The BIOS is built into the PC, and is the first code run by a PC when powered on. The primary function is to load and start an operating system.
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how to disable “Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring”?
I'm tuning my server for low-latency The guide suggests to disable this option "Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring" because:
Disables iLO Processor State Mode Switching
and Insight Power ...
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why ACPI SLIT is disabled by default?
I've found such option on my server:
ACPI SLIT Preferences
NOTE:
This option is available on Gen8 servers with Intel processors. ACPI SLIT (System Locality Information Table) describes the relative ...
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Boot gets stuck after PXE agent exits
After installing Ubuntu via PXE onto one of our new servers, the machine keeps getting stuck here on boot:
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.27
Copyright (C) 1997-2008, Intel Corporation
CLIENT MAC ADDR: ...
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SSD head / cylinder / cluster details
A customer of ours makes industrial robots that run on very old, but stable, hardware and software. The only bottleneck has always been the hard drive in these moving machines. Due to constant ...
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Server BIOS “resume by alarm” after power failure [closed]
I got a PC with Gygabyte z68ma-d2h motherboard and running Ubuntu 11.10, NO UPS and new flash battery.
It wakes up eveyday at a scheduled time. This is done thanks to a BIOS setting: "Resume by ...
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Resume by RTC to guarantee software updates
I am maintaining around 100 user workstations with various software and operating systems.
I use a WSUS Server for Windows updates and I have a set of custom scripts for other software.
WSUS will ...
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Wake on Lan (WOL) stopped working
My wake on lan stopped working for no apaprent reason.
I installed wireshark and from another machine sent a magic packet to the target computer and I could see the packet was coming through. ...
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Is it possible to change BIOS settings from Linux?
I'm trying to write a script to enable IPMI on a ton of machines without having to hook up a KVM to them one by one. Is it possible to change the BIOS settings from Linux? OS is SL6.
I understand ...
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BIOS updates for PowerEdge CS24-VSS
We have some PowerEdge CS24 servers that won't run Windows Server 2008. I noticed the ones that did work had a newer bios version. So I've set about looking for bios firmware updates for these ...
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How To Change Dell Bios Settings Remotely?
I recently noticed at a clients that their Dell laptops appear to have SMART disabled in bios by default. I noticed this while swapping out a disk on a desktop which had failed without any warning.. ...
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Dell PowerEdge 750 BIOS Update Caused Black Screen in Ubuntu 12.04
We've got a stack of Dell PowerEdge 750 servers that our boss bought at auction or something. Anyway, I've been trying to get them in working condition. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on one and then ...
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What do these IPMI System Event Logs mean?
I'm currently trying to troubleshoot what seem to be hardware issues with a x3650 m3 machine. Using IPMItools, I'm reading recurring assertion events from sensor type: 0F, sensor no: B5 that repeat ...
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X7DWN+ 14GB Memory Fitted - 10GB Detected by BIOS
We have a Supermicro X7DWN+ motherboard with two Xeon L5420 CPU's installed. There is a total of 14GB memory installed, however the BIOS is only seeing 10GB.
The memory has been tested in another ...
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2answers
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Identifying BIOS changes remotely
Is there some way to read the BIOS log remotely?
Do changes get logged in the BIOS when a hard disk is replaced? Can this be detected after the event?
We would not like the users using the laptop for ...
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How can I create a bootable floppy/CD image that includes my bios firmware update files?
I bought a supermicro X8SI6-F mainboard with an onboard LSI SAS 2008 controller (LSISAS9211-8i).
It is delivered in what they call "LR" firmware, which makes problems for me because I want to have an ...
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BIOS System Firmware failed
One of my company's servers won't boot. Both CPUs' error LEDs are lit. The iRMC interface shows the following errors:
CPU 1 failed
CPU 2 failed
BIOS System Firmware (BIOS/EFI) failed
All other ...
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Where to get FW/BIOS for Sun Fire X4150
I have been trying to get the lastest software for the X4150. I get to this link http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/firmware/release-history-jsp-138416.html#X4150
but it gets me no ...
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Enable Dell PowerEdge 830 withoud CD Rom drive to boot unattended
I removed the cd rom drive from a Dell PowerEdge 830
Now it does not start unattended anymore.
