AMIBIOS8 ROM Utility User Guide
AFUWIN
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AMIBIOS8 Utility User Guide
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Date Rev Description of Changes
09/5/13 1.0.0 Initial Document.
09/8/28 1.0.1 1. Add Windows 7 support.
2. Add /ME and /MEUF usage description.
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Overview
AFUWIN is an updating system BIOS utility with command line and GUI interface. It has
same parameters and behavior as AFUWIN, and further, GUI feature starting from v4.10
can provide you a friendly environment to visualize BIOS update procedure. By the way, do
not forget that target board MUST be AMIBIOS system while using this utility.
Features
This utility offers the following features:
• Small executable file size
• Quickly update
• Clear updating information and status
• Fully compatible with previous version (See Appendix B AFUWIN v3.xx Commands)
Requirements
Supported Operating System
AFUWIN Utility is supported in following operating system:
• Microsoft® Windows® 98
• Microsoft® Windows® ME
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000
• Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0
• Microsoft® Windows® XP/XP64
• Microsoft® Windows® PE
• Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32/64
• Microsoft® Windows® PE 2.0 x64 (AFUWINx64.EXE)
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 32/64
BIOS Requirements
System BIOS should have the followings:
• AMIBIOS CORE version 8.xx.xx.
• SMIFlash eModule with “8.00.00_SMIFlash-1.00.07” label or later.
• Token: SDSMGR_IN_RUNTIME = ON.
• Token: SMI_INTERFACE_FOR_SDSMGR_FUNC = ON.
Operating System Driver Requirements
Following drivers for different operation system are required by this utility:
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• UCOREVXD.VXD Driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME
• UCORESYS.SYS Driver for Microsoft® Windows® NT/2000/XP/PE
• UCOREW64.SYS Driver for Microsoft® Windows® XP64
Getting Started
Installation
Copies AFUWIN.EXE, AFUWINx64.EXE (for Microsoft Windows PE 2.0 x64),
UCOREVXD.VXD, UCORESYS.SYS and UCOREW64.SYS to any storage location
accessible by the host system and then run AFUWIN in command prompt. Remember
that three files MUST be in same directory. For launching GUI mode, you can just
double-click on the icon.
Usage
For previous usage, see Appendix B AFUWIN v3.xx Commands to know details.
AFUWIN <BIOS ROM File Name> [Option 1] [Option 2]……….
Or
AFUWIN <Output BIOS ROM File Name> <Commands>
Or
AFUWIN /M<MAC Address>
Or
AFUWIN /MAI
BIOS ROM File Name
The mandatory field is used to specify path/filename of the BIOS ROM file
with extension.
Commands
The mandatory field is used to select an operation mode:
• /O Save current ROM image to file
• /U Get and display ROM ID from ROM file
• /Ln Refer to option: /Ln
• /M <MAC Address> Refer to option: /M
• /MAI Display current system and ROM file's MA
• /HOLE Update specific ROM hole by given name
• /HOLEOUT Save specific ROM holedata by given name
• /D Verification test of given ROM file without
flashing
• /EC Flash EC firmware BIOS (Refer to OFBD
spec)
Path: $BIOS/Corebin/800/ROMUtils/On Flash
Block Description Specification.PDF.
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Sample Code Module Path:
$BIOS/Examples/On Flash Block Description
• /NCB Flash NCB data by given name
• /NCBOUT Output NCB data by given name
• /C Destroy CMOS checksum
Options
The optional field used to supply more information for flashing BIOS ROM.
Following lists the supported optional parameters and format:
• /P Program main bios image
• /B Program Boot Block
• /N Program NVRAM
• /C Destroy CMOS after update BIOS done
• /E Program Embedded Controller block if present
• /K Program all non-critical blocks
• /Kn Program n’th non-critical block only (n=0 – 7)
• /Q Quiet mode enable
• /REBOOT Reboot after update BIOS done
• /X Do not check ROM ID
• /S Display current system’s BIOS ROM ID
• /Ln Load CMOS default (n=0 - 1)
▪ L0: Load current CMOS optimal settings
▪ L1: Load current CMOS failsafe settings
▪ L2: Load CMOS optimal settings from ROM
file
▪ L3: Load CMOS failsafe settings from ROM
file
• /M<MAC Address> Update BootBlock MAC address if exists
• /R Preserve all SMBIOS structures during
NVRAM programming
• /Rn Preserve specific SMBIOS structure during
NVRAM programming
• /ECUF Update EC BIOS when newer version is
detected.
• /ShutDown Shutdown system after programming.
• /clnevnlog Clean Event Log.
• /DeDftCfg Delete all default settings from BIOS.
• /-Command Name Delete certain command’s default setting.
[OEM Uses Only.]
• /MEUF Update Intel ME ignition firmware.
• /ME Update entire Intel ME region.(WinPE only)
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