============================================================================= Intel(R) Server Board SE7505VB2 BIOS RELEASE NOTES ============================================================================= Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing Intel Corporation 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA ============================================================================= DATE: September 10, 2004 TO: Intel(R) server board SE7505VB2 customers SUBJECT: BIOS Release Notes Production 011 (build 0037) ============================================================================= Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. 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Copyright (c) 2003 Intel Corporation. ============================================================================= ABOUT THIS RELEASE ============================================================================= Build # : 0037 (V1.10) Build Stamp : SE7505VB20.86B.0037.P11.0409072218 Build Date : 07 September 2004 Checksum : 2048 ============================================================================= BIOS COMPONENTS/CONTENTS ============================================================================= PXE 1 Ver. : PXE 2.1 Build 083(WfM 2.0) RPL V1.11, Boot Agent V1.1.07 PXE 2 Ver. : PXE 2.1 Build 083(WfM 2.0) RPL V2.74, Boot Agent V4.1.06 Serial ATA Ver. : Silicon Image 3112A Version 4.2.46 VGA Ver. : ATI* RAGE* XL GR-xlamis3y.109-4.332 BIOS Base : Phoenix* 4.0 release 6.0 Processor stepping(s) supported: Intel® Xeon™ Processors 1.8 GHz, 2.0 GHz, 2.2 GHz, 2.4 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 2.8 GHz, 3.06 GHz, 3.2 GHz for CPUID 0F24h, 0F27h, 0F29h, 0F25h (Front Side Bus 400MHz/533MHz) Microcode update versions: CPUID Microcode update ID 0F24h 1F(M02F241F) 0F27h 38(M02F2738) 0F29h 2D(M02F292D) 0F25h 29(M01F2529) ============================================================================= SUPPORTED FUNCTIONALITY ============================================================================= 01. MPS V1.4 02. ACPI 1.0b(S0,S1,S4,S5) 03. APIC & PIC modes 04. 1 CPU/ 2 CPUs Intel® Xeon(tm) processors with 400MHz/533MHz for CPU id 0F24/0F27/0F29/0F25 (B0/C1/D1/M0 Stepping) 05. Four Registered DIMMs DDR200/DDR266 06. Slot1/Slot2: PCI 32/33 07. Slot3/Slot4: PCI-X 100 08. Slot5: PCI 64/66 09. AGP mode3 (4X/8X), mode2(1x/2x/4x) 10. USB 1.1/2.0 Ports(USB port 1/2/3/4) 11. Onboard PCI devices VGA(ATI Rage XL with 8MB video memory)/ NIC1 (Intel 100 Mb NIC 82550PM)/ NIC2 (Intel Gb NIC 82540EM)/ Silicon Image 3112A serial ATA with RAID & Base modes 12. PS2 KB/ PS2 MS/COMA/COMB/Parallel/Floppy ports 13. ICH4 IDE(ATA100) primary/secondary channel 14. POST code to Port 80h 15. Multi-boot support 16. BIOS warning messages in English assuming video is available instead of beep codes 17. Hyper-Threading 18. BIOS support processor Micro-code updates (Runtime & POST) 19. Clear CMOS 20. BIOS Setup screen 21. BIOS POST message 22. BIOS Summary screen 23. BIOS Recovery from legacy & USB1.1 Floppy with video 24. Clear password 25. BIOS update under DOS 26. Disable onboard devices by BIOS (sATA/VGA/NIC1/NIC2/USB1.1/USB2.0) 27. Power Switch Disable after POST(ACPI & non-ACPI) 28. NMI dump switch support 29. Chassis intrusion reflected to ICH4 (LDCM) 30. After G3 to "latest/OFF" state 31. BIOS Setup H/W Monitor 32. Support at least 128KB of available option space (C000h:0000h to E000h:1FFFh) 33. Disable PCI device Option ROMs (Slot1/2/3/4/onboard Serial ATA) 34. PS2 KB/MS Swap 35. Onboard Serial ATA RAID/Base modes detection to show to BIOS setup 36. Legacy USB KB/MS support 37. Boot without mouse 38. Boot without Keyboard 39. USB boot support for USB 1.1/2.0 legacy compliant Hard disk, CDROM, Floppy drives, and Disk-on-key 40. Error handing for post error code (Event logging to flash ROM) 41. Multi-bit & Single-bit ECC error to event logging 42. PCI SSID/SVID for WHQL 43. NMI detection on PCI PERR and SERR 44. Intel splash Logo 45. Password on Setup 46. Password on Boot 47. onboard PXE(NIC1/NIC2) 48. ACPI SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection) 49. Clock Spectrum Spread enabled 50. OS: W2K(ACPI,MPS,PIC)/ .Net Enterprise & Standard/ XP/ NT4.0/ Novell/ Linux 51. USB 2.0 boot 52. Memory > 4GB support 53. 1-way channel DDR support 54. WOL(Wakeup On LAN) / WOR(Wakeup On Ring) via power button for non-ACPI mode 55. Wake on RTC from S1/S4 for ACPI 56. Wake on LAN from S1/S4/S5 for ACPI 57. Wake on Ring from S1/S4/S5 for ACPI ============================================================================= SYSTEM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS ============================================================================= ============================================================================= IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES ============================================================================= IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. Use lha.exe to uncompress BIOS.LZH. Extract phlash16.exe, AUTOEXEC.BAT, OEMPHL.EXE, OPTIONS.BAT, 1.bat, 2.bat and BIOS.wph to a 1.44 floppy diskette. 