ClearCube R1350 Technical manual

ClearCube Public Technical Document
Topic: R1350 BIOS Updated to 3.32
Component(s) Affected: R1350 Blade
Date: April 4, 2008
OVERVIEW / ENVIRONMENT
BIOS version 3.32 for the R1350 blade adds support for new features on the R1350 blade and corrects
minor BIOS issues.
Note: See TB0232, Installation Notes for Windows Vista™ for related information.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The R1350 Blade BIOS is updated to version 3.32. This version adds support for:
•Fix for the Video Memory Allocation to the OS – Fix issue where any selection of video
memory allocation only allocated 64M. BIOS 3.32 will allocate video memory selection as follows:
•64M = 64M
•128M = 128M
•Turbo = 224M
•Other added features and fixes:
•Changed DMI REV 1.0 and REV 2.0 Strings
•Change BIOS ID String
•Changed SIGN ON MESSAGE STRINGS
•Changed the Setup Option Processor Power Management to be disabled always.
•Changed the Revision Numbers in Global .STR from 3.30 (To Appear in Setup)
RESOLUTION
You must have the following items to update your BIOS:
•An external drive, such as a USB flash drive or USB floppy drive.
Note: You must be able to boot from your external drive. If you are using a flash drive, ensure
that you can boot to MS-DOS® from the drive. If you are using a USB floppy drive, ensure that
you have a bootable DOS floppy disk.
•The following files, included in RM332U16.zip file available on ClearCube Support site:
•RM332U16.wph—BIOS update file
•phlash16.exe—Phoenix Phlash16™ utility

Perform the following steps to update to BIOS version 3.32:
1. Download the RM332U16.zip file from the ClearCube Support Web site:
a. Open the following URL: http://support.clearcube.com
b. In the product support area, select R1350 in the PC Blades drop-down box.
c. Click the BIOS link and browse for the link to the 3.32 BIOS zip file.
This file contains the BIOS update, the phlash16.exe flash utility, and Crisis Recovery files and
information.
2. Plug the external drive into the USB port on the front of your Blade. If you are using a floppy drive,
insert the floppy boot disk.
3. Unzip the contents of the RM332U16.zip file to the external drive and copy the phlash16.exe and
RM332U16.wph files to the external drive or disk. (RM332U16.wph may be named BIOS.WPH)
4. Restart your system from the external drive and type the following command at the command line:
phlash16 RM332U16.WPH or phlash16 BIOS.WPH
5. Disregard the message that phlash16 displays requesting you to press any key to restart the
machine. Doing so can result in unsupported behavior. You must cycle Blade power by performing
any one of the following steps:
•Press and hold the power button on the front of the Blade for five seconds to power down
the Blade, and then press the power button again to power on the Blade.
—OR—
•Reset the Blade by pressing the reset button on the front of the blade or on the rear of
the C/Port.
Note: The first time you cycle Blade power after updating the BIOS, the Blade LCD displays
POST codes and then powers off and on several times. Video is not displayed until
POST 55 is displayed on the LCD. This behavior is normal and only occurs the first time
you cycle power after updating the BIOS.
For more information, contact ClearCube technical support in any of the following ways:
[e-mail] Email address for ClearCube Technical Support
support.clearcube.com ClearCube Support Web site
[phone] Direct line in the US
[phone] Direct line from outside the US