Automatic firmware corruption recovery and update

A computer program, stored in a tangible medium, for automatic firmware corruption recovery and update comprising executable instructions that cause at least one processor to:

• check a firmware image for corruption whenever a power-on or reset occurs;
• request a replacement firmware image only from a central location connected to each of a plurality of networked computers for the corrupted firmware image, if the firmware image is corrupted;
• boot from the firmware image then checking only at the central location if a newer version of the firmware image is available, if the firmware image is not corrupted, wherein
• if the newer version of the firmware image is available at the central location then:
• execute a file transfer protocol command to retrieve the newer version of the firmware image from the central location,
• load the newer version of the firmware image directly to a memory location of the firmware image, and
• boot the newer version of the firmware image, and
• if the newer version of the firmware image is not available at the central location then begin normal program execution until another power-on or reset occurs;
• determine only at the central location whether the replacement firmware image is available, if the firmware image is corrupted, wherein
• if the replacement firmware image is available at the central location then retrieve and load the replacement firmware image directly to the memory location of the firmware image from the central location, if the replacement firmware image is not available at the central location then set a mode and serial port so that a serial port recovery is available then reset, and execute the serial port recovery.

A computer program, stored in a tangible medium, for automatic firmware corruption recovery comprising executable instructions that cause at least one processor to:

• check a firmware image for corruption whenever a power-on or reset occurs to determine whether the firmware image is corrupted;
• request a replacement firmware image only from a central location connected to each of a plurality of networked computers for the corrupted firmware image, if the firmware image is corrupted;
• determine only at the central location whether the replacement firmware image is available, if the firmware image is corrupted;
• retrieve and load the replacement firmware image directly to a memory location of the firmware image from the central location, if the replacement firmware image is available at the central location;
• set a mode and serial port so that a serial port recovery is available then reset and execute the serial port recovery, if the replacement firmware image is not available at the central location.