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Intel(R) Server Board SE7520JR2 BIOS RELEASE NOTES
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Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE: December 08, 2005
TO: Intel(R) server platform SE7520JR2 customers
SUBJECT: BIOS Release Notes Production 10.00 (build 0087)
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ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Build # : 0087
Build Stamp : SE7520JR22.86B.P.10.00.0087.120820051348
Build Date : December 08, 2005
Checksum : 3F38
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BIOS COMPONENTS/CONTENTS
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PXE Ver. : Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.26, PXE 2.1 Build 083 (WfM 2.0)
SCSI Ver. :(a) BIOS Versions:
IM/IME BIOS = 5.10.04
IS BIOS = 5.11.03
(b) FW version:
FW versions with concatenated sEEPROM
IM/IME = 1.03.39
IS = 1.03.39
sEEPROM = Revision C
SATA Ver. : ICH5R serial ATA RAID OPROM v5.4.10281401I.
VGA Ver. : ATI* RAGE* XL GR-xlints3y.019-4.333
BIOS Base : AMIBIOS 8.00.10
Processor stepping(s) supported: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz FSB
Microcode update versions:
F34h 17(M1DF3417) (Production) (D0)
F41h 17(MBDF4117) (Production) (E0)
F43h 05(M9DF4305) (Production) (N0)
F48h 07(M5FF4807) (Production) (A0)
F49h 03(MBDF4903) (Production) (G1)
F4Ah 02(M5DF4A02) (Production) (R0)
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SUPPORTED FUNCTIONALITY
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1. 6 * DIMMs DDR-266 / DDR-333 / DDRII-400
2. Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz system bus speed.
3. Multi-boot support.
4. System Flash BIOS ROM
5. COMA/COMB port
6. CD-ROM boot
7. Floppy port
8. PCI 33/66, PCI-X 66/100/133 mode 1, PCI-E x 4, PCI-X 66/100/133 mode 2 slots
9. ATI* Rage* XL VGA
10. Serial ATA Non-RAID
13. Clear CMOS
14. Legacy Power button
15. ACPI S0/S1/S4/S5
16. Setup screen
17. Legacy USB keyboard / mouse / Floppy / CDROM / HD
18. ARM (ATAPI Removable Media) / IRM (IDE Removable Media)
19. Custom CMOS save/restore
20. BIOS recovery
21. Multi-disk Recovery
22. Custom CMOS save/restore
23. Intel Platform Security
24. Intel Server Management
25. Custom CMOS backup/restore
26. IMT support
27. User Binary feature
28. SERR/MERR detection & logging for runtime
29. Int15 for ABS2.0
30. ACPI SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection)
31. NMI detection for PERR/SERR
32. Rolling BIOS
33. SOL (Serial On Lan)
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SYSTEM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
FW Revision 2.31 (or later)
- Intel(R) Management Module (IMM) BMC:
FW Revision 0.20 (or later) *if IMM card installed
- SE7520JR2 FRU/SDR package:
JR-6.2.1 (or later)
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SYSTEM FIRMWARE REVISIONS TESTED AT TIME OF RELEASE
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
FW Revision 2.40
- Intel(R) Management Module (IMM) BMC:
FW Revision 0.49 *if IMM card installed
- SE7520JR2 FRU/SDR package:
JR-6.6.8
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IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
Update Option 1 - Floppy Disk Update:
Note: When performing a BIOS update using the Floppy Disk option, the BIOS
Bootblock is automatically updated along with the operational code.
1. Extract Floppy.zip to a temporary folder.
2. Insert blank floppy diskette in drive A:
**NOTE** : All Data on floppy diskette will be destroyed!
3. Run "MAKEFLPY.bat" to create two BIOS Update floppy diskettes.
4. Boot the system and press <F2> to run BIOS Setup.
5. Write down the current custom changes to any default settings in the BIOS
Setup program. You will need these settings to reconfigure your system
at the end of the update procedure because CMOS values will be cleared
automatically during the BIOS update. Press <ESC> to exit BIOS Setup.
