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Index of Flash BIOS Error Message
Index of flashing BIOS Error Message using PHLASH.EXE.
Error Message Action in Sequence
BIOS backup not supported in PLATFORM.BIN Current Platform.bin does not support BIOS backup.
Please contact your vendor for latest platform.bin or
remove BIOS backup
File Open/Read/Close failed on PLATFORM.BIN Make sure that PLATFOR.BIN files is present and not
damaged. Also check if there is enough space for
rewriting.
Unsupported PLATFORM.BIN file version Make sure the platform.bin is the correct version.
Device table in PLATFORM.BIN has unsupported flash
type Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this
platform.bin
Part ID not found in table of supported parts Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this
platform.bin
Open/Read failed on BIOS ROM image file Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not
damaged.
Copy BIOS ROM again.
File Close failed on BIOS.ROM Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not
damaged.
Copy BIOS ROM again.
Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. EMM386) are
present Please boot to pure DOS without EMM386 is present in
order to flash BIOS.
Attempt to read flash memory ID failed System cannot read its Flash Part ID, please try again.
If problem appears after second try, please contact your
vendor.
File does not contain the same BIOS part number Make sure the BIOS ROM is for your platform.
Write/Erase to flash memory failed During Flashing Process, writing and erasing memory
failed. Make sure the ROM part that you flash is not
damaged.
New DMI string is too large Please add/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe to flash
DMI data structures.
Could not find BCPDMI block in BISO ROM file image Remove d/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe because
there is no DMI structure present in your BIOS images.
Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. HIMEM) are
present Please boot to a pure DOS without HIMEM.sys installed
before you flash BIOS.
BIOS ROM file may be corrupt (checksum not zero) Make sure the BIOS ROM is not damaged.
BIOS ROM file size does not match flash part size Make sure the BIO ROM is not damaged and its size is the
same as Flash part size.
RTC does not present or does not function- can’t flash RTC is probably damaged.
Check RTC battery and RTC time.
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