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Subject: Re: Intel server board, fans running at full speed.
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Olivier Drouin wrote:
>                 I wanted to update the bios but what Intel gives (IFLAS=
H.exe
> NH1340P.BIO & NH1340P.ITK) is > 1.44 Meg so it doesn=E2=80=99t fit on a=
 DOS boot
> disk. How can I update the BIOS? Do you feel it can fix my problem ?

Some servers use undisclosed methods to control the fans.

But to do the flashing you could;

To do this is relatively easy using two floppies.
First create a bootdisk that loads DOS, configures a RAM drive and=20
copies the essential DOS files to RAM, sets %COMSPEC%, %PATH% et al. You =

could probably fit a copy of some of the files on there.
Second swap floppies with the remaining files and start the flash procedu=
re.
Although it might not be necessary, i'd probably copy the remaining=20
files to RAM before starting the flash procedure just to be sure that it =

isn't corrupted in the obvious ways.

--=20
Sten Daniel Soersdal