6. Boot system with Update Bios floppy.
7. When BIOS flash update is complete, it will display a message that all
writing and verification of flash is done.
Next, power cycle the system.
8. If the FLASH process fails, please follow the BIOS Recovery Instructions
at the end of this document to recover the system BIOS.
9. Press <F2> to enter BIOS Setup, and re-enter the custom values you wrote
down in step 5. Press <F10> to save the values and exit Setup.
Update Option 2 - Other bootable storage Update (size > 5MB):
Note: The BIOS BOOT BLOCK has changed with this release. When updating the BIOS
from a previous release, you must run the FBB.BAT file which performs both the
boot block and operational code update.
**NOTE** : jumper J1A4 (BIOS partition selection) should be set to
pins 1-2 to select the correct BIOS partition.
1. Extract BIOS.ZIP to a bootable storage such as USB DISK-ON-KEY.
2. Boot the system and press <F2> to run BIOS Setup.
3. Write down the current custom changes to any default settings in the BIOS
Setup program. You will need these settings to reconfigure your system
at the end of the update procedure because CMOS values will be cleared
automatically during the BIOS update. Press <ESC> to exit BIOS Setup.
4. Place the bootable storage device, such as USB DISK-ON-KEY, containing the new BIOS
into USB port of the system, and boot to pure DOS mode. (non-himem environment)
5. Run fbb.bat to update both system ROM and bootblock
6. When the BIOS flash update is complete, it will display a message that all
writing and verification of flash is done.
NOTE: If the FLASH process fails, please follow the BIOS Recovery Instructions
at the end of this document to recover the system BIOS.
7. Cycle power. ie) Turn system off and then back on.
8. Press <F2> to enter BIOS Setup, and re-enter the custom values you wrote
down in step 3. Press <F10> to save the values and exit Setup.
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BIOS RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS
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The BIOS Recovery Operation should be attempted if for any reason the BIOS gets
corrupted causing the system to hang at POST generating a CMOS error.
Should the system exhibit POST hangs due to BIOS corruption, you should:
Option 1) cycle power.
This option will perform 1 of 2 possible operations. The reboot may clear
possible BIOS corruption with the Primary BIOS image and the system will boot
normally. If the Primary BIOS image is non-correctable, the system will perform
an Auto Recovery which loads the secondary or backup BIOS image. If this option
is not successful and your system continues to exhibit CMOS corruption errors,
you can attempt option 2.
Option 2)
- Turn off the system
- Verify the jumper on jumper block J1A4 is set to Pins 1-2.
- Build Recovery Storage Media using files compressed in the RECOVERY.ZIP file
A.Recovery from USB Disk-on-key or other large media
1. Prepare a formatted and bootable storage media device such as a
USB DISK_ON_KEY.
2. Copy AMIBOOT.ROM to it.
B.Recovery from multiple floppy disks.
1. Prepare 2 blank disks.
2. The first disk(disk0) must be made bootable
3. Copy amiboot.000 to disk0, and amiboot.001 to disk1.
- Execute BIOS Recovery
- set Recovery Boot Jumper by moving jumper J1H2 row B from Pins 1-2 to Pins 2-3
- Insert the recovery media to the appropriate drive or USB interface.
- Power on system
- The System will automatically boot to the media and start the BIOS recovery operation.
- During multi-disk recovery operation, system will beep (1sec) continuously
to notify user to insert disk1
- When the update has completed, the system will beep 4 times, followed by an endless beep.
- Turn off the system and unplug it.
- set jumper J1H2 back to Normal mode J1H2 B(1-2).
- Recovery operation complete.
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KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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- The BIOS setup item "Maximum CPUID Value Limit" must be enabled for
installing some legacy OSes which do not support it.
- For NT4.0 installation, user must manually to disable legacy USB & enable
"Maximum CPUID Value Limit" from BIOS setup.
- USB KB/MS works abnormal in NT4.0 after BIOS P.09.00.
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FEATURES ADDED TO THIS BIOS RELEASE
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Build 0087: P.10.00
- None.
Build 0086: RC02.10.00
- None.
Build 0085: RC01.10.00
- Include microcode for G-1 stepping.
