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BIOS recovery
An interruption during a BIOS flash procedure (e.g. a power outage) can corrupt the BIOS code, which will cause the system to go into an unbootable state. You need to access and execute the boot block program to reboot the computer and recover the regular BIOS code.
Caution
Observe the following when performing a BIOS recovery:
•Make sure the battery pack is installed to the system and that the computer is connected to a UPS unit during the BIOS recovery and BIOS flash procedures.
•The BIOS crisis recovery disk should be prepared in a computer running the Windows XP or Windows Vista OS.
Creating the Crisis Recovery disk
To create the Crisis Recovery disk:
1Prepare a removable USB storage device with a capacity size greater than 10 MB.
Note that all data on the USB storage device will be cleared during the creation of the crisis disk.
2Set up a computer running the Windows XP or Windows Vista OS and plug in the USB storage device into an available USB port.
3Decompress the Crisis Package Source.
4Select WINCRIS.exe and then select Run as administrator.
5Keep the default settings and then click Start button.
6When the
7Click No if you do not want to create another crisis disk.
8Eject and reconnect the USB removable storage device, and make sure it contains the BIOS.wph, MINIDOS.sys, and PHLASH16.exe files.
Performing a BIOS recovery
To perform a BIOS recovery:
1Shut down the BIOS
2Connect the USB storage device containing the Crisis Recovery disk files to the failed computer.
3Press and hold the Fn+Esc keys (this is the BIOS recovery hotkey), then press the power button.
The BIOS recovery process begins. When the process is complete the computer will automatically reboot.
4Disconnect the USB storage device from the computer.
5Perform a BIOS flash procedure to update the BIOS firmware.
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