--CONTENTS--
1 - BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
2 - GUIDELINES FOR REPLACEMENT START UP SCREEN IMAGES
3 - PROGRAM OPTIONS OF INTEREST TO SYSTEM SUPPORT PEOPLE
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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 300/700 PENTIUM 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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6577 PC 300 (3X3)
6587 PC 300 (5X5)
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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 . . . *
* *
* -YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE START UP IMAGES*
* THAT ARE DISPLAYED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS POWERED UP OR *
* WHEN CTRL-ALT-DEL IS PRESSED *
* *
* -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THE FLASH UPDATE PROCEEDS WITH STEP *
* 3: BELOW. *
* *
* -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE SHOWN A SCREEN LISTING *
* THE LOGO OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE LARGE IMAGE *
* DISPLAYED IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN. THESE INCLUDE: *
* 1)NONE, 2)THE DEFAULT IBM LOGO, OR 3)ANY IMAGE FILES IN *
* BITMAP FORMAT (.BMP) THAT ARE PRESENT ON THE DISK. *
* *
* -AFTER YOU ENTER YOUR CHOICE OF IMAGES, A MESSAGE WILL BE *
* DISPLAYED INDICATING WHETHER OR NOT THE IMAGE WAS *
* SUCCESSFULLY MERGED INTO THE FLASH LOAD (CUSTOM .BMP *
* IMAGES MAY CAUSE AN ERROR MESSAGE IF THEY CANNOT BE *
* COMPRESSED ENOUGH TO FIT IN THE FLASH LOAD). *
* *
* -SEE "NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES" LATER IN THIS *
* DOCUMENT *
* *
* -YOU ARE THEN PRESENTED WITH A SCREEN SHOWING THE IMAGE *
* CHOICES FOR THE SMALL IMAGE IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER *
* OF THE SCREEN. THE OPERATION OF THIS SCREEN IS IDENTICAL *
* TO THE PREVIOUS SCREEN. *
* *
* 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" AND "SUREPATH *
* BIOS" IMAGES THAT ARE DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. *
* THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE A 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) *
* TO REPLACE EITHER OR BOTH OF THE DEFAULT IMAGES. SOME GENERAL*
* 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 (BE, BR, CE, CF, DK, FR, GR, IT, *
* JP, LA, NL, NO, PO, SF, SG, SP, SU, SV, UK, or US) *
* *
* /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. *
* *
* A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS IN IT'S *
* AUTOEXEC.BAT SHOULD BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD *
* USAGE. *
* *
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Flash Changes
PC 300 PCI (65X7)
LVJTxxA is the flash diskette level.
LVKTxxA is the flash image level. (BIOS)
NOTE: All changes carry forward. That is, if a change is added in 18A, it
also in 19A, 20A etc.
First release LVKT/LVJT17A
Changes for LVKT/LVJT18A
200MHz setup screen shows processor speed of 198MHz.
Some 32MB DIMMs do not function properly. System hangs.
DMA 1 not configured correctly.(DMA1 for PP port) Causes print failure
under WIN95.
Free interrupt 15 if not being used for IDE hardfile.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT19A
Minor Bug in Setup Utility (text not erased on cursor down).
New Video Feature help has misspelling.
Memory detection algorithm changed per Intel.
Incorporate new translations for several languages.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT20A
1762 error after adding 6X or 8X CDROM Drives. The problem is an error
in the chipset on the drive. However, we will change the detection
code to get around the chip problem. This only fails on drives with
one vendor's chipset.
Correct hardware error with Palm token ring adapter. Symptom was that
the card would hang on a warm boot.
PCI protocol violation with 32 clock retry and ECC (Intel errata).
DRAM Cache Refresh during PCI Peer to Peer traffic.(Intel errata).
12x10 Asymmetric DRAM Detection error. (Intel errata).
Correct problem with ATI video card. Card would not work.
Correct system hang problems with 2 2940 Adpatec cards in the system.
Correct help messages in non-US languages.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT21A
1762 error after adding 6X or 8X CDROM Drives. This corrects a problem
that caused the drives to hang when they were attached as a slave,
or would also hang a hard disk if it was attached as a slave to one
of these drives. This failure occurred with certain combinations
CDROM drives and hardfiles.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT22A
No Administrative Password prompt when flashing.
PnP not disabling Infrared port properly.
Win95 Screen Saver standby hangs the system.
Screen Noise on Windows 3.11 by moving mouse if hardware power
management is disabled.
Suspend fails in WINDOWS/95 with certain hardfiles installed. The
system spins down the hardfile, appears to go to suspend for
approximately 2 seconds, and then spins back up. This only fails
with 2 hardfiles on the same controller and then only with some IBM
hard files. It has not been seen with other files. Also, automatic
suspend works properly.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT23A
Unexpected int 2 halts system.