- Add the codes for handling of mixed VID max voltage CPUs.
1. 0199 error: Processor voltage mismatch detected in mixed stepping configuration. (Halt)
2. 019A error: Processor voltage mismatch detected.(Pause)
- Support IPMI get platform Information command.
- Display OEM sign On message from SMBIOS Type 1 Manufacturer sting when this string is not Intel.
- Put the SMBIOS Type 11 OEM string to memory F000:E840h.
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ISSUES FIXED IN THIS BIOS RELEASE
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Build 0087: P.10.00
- None.
Build 0086: RC02.10.00
- Upgrade ICH5R serial ATA RAID OPROM to v5.4.10281401I.
- Fix Lan1/2 of SMBIOS structure type 8 are different with Silkscreen.
Build 0085: RC01.10.00
- Do not set the legacy "SERR Enable" bit and instead use the PCI-E specific bits in the"Device Control Register"
to control PCIE error erporting: Set the "Non-Fatal" and "Fatal Error Reporting Enable" bits, but not the
"Unsupported request Reporting Enable".
- Per MCH errata 22 to set root port(0/2/0,0/6/0) register 45h bit3 to disable Completion timeout Timer.
- Per MCH BSU v1.07 to set PAM to un-cacheable.
- Fix PCI-E correctable error event log still log the 11th error.
- Change to disable and gray out "Assert NMI on PERR" when "Assert NMI on SERR" is disabled.
- Fix when console redirection is enabled and LSI20320R is installed, insufficient PCI ROM space error reports
even if disabling ROM for LSI20320R.
- Fix PCI-E error injection causes the root port receiver(114h bit0) error be masked.
- Fix ASR2230SLP/256MB OpROM will not be initialized.
- Fix Secure Mode Boot does not prompt for password before boot.
- Fix CMOS checksum bad and custom default loaded when saving custom CMOS twice and reset system.
- Per HW recommended register setting 0.27 to set EXP_MASKERR 144-147h bit 0-2 to 1.
- Fix particular case when in some CPU combination the processor's feature flag values in the system do not
match with the least feature flag values.
- Fix BIOS didn't set legacy mode to BMC when shutdown from ACPI mode.
- Fix when Serial Redirection is enabled, DC000~DD800h can not allocate to another OpROM shadow.
- Workaround Abnormal SEL log Event #31 with D0 stepping CPU.
- Wordaround System can not boot with GE Medical VRAC card.
- Wordaround System can not enter ASC-48300 SAS card option ROM utility.
- Include the missing code of AMI CORE0155.
- Inclue AMI bug fix to fix garbage characters displayed for the POST message when
it should instead say "Tape Drive" for the Tape drive detected.
- Fix SMBIOS shows wrong I2C slave Address
- Fix can not boot to Red Hat Linux 9 kernel 2.4.20-8smp with one CPU HT on.
- Change the setup item "Serial Port Connector" visible only when "BIOS Redirection Port" is disabled and
"ACPI Redirection" is enabled.
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[END OF CURRENT RELEASE NOTES]
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Pedigree of Changes of previous BIOS releases
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Build 0084: P.09.10
- Fix to Set the Echo TPR Disable bit for R-0 stepping Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor with 2MB L2 Cache & A-0 stepping Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 2.80 GHz.
- Fix can't boot with Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 2.80 GHz after battery off.
- Fix CPU count for Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 2.80 GHz on POST Display and BIOS Setup.
- Update CPU string with "Dual-Core" text on POST Display for Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 2.80 GHz and remove "with EM64T".
Build 0083: P.09.00
- Remove A-0 microcode for Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 2.80 GHz.
- Remove G-1 microcode for 1MB L2 cache Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor.
- Revert to the previous version of EXEC.C as in P.08.00.
Build 0082: RC01.09.00
- Fix Serial console can not work when VGA is disabled.
- Update ISM module to ISM_00_01_05.
- Following PXH BIOS spec 1.03 section 4.1.2 to set the IOAPIC disable.
- Fix the PCI-SIG test cases 1.1.