It boots normal, then halts at a line that says "strike F1 to continue, F2 to run setup". F1 would work ...
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How to make my HP server boot faster?
I have an HP ProLiant DL370 G6 server that I am using as a workstation. It takes 60 seconds during reboot and cold boot before screens post with a discrete Radeon HD6xxx GPU. What can I do to make ...
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Intel 1200BTS only sees 15 out of 20 drives on Areca card in JBOD?
I am setting up a NAS device using an Intel 1200 BTSR motherboard and an Areca 24 port SATA/SAS card. Booting up into the Areca card's BIOS, I'm able to see all 20 drives that I have configured in ...
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Entering BIOs Setup from Supermicro IPMI KVM
I'm having trouble getting into BIOs Setup from Supermicro IPMI "KVM" - Remote Control Console Redirection. I need to change the boot order to CDROM first. I'm running Windows 2008 server.
After ...
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Should I enable “Intel NIC DMA Channels”?
I have HP DL360p Gen8 646902-xx1
I'm trying to optimize my config for low latency trading.
Should I enable "Intel NIC DMA Channels"? Will that help/affect my system?
From HP doc:
Added a new ROM ...
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Export BIOS Settings
I'd like to be able to export the BIOS settings for systems with SuperMicro H8SCM-F motherboards. I need to be able to process the results programmatically, so text output is ideal. What sort of ...
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Which comes first, POST or BIOS [closed]
I'm sort of confused as to which comes first during boot up, the POST test or the BIOS. Some places say the POST test is a function of the BIOS, and that the BIOS initially loads it. Others say the ...
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IBM Server searching for secondary server
I just bought the following server
IBM System x3950 Server, 4 x 3.0GHz Dual Core, 32GB, 6 x 73.4GB 10K SAS
RAID, 256MB BBWC, 2x Power, CD-RW/DVD
When i boot it up, it says "Searching for secondary ...
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I can't connect to internet via lan cable because 2032 battery died and my bios bios info is now empty [closed]
I have a compaq CQ61-112SL from about 5 years now... the main battery is almost dead, doesn't keep more then 10 minutes. anyway my problem is that my motherboard battery didn't have any more energy ...
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Dell PowerEdge SC1425 - Boot Error from USB
I'm new to hosting, and I got my first server a couple of days ago, and am having troubles.
I'm trying to boot Ubuntu Server 12.04 from a USB Device I have, and when I attempt to boot, I get "Boot ...
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Enable memory interleaving (disable NUMA) on 4-way Dell PowerEdge R820
We have recently received a new Dell PowerEdge R820 system. It comes with 4 CPU sockets and 512GB of memory. By default it operates in NUMA mode (memory interleaving is disabled) and practically each ...
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Problems with low vcore voltage on Supermicro
Strange problem with Supermicro MB X9SCA-F - after BIOS update to 2.0a version, I got following messages in event log:
Critical - vcore low voltage
And the second problem is that BIOS time & date ...
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Pizza box and lunch box in SMBIOS: What are they?
The SMBIOS spec lists Pizza Box (05h) and Lunch Box (10h) as the meaning for System Enclosure or Chassis Types. The other stuff makes sense but these do not. Are there really chassis types that ...
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K8NDRE motherboard in server fails to complete BIOS load with error 0078
K8NDRE motherboard with 4 sata drives, was running fine. Drives had raid-0 and raid-1 partitions, using mdadm. The onboard raid is disabled. Upon reformatting the drives, setting a new partition ...
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32GB RAM aren't running well together but are same [closed]
I got 4x 8GB Ram. Two sets:
CMZ16GZ3M2A1600C10 x2
CML16GZ3M2A1600C10R x 2
If I run them separate, everything work fine. System boot up in 4 seconds and everything is smooth in games and windows. ...
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CPU?: Not responding
I'm attempting to build a system for co-location. I've been running into issues while trying to install CentOS 6.3
System Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS m5a99x
Process: AMD FX-8120 (8-core Bulldozer)
...
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Dell PC booting to Intel PE Boot Agent [closed]
My Dell PC (Inspiron 530S) continues to boot to Intel PE Boot agent (Network Boot) no matter what I try.
