** Warning: Flashing the wrong BIOS on system can cause harm to the system. **


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For <filename>.exe
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	1. Run the <filename>.exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk.
	2. Insert the floppy, into the system for which you wish to flash the BIOS.
	3. Boot up the system for which you wish to flash the BIOS.
	4. The BIOS utility will run automatically and begin flashing the BIOS WITHOUT any prompts.



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For <filename>.zip
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	1. Prepare a DOS or 98 bootable USB disk	
	2. Extract <filename>.zip file under Windows into the USB disk
	3. Boot up system for which BIOS will be flashed from 98 bootable USB disk.
	4. At the prompt, type: [flash H8xxxxx.xxx] and hit enter.
	

********BIOS Recovery procedure*******



When you performed the Flash reprogramming, make sure you do not reboot or power down until the updates is completed
( typically within 5 minutes).  If you fail to heed this procedure, 
you will be left with a system that has a corrupted BIOS.  
In the unlikely event that a Flash upgrade is interrupted catastrophically, 
the BIOS may be left in an unusable state. However, SUPERMICRO's Flash ROMs have a special BIOS Recovery procedure 
that can be performed. Recovering from this condition requires the following steps. 


1. Copy the H8xxxxx.xxx file from BIOS package and save into a USB drive
2. Rename the H8xxxxx.xxx file to super.rom
3. Install the USB on the MB and remove other bootable device
4. While Power on the system, hit "ctrl + Home" keys several times
5. The USB LED turn on, but the screen is blank and some long beeps from onboard buzzer.
6. After the BIOS recovery is completed, 4 quick beeps and then system will reboot.
7. “CMOS Checksum” message will show, press F1 go into BIOS setup and then load optimal default settings or your custom BIOS setting.
8. Save setting and reboot system. 
