Contents of DOWNLOAD.ZIP??UPDATE????IMG.EXE??UPDATE????DD.BIN??CRISIS????IMG.EXE??CRISIS????DD.BIN.\DOS\*.* Win-Image executable for Windows: Creates a bootable DOS based update disk on 1,44MB/3,5" floppy. Image file for Linux (dd): Creates a bootable DOS based update disk on 1,44MB/3,5" floppy. Win-Image executable for Windows: Creates a bootable DOS based crisis disk on 1,44MB/3,5" floppy. Image file for Linux (dd): Creates a bootable DOS based crisis disk on 1,44MB/3,5" floppy. Contains files to be copied to MS-DOS 6.22 boot media README.PDF This information????... Actual BIOS release number??. Motherboard type *.* all files in folder Contents of this README file CONTENTS OF DOWNLOAD.ZIP... 1 CONTENTS OF THIS README FILE... 1 GENERAL REMARKS... 2 Known problems or restrictions... 2 LIMITS AND FEATURES OF F2 NT4 BIOS... 3 Default setup values... 4 BIOS UPDATE RUNNING WINPHLASH... 5 To update your BIOS please observe the following instructions:... 5 INTRODUCTION TO BEETLEVIEW REMOTE BIOS UPDATE... 6 How to perform the remote update to standard BIOS?... 6 Where to find README and UPDATE files?... 6 CRISIS DISK FOR BIOS RECOVERY... 7 DOS BASED UPDATE PROCEDURE RELEASE 4.X... 7 ZIP archive... 7 Running DOS BIOS update from external USB boot media... 7 Running DOS BIOS update from CD-ROM... 8 FAQ... 8 HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS NT4... 9 README.PDF 1 / 9
General remarks This is a new BEETLE motherboard BIOS release for customer specific projects. BEETLE systems from production line usually will NOT contain this release. The BIOS is suited to run on WN motherboards "F2 STD and F2 ULV. This BIOS release war created due to a new flash PROM chip. There is no functional difference to previous release 70/00. This new same BIOS will sign on with date: 07/11/2008 Because some customers implemented a hard coupling of software images to BIOS release we did not changed the release number, only new date stamp is shown. Known problems or restrictions It is not possible to start a pre-installed Windows XP if project BIOS is flashed. No proper function of any other Windows installation than NT4 as well! We did not test any Linux installation running this project BIOS! The described Windows based BIOS update is not running with Win-Phlash packet WN STD BIOS 02/02 and previous. Later releases will support NT4! There are lots of features not available, see table limits and features See also chapter FAQ at end of document README.PDF 2 / 9
Limits and features of F2 NT4 BIOS Function Support Comment PXE boot at BIOS runtime YES Note! No BIOS flash update over PXE possible! Legacy USB YES Legacy USB support over BIOS. Feature = boot (only) from USB mass storage! USB mouse and keyboard are available running Windows NT4, mass storage not! CDROM boot (XBDA) YES This code includes USB-CDROM boot. USB mass storage not available for Win NT4! UDMA support YES For all devices (HDD, etc.) that support UDMA SATA controller YES No driver required. Serial ATA controller is compatible to legacy parallel ATA PS/2 mouse YES Available by y cable for keyboard/mouse LAN on motherboard YES Intel Pro100 VE desktop adapter driver needed! SM712 PLINK controller YES SM712 contains a VIDEO BIOS PROM that starts up while BIOS boot. Touch rerouting COM1/2 YES Supported only with WN sub module SM712 based. COM34 COM3 YES Fixed to WN legacy values I/O 3E8; shared IRQ10 bridge COM4 YES Fixed to WN legacy values: I/O 270; shared IRQ10 PCI riser PCIs upper YES Tested with WN PCI COM board in upper slot only! card PCIs lower YES WN PLINK controller based on SM712 in lower slot only! PCI SUB module YES Tested with SM712 2 nd TFT WN PLINK controller only! PCI express NO Use riser card with 2 x PCI standard only! DMI NO DMI data remains if NT4 BIOS is flashed; after return to STD BIOS DMI is available! ACPI NO Not required for NT4. Onboard Sound NO Onboard sound is by BIOS! Driver installation will fail!!! Legacy FDD NO No hardware support by motherboard Parallel port NO WN Fx motherboard does not provide parallel port; thus BIOS can not, too! Onboard graphics of Intel chipset does not support stretching (640x480 up scaling to 800x600 or 1024x768)!!! SM712 based controller do. README.PDF 3 / 9
Default setup values After corrupted checksum the BIOS will set its default to the following values: Main Primary Master: AUTO Primary Slave AUTO Secondary Master: AUTO Secondary Slave: AUTO Advanced Reset Configuration Data: NO Speaker Volume HIGH Large Disk Access Mode DOS Legacy USB Support USB Time Out Value (HIGH) Internal LAN Controller Onboard LAN Boot Prom Quick Boot Mode Video output to COM3 Fan control Automatic Chipset Configuration SMART Device Monitoring Boot-Video device PCI SLOT USB 2.0 Support I/O Device Configuration Serial port A Base I/O address 3F8 Interrupt IRQ4 Serial port B Base I/O address 2F8 Interrupt IRQ3 Parallel port Touch Screen Routing COM2: DMI Event Logging Clear all DMI event logs NO Event Logging Security Set Supervisor Password NO PASSWORD SET Power Power State STAY OFF Wake On LAN Wake On Modem Ring Wake On Time Boot Hardware Monitor Boot Order Follow Setup Order +Removable Devices +Hard Drive +CD-ROM Drive Network Boot IBA FE slot README.PDF 4 / 9
