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EPSD SE7230CA1-E BIOS Development
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INTEL Enterprise Software Technology
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE: June.23, 2006
TO: EPSD SE7230CA1-E Platform Evaluation Team/BDE
SUBJECT: EPSD SE7230CA1-E BIOS Release notes ver 1292
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Build Stamp : CA72310J.86B.1292.2006.0623.0917
Build Date :  Jun.23 2006
checksum:     0B92AD18 For the HEX file
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                           BIOS COMPONENTS/CONTENTS
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Processor supported: Pentium(R)4, Pentium(R)D, Pentium(R)4 Extreme Edition,
Pentium(R) Extreme Edition

Microcode update versions:
CPUID   Microcode  
0F64        04h 
0F62h       0Fh 
0F4Ah       04h
0F49h       03h
0F47h       03h
0F44h       06h

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                       SYSTEM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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	SATA RAID info:
        LSI RAID for SATA - v5.4.11101321I
	Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28 (Tabor)
	Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28 (Tekoa)
	Memory reference code equivalent to MRC 1.2.
        Intel(R) Active Management Technology BIOS Extension v1.2.3.0000

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                           INSTALLATION NOTES
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

IFLASH UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS:

Boot the system to setup and press F2 to enter the setup, then load defaults.
boot to dos:

iflash.exe /pf CA1292C.BIO

EXPRESS BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS:

Boot the system to Windows and run CA1292C.exe. Follow the on-screen instructions. A system restart is required to complete the update process.



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                        BIOS RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS
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BIOS Recovery is not supported. 

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                            KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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About the sata cdrom installing RHEL,need to set the contoller mode in legacy mode not native mode.

Sincer RHEL has a bug about sATA mode.
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                          VERIFIED PRIOR TO RELEASE
                               update Notes
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                              FIXED ISSUES
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1.Add Intel new OSB Logo from TME.
2.Fixed the tracker 46792 about the event log need to be cleared upon exit from manufacturing mode
3.Fixed the tracker 46216 ECC error is not logged into SEL with the special test method and Memory.
4.Fixed the tracker 47558 incomplete IDE controllers detected in manufacturing mode at first boot 




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