- Programming PXH(1/0/0,1/0/2) register 130h bit7,8,9,11 and 12 to 0.
- Setting MCH root port Max Payload size to 256B(6Ch bit 5-7)and Max read Request size to 512B to increase PCI-E performance.
- Fix USB keyboard works abnormal after INT19 when port 60/64 emulation is enabled.
- Fix system hang after AC loss when Install 3.8 GHz N-0 stepping of Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor with 2MB L2 Cache.
- Fix String(BIOS Vendor) spelling wrong in SMBIOS type 0.
- Add a CPU error exception from Intel for inserting D0 and G1 stepping.
- Add to check the additional 128-bit Extended Feature Flag information for the Lowest-Feature Processor detection algorithm.
- Following PXH BSU 1.04 to set the PXH(F0/F2) register 184h bit 2 to 1.
- Fix GRNB menu auto booting not working when exit from EFI-32 Shell.
Build 0081: P.08.10
- Update EFI32 to WW20.2 and Uhchlp.c(WW21.1) to fix EFI works abnormal when loop back installed in COM A.
- Fix Intel SpeedStep Technology works abnormally.
Build 0080: P.08.00
- (none)
Build 0079: RC03.08.00
- Clear USB 2.0 PCI register 6Ch bit 1 and bit 14.
- Fix System can not detect PCI error.
- Fix installed 6*DIMM and configured RAS to Mirroring, there are
exhibited the wrong memory states after poisoned in Bank2.
- Fix Update Type 17 Bank locator.
- Modify to update DIMM status immediately in BIOS setup once the Memory
RAS state is configured for mirroring or sparing.
- Fix IMM will turn on DIMM failed LED when it controls Fan FRU LED.
- Update Load.c of EFI e-Module.
- Change the Intel Speed Step default value to disable for fixing W2k3/Sp1 S1 issue.
Build 0078: RC02.08.00 (Release Candidate for P08)
- Force non-compliant nVidia graphics card to use 32bit addressing.
- Include CPU e-Module fix CPU40059 to fix IMT memory test too slow.
- Add a workaround to fix Several RAID cards will hang at IRQ6 when POST.
- Fix SBE can not be logged in SEL.
- Fix can't light faulty DIMM LED even if SBE counter exceeds its threshold.
- Update Ehci.c of EFI e-Module to fix Console Redirection no longer work in EFI.
Build 0077: RC01.08.00 (Release Candidate for P08)
- Add a setup option to clear Eventlog automatic when it is full.
- Add to support Mixed CPU configuration error message(0198).
- Add a new setup option to actually disable the logging of the Timestamp Sync.
event(0x83) that happens every boot.
- Add to generates 3 beeps when total memory ranks more then MCH limit.
- Fix defect 76094 - Fault LED and Wrong Message can not indicate the Bad Memory
Bank on POST in SBE.
- Fix System can not report 8170 error.
- Upgrade Rolling BIOS e-Module to Beta9 revision.
- Fix Wrong Memory status under BIOS setup when total memory rank
in 8 and under Mirror mode.
- Fix Memory Spare not supported when bank0 larger then bank1 and 2.
- Remove the entries for EISA ID ports.
- Fix FRB4 policy only work at the 1st time but failed at 2nd time or later.
- Fix Set Power & reset button inhibit to "enabled", user still can
perform CMOS clear via Front Panel when DC off.
- Update setup string (Memory RAS) with Multi-language.
- Fix Boot selection does not present all USB devices.
- Upgrade USB e-Module to 2.24.00_Beta5.
- Add BMC selftest retry to get the BMC status.
- Downgrade IST e-Module back to IST_09A.
- Upgrade EFI module to WW15.3.
- Fix memory sizing error may destroy CP.
- Fix Network boot option only probes first NIC only.
- Fix System reports "Insufficient Memory to Shadow PCI ROM" when
installed LSI 21320 SCSI card.
- Fix asserting NMI on PERR/SERR works abnormal during POST time.
- Fix System can not shut-down when 3COM Modem Card "USR5610B"
populated in any slots.
