H8QM3-2/H8QMi-2 User's Manual

B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes

The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution:

Checkpoint

E0h

E1h

E2h

E6h

Edh

Eeh

Efh

F0h

F1h

F2h

F3h

F4h

F5h

FBh

FCh

FDh

FFh

Code Description

The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized. Next, beginning the base 512 KB memory test.

Initializing the interrupt vector table next.

Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next.

Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs. Enabling internal cache mem- ory.

Initializing the floppy drive.

Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A:. Reading the first sector of the diskette. A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A:.

Next, searching for the AMIBOOT.ROM file in the root directory. The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not in the root directory.

Next, reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT.ROM file.

Next, reading the AMIBOOT.ROM file, cluster by cluster.

The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not the correct size.

Next, disabling internal cache memory.

Next, detecting the type of flash ROM.

Next, erasing the flash ROM.

Next, programming the flash ROM.

Flash ROM programming was successful. Next, restarting the system BIOS.

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SUPER MICRO Computer H8QM3-2 user manual Bootblock Recovery Codes

H8QM3-2 specifications

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