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Recovering from a post/bios update failure, Obtaining device drivers, Recovering – Lenovo THINKSTATION D10 User Manual

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Recovering

from

a

POST/BIOS

update

failure

If

power

to

your

computer

is

interrupted

while

POST/BIOS

is

being

updated

(flash

update),

your

computer

might

not

restart

correctly.

If

this

happens,

perform

the

following

procedure

commonly

called

Boot-block

Recovery.

1.

Turn

off

the

computer

and

any

attached

devices,

such

as

printers,

monitors,

and

external

drives.

2.

Unplug

all

power

cords

from

electrical

outlets,

and

open

the

computer

cover.

See

“Opening

the

cover”

on

page

12.

3.

Access

the

system

board.

See

“Accessing

system

board

components

and

drives”

on

page

14.

4.

Locate

the

Clear

CMOS/Recovery

jumper

on

the

system

board.

See

“Identifying

parts

on

the

system

board”

on

page

9.

5.

Remove

any

cables

that

impede

access

to

the

Clear

CMOS/Recovery

jumper.

6.

Move

the

jumper

from

the

standard

position

(pins

1

and

2)

to

pins

2

and

3.

7.

Reinstall

the

PCI-riser

assembly

if

removed.

8.

Close

the

computer

cover

and

reconnect

any

cables

that

were

disconnected.

9.

Reconnect

the

power

cords

for

the

computer

and

monitor

to

electrical

outlets.

10.

Insert

the

POST/BIOS

update

(flash)

diskette

into

drive

A,

and

turn

on

the

computer

and

the

monitor.

11.

The

recovery

session

will

take

two

to

three

minutes.

During

this

time

you

will

hear

a

series

of

beeps.

After

the

update

session

is

completed,

there

will

be

no

video,

the

series

of

beeps

will

end,

and

the

system

will

automatically

turn

off.

Remove

the

diskette

from

the

diskette

drive.

12.

Repeat

steps

2

through

5.

13.

Replace

the

Clear

CMOS/Recovery

jumper

to

its

original

position.

14.

Reinstall

the

PCI

riser

assembly

if

removed.

15.

Close

the

computer

cover

and

reconnect

any

cables

that

were

disconnected.

16.

Turn

on

the

computer

to

restart

the

operating

system.

Obtaining

device

drivers

You

can

obtain

device

drivers

for

operating

systems

that

are

not

preinstalled

at

http://www.lenovo.com/support/

on

the

World

Wide

Web.

Installation

instructions

are

provided

in

README

files

with

the

device-driver

files.

Chapter

4.

Completing

the

parts

replacement

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