Upgrade Supermicro X9DRH-7TF BIOS to v3726 (26th July 2013)

Prerequisites

1. Upgrade the IPMI firmware
   

Prodcedure

1. Make a FreeDOS boot flash drive using Rufus
2. Download the Intel BIOS image for the X9DRH-7TF motherboard
   
3. Copy BIOS image and AMI flash program to the flash drive
4. Boot the flash drive
5. Update the BIOS
   

Either run the supplied batch file, or run the manually:

> AFUDOSU.EXE X9DRH3.726  /P  /B  /N  /K  /R /FDT /MER /OPR

Links

• http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/
  

• http://rufus.akeo.ie/
• http://www.servethehome.com/Server-detail/supermicro-x9drh-7tf-motherboard-review/
• Supermicro FAQ for X9DRH-7TF
  

Appendices

BIOS notes

Supports Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 and future Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family; Intel® C602 chipset; QPI up to 8.0GT/s; Up to 512GB DDR3 1866MHz ECC Registered DIMM; 16x DIMM sockets

Note for BIOS 1.0a or earlier: Please disable ME (Intel Management Engine) during the BIOS update to avoid BIOS from being corrupted. Refer to the ReadMe in the BIOS package for more detail.