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SuperTrak TX Series User Manual
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Updating the BIOS and Firmware on SuperTrak
1. Attach a USB memory stick or USB hard drive to your PC or server.
2. Back up any critical and important data from the USB stick or drive.
3. Reformat the USB stick or drive to make it DOS bootable.
4. Copy the firmware and BIOS image and the installer utility that you
downloaded from the Promise website to the USB disk or drive.
5. Close all applications and reboot your PC or server.
6. Optional. Change the PC or server’s boot settings as required to boot from
the USB device before the PC or server boots from the installed hard drive.
7. When the boot prompt appears, type dir (Windows) or ls (Linux) and press
Enter to display the contents of the root directory.
Among other files and directories, you should see:
FLASHSEQ EXE – The flash utility
TPER IMG – The firmware and BIOS image file
8. Type flashseq w tper.img and press Enter.
The flash utility begins running.
If you have two SuperTrak controllers installed in your PC or server, the flash
utility automatically updates both controllers.
When the screen displays:
All Done!
Press any key to reboot...
The BIOS and firmware upgrade is finished.
9. Reboot your PC or server and remove the USB stick or drive.
Restore your boot settings if necessary.
When the SuperTrak BIOS screen appears, you will see a new version
number.
Figure 1. SuperTrak BIOS screen
Caution
This procedure can result in loss of data. Follow instructions
carefully.
SuperTrak TX Series BIOS Version 3.0.0.26
(c) 2004-2008 Promise Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
Controller 1:
ID Logical Drive Name Capacity Status
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0 LogDrv01 55.0 GB Ok
1 LogDrv02 58.0 GB Ok