STB video adapters with PCI-PCI bridge don't work on PC 350.
PC 350 fails when Installing NT via Remote Install.
Diskette errors with system logged on network. Disable Delayed
Transactions.
Intermittent hangs during print redirects or print screen.
Update Readme.1st with instructions for Flash over LAN.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT24A
PnP BIOS doesn't enumerate correct memory size. Does not show above
16Meg.
Setup menu doesn't display Pentium Multi Media eXtension (MMX) support.
Turn off bit in register per Intel errata to eliminate possible hang
condition. There were no known failures.
Setup always shows monitor change.
Password prompts are all mixed up. Administrator password prompted for
when booting from diskette with only administrator password set.
Power on password is accepted for re-flashing the system.
Some manufacturers' 8X CD ROMs cause 162, 1762 errors intermittently.
This change only affects a very small number of drives. AZTEC and
Soundblaster are drives that may show this symptom.
CDROM drive tray must be opened before CD can be accessed after
power up. This only failed on a few drives, notably the AZTEC.
NOTE next change, the default setting has changed.
Win95 bootup screen sometimes has colors corrupted. Changed palette
snooping to disabled per Chip manufacturer. NOTE: Palette snooping
is now disabled as the default. If using an option card for video
you may need to go in SETUP and in the video setup, enable palette
snooping.!!!!
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT25A
Turn off 2 bits per S3 Errata if palette snooping is enabled. No known
failures or symptoms of this change.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT26A
Fix missing characters in Japanese version. Palette snooping help
text was incorrect.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT27A
WinNT4.0 SVGA mode doesn't work with Triple LANStreamer. System stays
in VGA mode.
Cache line size is incorrect for adapters. This may have caused
performance degradation.
ARCNET card bypasses security. This allows booting without entering a
password.
System doesn't resume after Level 3 power management. This does not
allow the system to wake up.
RPL & CD in boot sequence hangs. Do not have CD in the boot sequence
with RPL card installed in the system.
Manufacturing fix for cache testing problems.
Release IRQ 12 for adapter use if no mouse attached.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT28A
PnP devices are not reset during warm boot. This causes intermittent
failures on re-boot under WIN/95 and possibly WIN/NT. Also can
cause devices like CDROMs to disappear on a warm boot.
SYSTEM may hang if RPL is enabled and a CDROM is in the boot sequence.
Several applications fail because the top half of extended registers
have residual data left after POST. The problems seen are hangs
when booting UNIX operating systems and hangs with Lanworks
Bootable RIPL chips installed. We will clear all registers before
boot.
Keyboard locks up with Visual Basic application that sends multiple
keystrokes to the keyboard.
Network cards may cause warm boot hangs. This change will disable
bus-mastering from network cards to keep the code from getting
overlayed by network packets.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT29A
Keyboard may hang under customer application because the refresh
timer was being stopped.
Fixed Horizontal line after warm boot for G50 Display.
Added Busmastering Setup/PCI Field for Network Busmastering Cards
in the setup/configuration utility.
POST causes CDROM hang during shutdown and restart of NT causing
a 19xx error.
Cannot assign Max Base Address port to PnP card causing an 1852
error, with Sound Blaster and Real Magic Maxima Pro Card.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT30A
This level is identical to LVJT29A. Build problems force the BUILD
level to change.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT31A
Various tools that test how the system will function during the
century rollover sometimes send a warning or error that the real
time clock is not updated. Code has been added to change the
real time clock immediately instead of next power cycle.
Fix for internal debug tool SETUPEXE.
Fix for Creative Labs CDROM that is not in the ready state after POST.
Fix for Watcom SQL Network requestor hanging when exiting the program.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT32A
DBCS: PCI Bus Master message is not translated for Japan.
6577 video may show damaged characters with very large fonts.
DBCS: LVJ231A.IMG does not have Readme.1st and Changes.new.
6587 hangs with triple lanstreamer card installed
6560 creative lab cdrom fails as slave
6587 Alliance video card hangs system during re-boot
ISA Legacy resources were not always checked before assigning
resources thus causing resource conflicts with PNP and PCI
devices
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT33A
Updated FLASH utility to support LCCM flashing over LAN.
Corrected code that would cause the system to freeze for 3 seconds at end
of this century.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT34A
Add support for multiple VGA devices on PCI bus 0.
CHANGES for LVKT/LVJT35A
APM does not always work with windows 95
System hangs with Emulex and Adaptec PCI Fibre Channel adapters
IDE Seek command does not use LBA addressing (No known field problems)
WIN/98 compatability test fails Int 13h Extensions.