- Fix System won't boot with some cards(2 or more PXSA4 Adapters,
Write Cache add-in card) installed.
- Fix PCI-SIG PCI-E test suite failed.
- Fix Multiple EventLog for SBE and MBE.
- Fix User Binary Mask20 can not be executed if "No Runtime Code" bit is set in
the structure.
- Update LSI SCSI BIOS & FW.
IM/IME BIOS = 5.10.04
IS BIOS = 5.11.03
FW = 1.03.39
Build 0076: P.07.40
- Fix Advanced IMM is not getting valid video when we have double termination and bad common
biasing on the DVI interface.
Build 0075: P.07.30
- Fix - Windows* Server 2003 with /PAE does not see 16GBs (4x4GB DIMMs).
- Upgrade ATI VGA OpROM (GR-xlints3y.019-4.333)
Build 0074: P.07.20
- Add a BIOS workaround to fix LSI 320-2 FW1L33 OpROM issue.
Build 0073: P.07.10
- Make "Hardware Prefetcher and Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch" options
added to BIOS Setup Utility with default values set as "Disabled".
NOTE: System performance will be affected by configuring these options.
System Performance may increased or decrease depending on the applications
being used.
- BMC timestamp fix
- CPU setup option changes.
1. Modify some CPU setup option strings.
2. Set default of "Intel(R) Speed Step(TM) Tech" to Auto.
3. Set default of "Execute Disable Bit" to Enable.
- Fix very slow booting if KVM is enabled.
- Fix SetSystemBootOptions command will not keep provious setting.
Build 0072: P.07.00
- Include some help text corrections
- Fix defect introduced by USER Flash side-effect
- Fix defect for Int13h, function 15h
- Fix defect for SCSI OpROM issue with console redirection enabled
- Fix defects for PMM cannot find enough extended memory for <F2> setup menu after OpROM
- Fix defect for updating SMBIOS Type 1/2/3 default string and Chassis Manufacturer field.
- Change the default value of Enhanced Halt State(Q_C1E_SUPPORT) to enabled
- Change the Rolling BIOS error codes from 88XX to 86XX to match EPS1.05.
- Fix pressing "ESC" to toggle Quiet Boot splash screen when a OpROM is executing in the background
will also skip OpROM init if the OpROM utility supports ""ESC"" to skip OpROM init."
- Set recommended register setting(program D8:F0:R4Ch bits[13:0] to 0) by MCH BIOS Spec Update v1.03.
- Fix User Binary execution issue.
- Fix when clearing Admin Password not clearing User Password.
- Fix customer requires new BIOS setup option for special handling of HTT CPU
for FreeBSD v4.5 compatibility.
- Remove the code relate with GPNV event logging to reduce code size.
- Including AMI* Core Fixes USB0062 and USB0090 to support 1GB USB DOK.
- Modify the Memory RAS feature
- Modify some strings to match EPS v1.05.
- Fix PXE Boot NIC order is incorrect
- Fix BIOS can not detect ELPIDA* 1G DDR2 DIMM.
Build 0069: P.06.00
- Change CPU microcode status as following:
M1DF3414.TXT | Assembly format, Revision 14 | D-0 (Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 1 MB L2 Cache)
MBDF410D.TXT | Assembly format, Revision 0D | E-0 (Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 1 MB L2 Cache)
remove N0 non-production microcode.
- Add MCH Errata 31: MCH responds with illegal access on the Hub interface for 32 GB memory configurations.
- Add MCH Errata 32: Memory reference code not recognizing Address/Command parity capable ECC DIMMs.
- Update IST module to 8.00.10_IST_11
- Update micro code by Int15 failed when ILFBSP swap BSP to AP.
- Update CPU module to 8.00.00_CPU-P4_3C.08.
- Add CPU microcode M9DF4304.txt to support 2MB L2 Cache Xeon Processors N-0.
Microcode update versions:
F43h 04(M9DF4304) (Production Candidate) (N0)
- Update CPU D-0 and E-0 micro code.
F34h 14(M1DF3414) (Production Candidate) (D0)
F41h 0D(MBDF410D) (Production Candidate) (E0)
- Add to support toggle Quiet Boot splash screen when a OpROM is executing in the background.
