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[[File:HP_Microserver_BIOS_Hacking_-_RunMe.exe_window.PNG|border|500px|Select USB Memory stick to write to]]
[[File:HP_Microserver_BIOS_Hacking_-_RunMe.exe_window.PNG|border|500px|Select USB Memory stick to write to]]


* Then insert the USB memory stick into a USB port on the MicroServer and boot from USB:
* Then insert the USB memory stick into a USB port on the MicroServer and boot from USB, it flashes the BIOS and waits for a reboot:
 
Now, let's take a look at what has changed.  Boot, hit F10 to go into BIOS settings.
Before we flashed the BIOS we would have had something like:
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Main.PNG|border|500px]]
 
and after flashing the BIOS we have:
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Main_-_after_flashing.PNG|border|500px]]
 
Note the extra top-level menu option 'Chipset' - it is under here that we can now modify the settings for SATA ports 4 and 5.
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Chipset.PNG|border|500px]]
 
and we want to disable IDE mode for ports 4/5:
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Chipset,_OnChip_SATA_Config.PNG|border|500px]]
 
Now, when we look at the Boot->Hard Disk Drives menu settings we see that all of the number sequentially whereas beforehand one of them was 'HDD:PS' - not sure what the nomenclature means butwe want the modified setting
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Boot,disk_drives.PNG|border|500px]]
 
[[File:HP_Microserver_initial_BIOS_-_Boot,disk_drives_-_after_BIOS_flashing.PNG|border|500px]]
 
 


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