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Title:    Boot Block Recovery Procedure for Anigma GAT Motherboard
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Filename: GAT-REC.TXT
FTP URL:  ftp://ftp.firmware.com/text/gat-rec.txt
WWW URL:  http://www.firmware.com/pb4ts/gat-rec.txt
Author:   Terry Slade, Micro Firmware Technical Support
Revision: 06/13/97
Summary:  Instructions for boot block recovery procedure used to
          restore BIOS code on GW2K Anigma GAT motherboard.
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The boot block recovery procedure is used to restore BIOS code to the
flash ROM chip when the BIOS code has been corrupted or erased,
normally resulting in a blank screen on powerup. This procedure may
also be necessary if the wrong BIOS code has been flashed into the
chip.

This procedure requires a valid recovery disk, normally created during
installation of a BIOS upgrade or provided by the system vendor. We
have a recovery disk for the Anigma GAT motherboard available on
our FTP site and BBS. The file GATRD.EXE is a self-extracting archive
containing a self-extracting diskette image which is used to create a
recovery disk. Please read the instructions included.

WARNING: Please insure that you have the Anigma GAT motherboard
before using this recovery disk. This motherboard can be physically
identified by checking for components of the Intel Aries chipset
(82425EX and 82426EX chips), 2 SIMM slots, 4 ISA, and 3 PCI
expansion slots. The model number GAT4IP2 is silkscreened onto the
underside of the front edge of the board. The Gateway 2000 part
number for this board is MBDPCI008AxWW. This motherboard is also
called GATIP or GAT2. GW2K has used several other motherboards made
by Anigma with similar names and numbers, so it is important to
check carefully when identifying the motherboard.

Boot Block Recovery Instructions:
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1. Turn system off.

2. Move jumper J35 from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2. (Located to the right
   of the CPU socket).

3. Insert recovery disk into drive A:

4. Turn system on. The display screen will remain blank. After about
   10 seconds, there will be 1 long and 2 short beeps. The diskette
   access light should come on and files will be loaded from the
   diskette. After about 90 seconds there will be a series of
   high-pitched beeps followed by a series of low-pitched beeps.
   Although the diskette drive light is still on, the system can be
   powered off after the low-pitched beeps. If not powered off, the
   process will repeat.

5. After powering system off, move J35 back to pins 2-3.

6. Power system on. It will probably be necessary to enter CMOS
   setup and adust values.
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