- Add to support IPMI command for don't pause when POST error occur.
- Add to support clear custom CMOS defaults when the clear CMOS by user.
- Disable Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch and Hardware Prefetcher per the Processor BWG v0.9
Build 0067: P.05.00
- Add to switch MUX to system before performing any serial port initialization.
- Fix PXE-E04, PXE-E05 error
Build 0065: RC01.05
- Fix Show "In-sufficient Memory to Shadow PCI ROM" at POST ending if system "Enabled" onboard SCSI
and S-ATA RAID at the same time.
- Fix Cursor jumping at POST ending point if Emulation "enabled"
- Fix USB 2.0 not supported by current EFI drivers.
- Fix PCI card memory space address is allocated above 4GB
- Fix Addressing Adapters in 64-bit Environment
- Fix Power & Reset Button still been locked when Clear Password Jumper 1-2 is closed.
- Fix power restore policy as the following cases.
Target: mBMC 2.40. Restore policy: Always off.
Pull off AC power cord when the target system is power on.
Pull on AC power cord again after about 10 seconds.
The target system is turn on but this action is not an expected action.
Result : Fail
- Fix Issue with not recognize the option rom on OEM HPPQS board.
- Fix Power/Reset Button would be locked if the selection of Pwoer/Reset switch Inhibit on BIOS Setup
is "Enabled" with graying.
- Fix Incorrect SDR version being displayed in Bios Server Management page.
- Fix floppy controller resource always exist if floppy controller disabled by auto detect floppy present.
- Fix update micro code fail form Int15.
- Fix Memory Fault DIMM LED's are not ON after injecting the SBE 10th in Non RAS mode
- Fix CMOS would be cleared after pressing ESC key on remote site several times.
- Fix SetSystemBootOptions to have console redirection on next boot not overriding bios configuration
- Fix Int15, Function E801h can not report correct memory size when installed 3GB memory in system
- Fix BIOS SMI code will disable both MBE & SBE detection when SBE is over 10 times in an hour.
- Fix when an option ROM hooks INT19h to gain control at boot and the user has entered and exited
the BBS popup without selecting a boot device, the option ROM does not regain control.
- Fix timing issue with display toggle cause Logo corruption.
- Add back the Memory mirroring setup option.
- Remove disable SIO WDT at SIO init and include some loss (RBF0010) of upgrade RB module Beta4 revision.
- Move procedure PIC_WORKAROUND_FAR to POST_CSEG from RUN_CSEG to free more space in segment RUN_CSEG.
- Setup question updates for BWG 0.9's requirement. (CPUP40054)
1.Change setup question "Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch" and "Hardware Prefetcher" poweron
and default value to "Enabled".
2.Change the wording of NX function(change to "Execute Disable bit")
- Change _STR$_Intel_SpeedStep_tech from "Intel@ Speed Step tm Tech" to "Intel(R) Speed Step(TM) Tech".
- Remove check NVRAM layout checksum before save/load custom default.
- Change to AMITOOLS 17. use AMISSP2.EXE "-t" parameter in CORE.MAK
Build 0063: P.04.40
- Fix BIOS will show "Clear CMOS by jumper" and keep clear CMOS until AC off when clear CMOS by IMM.
Build 0063: P.04.30
- Fix: BIOS POST hang during DC power cycling tests. That is add syncSMBUS command to IMM.
- Fix: Super IO Config Option removed from P04 BIOS. That is add back Super IO Config Options (BMC mode selection).
Build 0061: P.04.00
- Fix the system hang during the POST time if BSP "disabled".
- Fix the system hang during the POST time if AP swapped.
- Fix System hung at memory count after several reset processes on P03.00
- Fix Memory RAS: Actual failover is not reported after injecting multi-bit error
- Fix BAR error on PCI-E card which behind MCH C0 port.
Build 0060: RC01.04.00
- Fix Memory Fault LED's are not sticky on system reboot in Memory Sparing.
- Fix BIOS detects a Floppy Drive even when a Floppy Drive is not present.