I've tried:
One-time booting from HDD
One-time booting from CD/DVD drive
Disabling Onboard ...
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How can I flash the BIOS on a Dell T5500?
I been given a Dell T5500 Workstation that used to be maintained by a gentleman that no longer works at the company I work for. The workstation has a BIOS admin password as well as a BIOS boot ...
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Poweredge 750 cannot startup after power failure
After a recent power failure my poweredge 750 powers on but just sits on the Dell A06 bios loading screen. I tried resetting the bios' memory by removing the battery and restarting after 15min to no ...
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How do I upgrade the BIOS to boot the motherboard when the CPU is not suported?
So I have a Tyan S8225 motherboard with a Valencia (Opteron 4200) CPU.
Two of us have tried everything. We have even swapped the whole motherboard, Power supply, memory, even a different CPU (still ...
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Supermicro BIOS recovery - SUPER.ROM
I have a Supermicro X9SCL+-F motherboard that I flashed a beta BIOS to, then the flash went bad when I tried to flash back to the latest stable. I am attempting to recover using their SUPER.ROM ...
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500MB memory loss after with nvidia nvs 295 graphics [closed]
I have NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 graphics card, asus P5B moherboard with 4GB memory, bios 2104, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.
After inserting NVS 295 graphics, with 256MB, bios sees only 3,5 GB of memory ...
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Replacing BIOS in VMWare tools (Player, ESXi) with SeaBIOS/sgabios [closed]
I don't like their VNC in VMWare applications (vmplayer, ESXi). I prefer text mode - serial console - but VMWare BIOS doesn't send events to a virtual machine's virtual serial port. I want to see BIOS ...
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Access HP Proliant DL385 BIOS [closed]
How do I access the BIOS of a HP ProLiant DL385 server?
It doesn't have any hard drives, just power, monitor & keyboard connected. The keyboard is a PS/2 Microsoft Media keyboard with an ...
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HP Proliant ML115 G5 - Boot order lost after reboot
I have one HP Proliant ML 115 G5 (AMD) with the latest BIOS (07-06-2009) and recently I've installed an USB disk.
This is a common problem on old Proliant servers.
When you plug the USB disk, BIOS ...
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Adding SSD boot disk to machine running RAID 10
I have a server (dev rig) that runs Windows 2008 R2 and boots from a RAID 10 setup.
Now I want to add an SSD disk that will contain Windows 7 (could be dual boot, but dont plan on salvaging the ...
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No partition found error when installing an OS on Dell Poweredge with RAID
I have three Dell 1850 rack servers:
One has 3 GB of RAM and two 73GB HDD's.
Two others have 6 GB RAM and each of them has two 73GB HDD's.
I am currently trying to install an OS on them, but when ...
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manufacturing fault : HP 630 laptop and BIOS version
We have received another returned laptop today from HP. The form explaining what HP have performed says they have upgraded the BIOS. I’ve checked the bios versions of all our 630 laptops and HP have ...
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Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor. WTF?
This is what I found in dmesg on my new Fedora 16 instalation on new HP ProLiant DL320 G6
[ 0.130963] Performance Events: PEBS fmt1+, Westmere events, Broken BIOS detected, complain to ...
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Installing IPMI Bios onto supermicro
I have one of these:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTG-QF.cfm
And IPMI is just not operating anymore, it had been at one point. It comes up as non functional in the BIOS ...
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How to flash a BIOS when the firmware is larger than will fit on a DOS boot disk? [closed]
I have a supermicro motherboard I want to flash the BIOS on, but the firmware is bigger than will fit on a freedos boot disk.
How can I flash it?
I should point out that I am using linux on my ...
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Ultra 20 won't boot if second hard drive added
I have an aged Ultra 20 (AMD) running Solaris 10 that boots fine as long as another hard drive has not been added to the bus; with the second drive added, I can't even get to BIOS settings, instead ...
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HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF won't boot from USB drive
Can't get an HP 8200 Elite Small Form Factor to boot from USB. It's done so in the past & the USB boot drive works in a different machine (HP 8440p laptop).
Have tried upgrading BIOS (from 2.09 ...