2. Boot the system to pure DOS mode. 3. Run A:> 1.bat for auto mode, 2.bat for user mode. 4. When BIOS flash is over it will show message and beep, then reboot. Note: The boot to DOS must be non-HIMEM management environment. ============================================================================= KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS ============================================================================= ============================================================================= FEATURES ADDED ============================================================================= Build 0037: - None Build 0036: - None Build 0035: - Add an option "Power On" in BIOS SETUP [Power | Power Loss Control]. Build 0034: - BIOS needs to log event when detecting the "Parity Error" through GPI 0 of ICH4. Build 0033: - "POST Error Pause" in SETUP menu [Advanced | Server Menu]. ============================================================================= ISSUES FIXED ============================================================================= Build 0037: - Upgrade the micro code for D-1 and M-0 stepping CPU. a. D-1 stepping CPU Patch ID: 018h => 02Dh b. M-0 stepping CPU Patch ID: 014h => 029h Build 0036: - System will hang in POST when Windows* 2000 reboot test, the post code is 67.(With new 2.4G/533FSB CPU, 80532KE0561M) - Windows NT* 4.0 System SPIN-LOCK on a standard configurations. Build 0035: - CPU can't swap automatically when Mismatched on connection. - 64MB less than actual size during system posting when install Adaptec* RAID card 2200S and total memory > = 4GB. - CPU Speed displayed incorrectly in BIOS Setup for 3.20GHz 1MB M-0 CPUs. - BIOS fan curve changes for temperature offset for Fab6 and Fab7. - BIOS Write protect for FLASH part Boot Block, Operational and CMOS settings. - Problems with SE7505VB2 Mainboard, faulty boot process with Fab7 boards and qualified memory. - New Disable feature option added to the BIOS for Wake of Ring. - New BIOS 1.08 when toggle chassis switch causes fans to increase and to never go back to the intended SC5250-E step fan Configuation. - Fan speeds dramatically increased when temperature stable and noise level seems to increase fan speed significantly over time with New BIOS. - Max Speed PROGRAMMED ON smbios FOR DMI field not programmed correctly FOR 3.2 GHz processors. - Upgrade the micro code for D-1 and M-0 stepping CPU. a. D-1 stepping CPU Patch ID: 015h => 018h b. M-0 stepping CPU Patch ID: 011h => 014h - Upgrade the option ROM of onboard of SATA form v4.2.33 to v4.2.46. Build 0034: - Fix the memory issue, "Memory Read Error" is occurred during inserting the memory DIMM of NEC/Samsung. - Fix the system will halt at the POST code "93h" during the BSP is D-1 stepping CPU and the AP is M-0 stepping CPU. - Quick Boot mode enabled. - Mixing D-1 and M-0 stepping processor without L3 cache must now be supported according to new Processor Spec Update. - Phlash.exe /exit network switch fails - CPU Speed displayed incorrectly in BIOS Setup for 3.20GHz 1MB M-0 CPUs. - Upgrade the micro code for B-0, C-1 and D-1 stepping CPU. a. B-0 stepping CPU Patch ID: 01Dh => 01Fh b. C-1 stepping CPU Patch ID: 034h => 038h c. D-1 stepping CPU Patch ID: 0Fh => 015h - Modify the Policy of Fan Control when the board of Fab7. - Upgrade the option ROM of onboard of SATA form v4.2.10 to v4.2.33. Build 0033: - Fix the BIOS can not detect the speed of Fan when the speed is over 8437RPM. - Modify the message when different speed and types of CPUs are installed. - Add the micro code for M-0 stepping of CPU (CPUID = 0F25). Patch ID = 011h Date: 06/13/2003 - Escalate GPI 0 (ICH4) to NMI via SMI. - To modify the policy of Fan Control for Fab7 and be compatible with Fab5 & 6. ============================================================================= REFERENCE MATERIAL ============================================================================= Intel Server Board SE7505VB2 TPS v1.2. ============================================================================= BIOS RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS ============================================================================= 1.The crisdisk.exe content: CRISBOOT.BIN - Boot sector image PHLASH16.EXE - Execution file to program BIOS image to flash ROM BIOS.WPH - Actual BIOS image and platform information image MINIDOS.SYS - Allows the system to boot in crisis recovery mode. MAKEBOOT.EXE - Creates the boot sector on the crisis recovery diskette. WINCRIS.EXE - Creates the crisis recovery disk under Windows NT/ 2000/95/98. WINCRIS.HLP - Help file for WINCRIS.EXE 2.Under Windows operating system environment to build crisis recovery diskette as below: a. Boot to Windows. b. Execute C:\PHLASH>WINCRIS.EXE c. Follow its prompts to build crisis recovery diskette. 3.Please follow the steps to force to execute BIOS recovery. a. Auto recovery: If ROM checksum is error during POST (boot block), system will automatically perform BIOS recovery. b. User Recovery: 1. Power off system. 2. Plug jumper to motherboard J4J1 pin 3-4. 3. Insert recovery diskette to floppy 4. Power on system. 5. System will beep and display onboard video during recovery. 6. After no beep and no error message, the recovery is OK. 7. Power off system 8. Remove jumper from motherboard J4J1 pin 3-4. [END OF RELEASE NOTES]