- Fix from Intel RB Patch.
- Fix POST show "Clear CMOS by jumper" when clear by IMM
- Fix if main bios micro code module has the last micro and load from main bios
will cause system hang at 20.
- Fix RC03.03 recovery fail from legacy floppy.
- Fix can not toggle to another bank if BIOS hang between D1 with 78.
- Fix sometimes system hang at memory count. (maybe)
- Fix sometimes will occur FSB mismatch error when installed E-0 stepping CPU.
- Fix Spelling error in oemboard.asd.
- Fix E820 table will report error if disabled remap and installed 4G memory.
- Fix BIOS is not enabling FW access to the FRU LED.
- Fix SMBIOS type 19 show incorrect end address when sparing mode.
- Fix BIOS setup item "NMI Control" no function when IMM is present.
- Fix if AP is the least feature, the SMBIOS Type 4 CPU2 information will disappear.
Build 0059: P.03.00
- Add a display item in setup to show MCH stepping. and fix BIOS REPORTS MCH4 as D0.
- Add implementation of MCH BSU 0.82 Errata#73 for MCH IRQ hang workaround when MCH
stepping is "C2" or earlier.
- Change USB2.0 dedicate to use IRQ5 instead of IRQ7 due to MCH PIC mode workaround
use IRQ7 for LINKA/B/C/D.
- Fix System does not blue screen when injected with multi-bit error.
- Fix SE7520JR2 BIOS help text for PCI Priority Arbitration Setting.
Build 0057: RC03.03.00
- Fix SOL issue, update SOL.ASM
Build 0056: B20.03
- Fix PCIe error not behaving as expected.
- Fix Setup menu display CPU2 status wrong if CPU2 disabled by BMC.
- Fix Incorrect CPU information on SMBIOS Type4 if BSP was disabled.
- Fix "Front Side bus mismatch" displayed if Processor 01 disabled.
- Fix modify the Memory Maximum Capacity on SMBIOS Type 16 to "Dynamic".
- Fix always load micro code from NCBLK 2 during POST if NCBLK has micro code.
- Fixed system reset when booting from PC DOS J6.30/V bootable CD with Acer
CD-ROM 36X/AKU CDROM drive.
- Fixed When IDE and COM port share the same IRQ, system hangs in DOS with the
message "Stack overflow".
- Fix Some legacy scsi BIOS + windows bootable CD will cause FDD access failure.
Example: Tekram scsi BIOS.
- Fix Multi-Disk Recovery feature sometimes fail on TEAC USB Floppy.
Build 0055: B19.03
- Fix recovery fail form USB Plextor CD-RW.
- Fix System can't shutdown correctly under RHEL AS3 U2 64 bits.
- Fix Display wrong BIOS version on Win2k.
- Fix SMBIOS type 19 will show incorrect value when sparing mode enabled.
- Fix BIOS setup item "NX Support" has been hidden on NX supported CPU.
- Fix The Hot Key message is disorderly on OEM Splash Screen when output by
G450 add-in card.
- Fix some SMBIOS data were wrong on SE7520JR2 MLB.
- Fix Unable to auto power off NetWare 6.5 SP1 server, when inserted
LP9002LP-F2 card into Full Length PCI-X Slot.
Build 0054: B18.03
- Change the Socket Designation information indicate as CPU 1/CPU 2 instead of
CPU 0/CPU 1 in SMBIOS Type 4.
- Fix BIOS report wrong CPU information if Processor 1 disabled.
- Fix Can't not detect presence of single DIMM when IMM installed.
- Fix PCI-E Unsupported Request Mask register not enabled.
- Fix USB ports fail high speed black box testing
- Remove Free 8K(E000~E2000) of E000 segment for option ROM shadow.
This will fix issues bellow:
1 BIOS hangs after SCSI option ROM init.
2 Fix system can not boot when ZCR card installed.-
Build 0053: B17.03
- Fix the boot order may become scrambled when a new device is introduced to the
"Boot Device Priority" menu in BIOS setup.
- Free 8K(E000~E2000) of E000 segment for option ROM shadow.
