U100C2 BIOS Rev.0028 Release Note

Firmware Name
6.0.0028
Rev.
0028
Release date
April 14, 2000

Usage Conditions:
This version of BIOS can be used with the following CPU:
?	Pentium III Xeon B0 Stepping (MU267238)
?	Pentium III Xeon C0 Stepping (MU26732E)
?	Pentium III Xeon A0 Stepping (MU26A003)

BIOS UPDATE procedure:
Please Update BIOS by the following way.
NEVER REMOVE THE UPDATE FLOPPY DISK MEDIA, NEVER POWER OFF OR 
NEVER RESET WHILE UPDATE PROGRAM IS RUNNING, OR BIOS WILL BE 
CRASHED AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE UNABLE TO BOOT.

1.	Prepare MS-DOS bootable FD(1.44MB) by your MS-DOS (This update kit does not 
include MS-DOS) .
Memory Managers like HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE must NOT be loaded when 
running PHLASH.EXE.
It is recommended that only the following two lines be included in the config.sys file.
  files=20
  buffers=30

2.	Unzip the released zip file and copy all the files into the above bootable floppy disk.
   Released zipped file contains following files:
     AUTOEXEC.BAT 		1,625 		99/12/12	03:36p
     BIOS.ROM			1,048,576 	00/04/07	02:38p
     CHECK.EXE		30,425		99/09/17	03:48p
     MID.DAT                 	167 		00/04/07	03:45p
     MID2.DAT			167		00/04/07	03:47p
     PHLASH.EXE		64,701		98/11/09		09:18a
     PLATFORM.BB		704		99/07/26	01:02p
     PLATFORM.BIN		688		99/07/26	01:28p

3.	Insert the Bootable update FD to FDD of Your Express5800 and power on.

4.	BIOS update program starts after POST and BIOS program is updated 
automatically. When update program is completed, following message is displayed:
                 Phoenix Phlash Status
       Flash memory has been successfully programmed.
           PRESS ANY KEY TO RESTART THE SYSTEM

5.	Press any key to reset the system and remove the Bootable update FD. Then 
System restarts.

6.	During extended memory count in POST, Press <F2> key. After POST, Setup menu 
will appear.
   Then set (or operate) as following:
(1)	Advanced menu – Memory Reconfiguration
    -> Confirm the status of installed DIMM group is "NORMAL".
(2)	Advanced menu – CPU Reconfiguration
    -> Confirm the status of installed CPU is "NORMAL".
(3)	Advanced menu – L3 cache Reconfiguration(if CPU Box is installed)
    -> Confirm the status of Address and Data array is "NORMAL".
(4)	Advanced menu – Advanced – Installed OS
->  Select "PnP O/S" to use Windows 2000.
    Select "Other" to use other OS.
(5)	Advanced menu – Advanced – Reserving memory space for PHP
->  Set a size of PCI Memory to be reserved, which is used 
    when the PCI hot plug function is executed 
    for PCI slots currently not containing a PCI board.
(6)	System Hardware menu – Error Log Initialization ->  Press Enter. 
       The message "Error Log Cleared" is displayed when you cleared  
       the error log.  When failed to clear, the message "Error Log Not Cleared" 
       is displayed.
(7)	Boot menu -> Change the boot order.
1.	[ATAPI CD-ROM Drive]
2.	[Diskette Drive]
3.	[Hard Drive]
4.	[Intel UNDI PXE2.0 (Build71)]
(8)	Exit menu -> select Save Change & Exit and press Enter .
   Then the system will restart.

Notes:
1.	Indication of "System RAM" during POST shows the size of the main memory used 
in MS-DOS.
2.	Indication of "Extended RAM" during POST shows the size of the main memory 
which exceeds 1MB.
3.	In case of having no redundant power module configuration, the following message 
will be displayed. "Notice: Your System Redundant Power Supply is not configured".
4.	Please do not install a PCI VGA board into second and third PCI bus 
slots(PCI#21/22/23/24/31/32/33/34). If you use optional PCI VGA board, it must 
always be installed into first PCI bus slots(PCI#11/12).
5.	If the detected temperature is out of range to the setting values before booting up 
the OS, the following message will be displayed on the screen. "0B71: System 
temperature out of the range."
6.	During extended memory count-up, Space key can skip some part of the interval.
7.	"PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Rel 6.0.0028" will appear on the screen as the BIOS Revision.

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