Pegatron IPM87-MP

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Hi guys,

Mainboard name: Memphis2-S (SSID 2B2C)
Pegatron IPM87-MP REV 1.01
Original BIOS 80.06 - 2015

I made a mistake when updating the BIOS. I didn't backup the old BIOS, and I didn't run FLASH.BAT provided by HP, instead I only ran the latest (A0.17) bios EXE update, therefore the Intel ME firmware that's supposed to be updated if I had used the batch file was excluded.

Now the board can't POST. With the current G3220 CPU in, if I cleared the CMOS, I will get a singing beep tones then nothing on screen. The board also tried to read my flash drive for some reason. I tried to do a BIOS recovery with it, but holding down win key+B or win key+V while pressing the power button for 1-3 seconds does nothing at all.

I noticed the board has a 2x5 male header labeled ROM_RECOVERY. Using a multimeter, I was able to find out which pins correspond to the IC pins (see attached photo)

Before I proceed, I just want to confirm with some of the experts here.

Can I just flash the old 80.06 BIOS image file from HP website directly using a programmer, or do I need some kind of a clean BIOS image? If so, I will request in the appropriate thread.

Any kind of help is appreciated.

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Re: Pegatron IPM87-MP

Oh nevermind, it fixed it by itself. Turns out all I needed to do was copy the old BIOS image file to the recovery flash drive folder New, and copy the problematic A0.17 BIOS image file to folder Current, and I didn't even have to press any key combinations. After the singing beep tones, it read the flash drive, reboot and the HP BIOS update screen appeared and did the update automatically.

Everything is back to dandy now. Too bad, this means I can't install my Xeon E3 CPU ��

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Re: Pegatron IPM87-MP

LOL, I thought for sure it has gone back to the old BIOS, but apparently not, it recovered to version A0.17, but hey, aside from losing the product number, SKU, etc. from the system info, I can use my Xeon E3 again, so that's a win.

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I also have the same issue. I updated my BIOS and it did not boot after updating. How did u resolve this issue?