BIOS update running WinPhlash There is no WinPhlash based update package available for project BIOS releases! But you can update from project (NT4) BIOS to standard BIOS release, by using BEETLEview. To update your BIOS please observe the following instructions: 1) Unzip all files of the *update????win*.exe to a temporary directory on the target system to be updated. It s good practice to choose a simple folder name like C:\BIOS 2) Execute the unzipped file RUNWPH.BAT. This will start the check and update procedure without any interaction needed. Don t click any button inside the WinPhlash window. Wait until this ( ) dialog in shown. WinPhlash will report the progress of the update continuously. During that time DO NOT POWER OFF or DO NOT REBOOT the system. 3) After successful update WinPhlash will perform an automatic reboot. Note! WinPhlash must not be executed directly, as this would circumvent the plausibility checks. Always start it by the batch file! Running WinPhlash based package for actual standard BIOS release 00/00 or higher all BIOS SETUP parameters will remain after update. WinPhlash writes a log file PHLASH.LOG. This can be helpful to refer to in case of a problem. If flashing the BIOS was performed successfully, delete all files from the temporary directory used for BIOS update. WinPhlash is registered to Phoenix Technologies Ltd. README.PDF 5 / 9
Introduction to BEETLEview remote BIOS update The standard production releases of WN STD BIOS for all new motherboards will also be available as a BEETLEview / LSM update package, provided in www. There will always be a short time delay between release of DOS based update and the BEETLEview package. The BEETLEview update procedure is based on WinPhlash tool. See chapter BIOS update running WinPhlash for further information Note! The previous BEETLEview release based on LDCM 6.3 is not supported. How to perform the remote update to standard BIOS? There is only one BEETLEview (LSM) package to be installed: BIOS update MFS environment BEETLE view handles BEETLE BIOS update like any other software installation! Each installation requires two steps on ADMIN system: Download from internet to ADMIN system: Select Manage computers menu and click this symbol If successfully done, you will be asked to install packages on clients, or choose this button Where to find README and UPDATE files? http://extranet.wincor-nixdorf.com/rd/beetledownload/lsmwin/motherboards/...... /xyzzz/bios/wn_xyzzzaabb_bios.txt... /xyzzz/bios/wn_xyzzzaabb_bios.mfs The complete URL (without )......of MFS files is needed for input field of BEETLEview,...of TXT files to be used within your web browser. You need to replace xy... by motherboard type (D2, E1, F2, ) zzz... by BIOS type (STD, BAS, NT4, DOS, ) aabb... by BIOS release number (aa/bb) Example: http://extranet.wincor-nixdorf.com/rd/beetledownload/lsmwin/motherboards/f2std/bios/wn_f2std0202_bios.mfs README.PDF 6 / 9
Crisis disk for BIOS recovery There is no crises disk available for project releases! Use standard (BIOS crisis disk to recover from crashed BIOS update. DOS based update procedure release 4.x There are some features of the actual DOS based update procedure: If any of these advanced features is wanted, you need to adapt the update floppy disk! See chapter How to use DOS based flash tool "UPBIOS.EXE" for further information about all options. DMI data will be preserved. Automatic start of BIOS update after boot up of floppy! You are not prompted to confirm flash update, but you may abort the automatic procedure, when asked. It provides output to external line displays for BEETLE with or without VGA adapter. Another feature of update procedure is the support of CMOS setup data save/restore. You can set setup options as wanted, than create an image file of BIOS setup data and after easily write the certain settings from image file to CMOS memory while BIOS flash update procedure! ZIP archive The ZIP archive xxupdatexxxx.zip contains all files to be copied on a MS- DOS 6.22 bootable media (floppy, memstick, ). Running DOS BIOS update from external USB boot media The F2 STD / NT4 BIOS supports DOS boot from external USB floppy, CD-ROM, Unfortunately, many distributors of memory sticks do not provide any information about the boot ability of their devices. You need to buy & test This is not a BEETLE restriction most PC BIOS do show similar problems! How to create a bootable USB boot device for BEETLE? Most vendors provide a Windows based program to create bootable sticks. If not available, this may help you to do so: 1. Format your memory stick at your desktop PC (FAT files system up to 2GB) 2. Create a MS-DOS 6.22 boot floppy and copy fdisk.exe and format.com to it 3. Install a BEETLE with WN motherboard (newer then Cx type) and internal (standard) floppy drive. To avoid confusion, it s good practise to disconnect SATA/PATA hard disk drives! 