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Recovering bios – IBM 201 User Manual

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Table 6. Power error messages (continued)

Message

Action

System under recommended voltage on
3.3 v
(level-warning; 3.3 volt supply under
nominal value)

1. Check connections to power subsystem

2. Replace power supply

3. Replace power backplane

System under recommended X current
(level-non-critical; system drawing less
current than recommended on voltage

X

)

1. See “Power problems” on page 57

X

V bus fault (level-critical; overcurrent

condition on

X

voltage bus)

1. Check for short circuit on

X

voltage bus

2. See “Power problems” on page 57

12V

X

bus fault (level-critical; overcurrent

condition on 12 volt

X

voltage bus)

1. Check for short circuit on 12 volt

X

voltage bus

2. See “Power problems” on page 57

5V fault (level-critical; overcurrent condition
on 5 V subsystem)

1. Check for short circuit on 5 v bus

2. See “Power problems” on page 57

240 VA fault (level-critical; overcurrent or
overvoltage condition in power subsystem)

1. See “Power problems” on page 57

Recovering BIOS

If your BIOS has become corrupted, such as from a power failure during a flash
update, you can recover your BIOS using the recovery boot block and a BIOS flash
diskette.

Note: Note: You can obtain a BIOS flash diskette from one of the following

sources:

v

Download a BIOS flash diskette from the Web site at

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/nas

v

Contact your IBM service representative.

The flash memory contains a protected area that cannot be overwritten. The
recovery boot block is a section of code in this protected area that enables the NAS
200 to start up and to read a flash diskette. The flash utility recovers the system
BIOS from the BIOS recovery files on the diskette.

To recover the BIOS:

1. Power off the NAS 200 and peripheral devices. Disconnect all external cables

and power cords. Remove the cover.

2. Locate the boot-block jumper block (J16) on the system board. See Figure 2

on page 59.

3. Place a jumper on pins 2 and 3 to enable the BIOS backup page.

4. Insert the BIOS flash diskette into the diskette drive.

5. Restart the NAS 200.

6. When the NAS 200 completes POST, select 1 -- Update POST/BIOS from the

menu that contains various flash (update) options.

7. When you are asked if you would like to move the current POST/BIOS image

to the backup ROM location, type N. Attention: Typing Y will copy the
corrupted BIOS into the secondary page.

8. When you are asked if you would like to save the current code on a diskette,

select N.

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