- Fix recovery mode will destroy some RB Flag.
- Remove the BIOS setup item [Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration -> Serial Port Mode]&
[Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration -> SIM Tri-State].
- Fix use AFUDOS /ixx.rom /kx fail.
Build 0052: B16.02
- Add the code that AMI modify for Boot Block USB CD-Rom recovery from Intel John.
- Fix it always display the <F2> message in Quite boot mode even
if the "Hit <F2> Message Display" is disable in setup menu. Show strings
"Press <F12> for Network Boot" if the "Hit <F2> Message Display" is disabled.
- Fix USB High Speed J, K test (DC spec) exceeds specification -all ports
- Fix Memory Fault LED's not glowing on memory sparing.
- Add displaying Sparing DIMMs information per slot in BIOS setup.
- Remove u-code M0DF3308 due to there was no C-0 stepping (F33) Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor.
- Change the BIOS POST message "IA32e Capability" as "EM64T".
Build 0050: P.01.00
- Fix For MCH C1 or later, PCI-E Error displayed at POST and system hung
if "Empty" PCI-E riser existed.
- Fix BINIT# not logged to SEL.
- Fix the CPU BIST(MSR 2A bit1) will be disabled after warm boot or press
reset button.
- Remove Mirror string in setup menu for SRA not support Mirror.
- Fix some words of the help string of "Max CPUID Value Limit" in
[Advanced|Processor Configuration] disappeared.
- Fix use 64-bit PCI instead of MMIO code.
- Review multi-language string follow ASD_07072004.zip & NEW_07092004.asd
- Fix error code (0146) occur will display wrong color if bus or dev
number over 10.
- Fix onboard SCSI option ROM disable cause the LSI-20320 not init option
ROM on SCSI board.
- Fix Mirroring feature not present in the BIOS setup menu (Mirroring Not
supported on BIOS Ver B13)
- Fix Platform Mismatch communication between BIOS and BMC (IMM).
1. Send SE7520JR2 Platform id 01 to BMC.
(1) Early in POST (just after memory initialization, when we have
a stack) the BIOS will communicate a unique numeric platform ID
code to the BMC using Intel OEM command 0Fh.
(2) After it, the BMC will check to see if the firmware matches the
indicated platform type. If a mismatch occurs, the BMC will log
a self test error code of C5h, 00h and log an event to the SEL.
The sensor type of this event will be 2Bh, version change, offset 03h,
"firmware incompatibility detected".
(3) When a mismatch is detected, the BMC will reconfigure the LM93
PWMs inverted/non-inverted output control(s) to match the actual
platform fans. Note that this requires that this a-priori fan
knowledge be built into the firmware.
2. Check if Platform mismatch.
(1) Near the end of POST, BIOS will check for a platform mismatch,
again using OEM command 0Fh. If a mismatch is indicated, BIOS
will display a warning message on the CRT. Current wording of the
platform mismatch error message is :
"Intel(R) Management Module firmware and FRUSDR update required" .
This error message should be a warning only, not a pause.
- Fix WHQL-HCT 11.2 unreported Memory and IO Port test failed when plugging IMM under W2K3.
- Fix Can't detect Processor 2 when enforce FRUSDR utility.
- Modify the error message "Thermal Trip failure" to "Thermal failure due to PROCHOT#"
to avoid confuse to user.
- Fix booting to disk on key with XP format Fat32 will cause hang.
- Change core.mak for Freeze the "CMOS" map for RC cause the LastCmosStorage of
toktbl2.asm and ssp.rep are different from before. These changes also cause
some warning message in build.log.
- Workaround LP10000DC 3x FC storage adapter throughput is slot dependent on
2U LP and FL passive risers. From Intel Ritchie's request for. Add a option
under PCI configuration setup in BIOS with something like: PCI priority arbitration
enable/disable. This would be disabled by default and would only be enabled for if
someone was using certain cards and seeing the throughput issue. Add a BIOS setup
item [Advanced -> PCI Configuration -> PCI Priority Arbitration] with options
"Disabled/Enabled", and its default is disabled.
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