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BIOS Recovery
Perform the BIOS recovery if the BIOS flash ROM has become corrupted. The following sections provide
instructions on how to recover BIOS settings.
To create a BIOS Recovery disk:
1. Prepare a USB storage device.
2. Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on your computer.
3. Copy the target BIOS ROM file to a USB storage device.
4. Rename the target BIOS to “AMIBoot.ROM”.
5. Unplug the device.
To perform a BIOS recovery:
1. Create the BIOS Recovery disk as described in the previous section.
2. Connect the BIOS Recovery disk on the USB port on the system.
3. Depending on the current state of the system, do either of the following:
If the system has crashed:
Power on the system. The system initializes the BIOS recovery process and the system will reboot
automatically after the flash update is completed.
If the system has not crashed or if you want to revert BIOS to previous settings:
During POST, press <Ctrl> + <Home> during POST. This action will flash the BIOS from the USB
storage device to the system and reboot automatically after the flash update is completed.
4. Remove the BIOS Recovery disk.