4. Enable USB legacy mode in BIOS SETUP and boot DOS floppy from internal floppy drive 5. Now, you can detect if your USB mass storage is supported or not: If the USB device emulates a hard disk, FDISK should present it If the USB device emulates a floppy disk, DOS should show a new drive letter 6. Use sys c: command to make formatted stick bootable. README.PDF 7 / 9
Running DOS BIOS update from CD-ROM Update disk releases since 4.0 and higher support bootable CD-ROM media for BIOS update. The recommended (and easiest) way to build an update CD is this: 1) Create bootable floppy disk from WN image and leave the floppy inside drive. 2) Start your favourite tool and build a bootable CD. When ask, choose floppy disk emulation from floppy in drive! FAQ 1. There is an Intel embedded graphics driver (IEGD) available for 915 GMCH onboard graphics and Windows NT4. Ask your WN contact to send you this driver! Always install driver release 5.1.0.838; we tested it and could not see errors. 2. SM712 WN PLINK controller is required for old (non DDC) WN PLINK screens! With WN sub module you keep PCI standard slots free and can reroute touch to onboard COM1 or COM2. 3. If display is changed from BA73A-2 to BA72A-2, SM712 restarts with 1024x768 in panning mode. Solved by setting up screen once to 800x600 4. Windows NT4 does support multiple screen configurations! You always need to (re)install display driver on any change of graphics controller 5. Full legacy USB access is available while BIOS start up only! You need to disconnect all USB mass storage devices, to avoid blue screens while NT4 is running!!! Some human interface devices (mice, keyboards) may function with Windows NT4 running, but this is not guaranteed and not recommended by WN, since they are emulated (only) by BIOS!! 6. Windows Media Player 6.4 will show an error message, because BIOS disabled the onboard sound hardware! 7. Last user action of NT4-BIOS flash update procedure is the activation of RESET CONFIG DATA (BIOS SETUP) for the next boot. At very first boot up with the WN NT4 BIOS the ESCD will be reorganized. This avoids resource conflicts in case of changing hardware from one to other PCI slot. README.PDF 8 / 9
How to install Windows NT4 1. Update BIOS to WN NT4 BIOS release 70/xx APLHA5 2. Setup BEETLE BIOS for proper installation afterwards: Setup touch routing for SM712 sub module and/or SDVO WN PLINK bridge 3. Change BIOS boot sequence to CDROM first if 2 nd TFT sub module (based on SiliconMotion SM712) is used, setup touch routing, too! 4. If harddisk was already used (e.g. if any other operating system was installed before) clean the harddisk MS-DOS command fdisk /mbr could be used for proper clean up! 5. Connect all devices, you want to use later on. These devices are serial mouse,... 6. Boot from Windows NT4 installation CD in drive at parallel ATA interface and follow Windows NT4 install instructions until you are asked for network adapter; skip network installation here! Legacy floppy is not supported by WN Fx motherboard, thus network driver diskette can not be read Windows NT4 does not support external USB mass storage; thus network driver (diskette) can not be read 7. Don t forget to install Service pack 6 8. After reboot, serial mouse is found (if any connected to COM / RS232) and installed. 9. a) Install SiliconMotion SM712 NT4 driver 4.00.1381.0229 OR b) Install Intel Embedded Graphics Driver IEGD 5.1.0.838 (select file *NT4.INF ): when asked, choose 915GM chipset and function 0 for SDVO-WN-PLINK, or function 1 for CRT bridge. 10. Before reboot, you need to setup correct screen resolution and colour (true colour) for SM712 or onboard graphics; BA73A-2 or BA72A-2. 11. Run control panel over START button and click NETWORK... install network support... 12. When asked click DISKETTE and choose folder with installation files for Intel Pro 100 VE desktop NT4 driver 6.4 13. Don t forget to (re)install Service pack 6 14. If any extension card is used, install driver now A common configuration includes PCI COM, install driver now: COM5,6,7,8 will be available after reboot 15. Install touch ware 5.64 SR3: TouchWare installation could have been done before PCI COM, if SiliconMotion 2 nd TFT sub module is used and touch rerouted to onboard COM. If the piggy back touch solution (PCI COM and SM712 PCI card) is used, touch needs to be installed after PCI COM installation. README.PDF 9 / 9