Firmware Recovery

If a troubleshooting procedure has indicated that the firmware information in yo system unit has been damaged, then you must perform a firmware recovery.

To perform a firmware recovery, do the following:

1. Locate your firmware update diskette.

2. Using another system unit, rename*.img filethe on the firmware update diskette to precover.img

3. Make sure your system unit is turned off.

4. Insert the firmware recovery diskette into your system unit.

5. Turn on your system unit.

6. When the keyboard indicator appears,1 keypressif the system console is

an ASCII terminal, orF1 thekey if the system console is a directly-attached keyboard.

7.When the System Management Services appear, choose Utilities and perform a Firmware Update as described above.

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