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--Release note for BIOS(AUF0105) ------------------------------------------
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EXTERNAL RELEASE  
U99D
BIOS Version AUF0105
Hirofumi Kawazoe
Yasushi Takemori

NEC Kofu
   31/May/99

RELEASE NOTE:

   This is a release of the U99D BIOS Revision auf0105.
   We provide 5 BIOS ROMs.(auf0105, auf0105f, auf0105g, auf0105i, auf0105s)

     * auf0105  : supports for English only
     * auf0105f : supports for French and English
     * auf0105g : supports for German and English
     * auf0105i : supports for Itarian and English
     * auf0105s : supports for Spanish and English


ADDED OR MODIFIED FEATURES / BUGS FIXED:

  We changed this BIOS(Rev. 0105) from BIOS(Rev. 0104) as following.

 a) Fixed following problem about time stamp of HW event log.

    Time stamp of HW event log becomes "80/01/01 00:01:01" in year
    2000 if system is turned on in year 19xx and it is NOT turned
    off until year 2000 and SMI event for HW event log(ex. memory
    error, door open, etc.) occurs in year 2000.

 b) sB1 step Micro Code has been updated from Ver. BUsB1D1
    to Ver. BUsB1D2. (Pentium Pro errata 59(Errata 80) has already solved
    by BUsB1D1 + MSR Offset 033h bit 30 setting from initial BIOS revision.)


KNOWN RECOMMENDATIONS:

   1.  Pentium(R)Pro Processor Workaround #50 Limitation.

       If a system with cacheable memory in the address 70000000h-7003FFFFh
       has a Modified address in that range, and a WBINVD is performed to
       write back and invalidate the caches, the processor may hang.

       Note: -If system is mounted over 1.792GB memory, this problem may
              be occurred.
              If you use P6s B1 Step CPU, this problem does not occurred.

   2.  "Display <Ctrl><A> Message During BIOS Initialization" menu Limitation.

       If you set "Display <Ctrl><A> Message During BIOS Initialization" menu
       in the SCSI Select Utility(00:01:A -> Configure/View Host Adapter
       Settings -> Advanced Configuration Options -> )
       to "Disable", it is ignored.
       If you want to change "<Ctrl><A>" function setting of onboard SCSI,
       you can do it at "SCSI Select Utility Mask" menu in the system
       BIOS SETUP(Security -> ).
       If you set that menu to "Masked", "<Ctrl><A>" function of onboard
       SCSI is disabled.


NOTES:

   1.  "Unsupported CPU detected" message is displayed.

       When the CPU except P6s_B1_Stepping is installed, POST displays
       the message on Error Summary.
       In that case, CPU BIOS Update Code is set to the all CPUs.
       So, When the message is displayed, there are no problems.


   2.  Unsupported Console Redirection through SMB.

       Unsupported Console Redirection used serial port of
       Server Management Board(SMB).


   3.  Unsupported execution of ICU with Console Redirect Port.

       Can not execute ICU from another machine connected with console
       redirect port.


TEST RECOMMENDATIONS:

   Windows NT running test with this BIOS.
   IntraNetWare running test with this BIOS.


REFERENCES:

   None.

DIFFERENCES:

   None.

COMPRESSED FILES:

   AUF0105E.ZIP

BUILD PROCEDURE:

   None.

HOW TO MAKE THE BIOS UPDATE FD:

        1 Extract AUF0105E.ZIP with pkunzip.exe or other.
           Following files will be made.
             U99D0105.ZIP
             AUF0105F.ROM
             AUF0105G.ROM
             AUF0105I.ROM
             AUF0105S.ROM
             README.TXT   <- This document

        2 Extract U99D0105.ZIP on your hard disk.
           Following files will be made.
             AUTOEXEC.BAT
             AUF0105.ROM
             PHLASH.EXE
             PLATFORM.BIN

        3 Make a bootable FD.

        4 Copy above extracted files from U99D0105.ZIP to FD.


HOW TO UPDATE BIOS:

        1 Turn on the power of the system.

        2 Insert the BIOS Update FD to the system's FDD.

        3 If "<F1> resume  <F2> Setup" is displayed, press F1 key.

        4 BIOS will be overwritten automatically.

        5 When the Green Window is displayed, press any key.
          The system will reboot.

        6 Remove the BIOS Update FD.

        7 Check the BIOS revision. (Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Rel 5.12.5.0105.)

        8 If "Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSISelect(TM)utility!" is displayed,
          press <Ctrl+A> key, and set value of the SCSI Select Utility
          to the default value.


NOTE:

   Use ICU Rev.1.44 if you use this BIOS(AUF0105)

   This is the matrix of the revision between released BIOS and released ICU.
   If you use one of the following BIOS, please use the corresponding ICU.

   +---------------+---------------+
   | BIOS Revision | ICU Revision  |
   +---------------+---------------+
   |   Rev 0100    |               |
   +---------------+               |
   |   Rev 0101    |               |
   +---------------+               |
   |   Rev 0102    |   Rev 1.44    |
   +---------------+               |
   |   Rev 0103    |               |
   +---------------+               |
   |   Rev 0104    |               |
   +---------------+               |
   |   Rev 0105    |               |
   +---------------+---------------+