.bin |
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Part ID not found in table of supported parts | Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this |
| platform.bin |
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Open/Read failed on BIOS ROM image file | Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not |
| damaged. |
| Copy BIOS ROM again. |
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File Close failed on BIOS.ROM | Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not |
| damaged. |
| Copy BIOS ROM again. |
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Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. EMM386) are | Please boot to pure DOS without EMM386 is present in |
present | order to flash BIOS. |
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Attempt to read flash memory ID failed | System cannot read its Flash Part ID, please try again. |
| If problem appears after second try, please contact your |
| vendor. |
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File does not contain the same BIOS part number | Make sure the BIOS ROM is for your platform. |
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Write/Erase to flash memory failed | During Flashing Process, writing and erasing memory |
| failed. Make sure the ROM part that you flash is not |
| damaged. |
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New DMI string is too large | Please add/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe to flash |
| DMI data structures. |
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Could not find BCPDMI block in BISO ROM file image | Remove d/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe because |
| there is no DMI structure present in your BIOS images. |
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Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. HIMEM) are | Please boot to a pure DOS without HIMEM.sys installed |
present | before you flash BIOS. |
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BIOS ROM file may be corrupt (checksum not zero) | Make sure the BIOS ROM is not damaged. |
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BIOS ROM file size does not match flash part size | Make sure the BIO ROM is not damaged and its size is the |
| same as Flash part size. |
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RTC does not present or does not function- can’t flash | RTC is probably damaged. |
| Check RTC battery and RTC time. |
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