AMI Software Utility User Guide
AptioV DMIEDIT GUI User Guide
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Table of Contents
Document Information ............................................................................................................................ 4
Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................4
Audience ......................................................................................................................................................4
Change History ............................................................................................................................................4
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Overview ......................................................................................................................................................5
Requirements ..............................................................................................................................................5
Supported Operation System ...................................................................................................................5
DMIEdit for Windows NT/ 2000/ XP/ PE/ Vista/ 7/ 8: .........................................................................5
DMIEdit for 64 Bit Windows: ...............................................................................................................5
Firmware Requirements ..........................................................................................................................5
Operating System DLL/Driver Requirements ...........................................................................................5
Getting Start ................................................................................................................................................6
Installation ...............................................................................................................................................6
Main Window ..........................................................................................................................................6
Menu Bar .................................................................................................................................................6
File Drop-down Menu Options .................................................................................................................7
View Drop-down Menu Options ..............................................................................................................8
Undo drop-down menu options. ..............................................................................................................8
About .......................................................................................................................................................9
Toolbar.....................................................................................................................................................9
Type Frame ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Info Frame ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Status Bar ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Functions .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Browsing SMBIOS Information ......................................................................................................... 12
Saving SMBIOS Information to File ................................................................................................... 12
Saving All SMBIOS Information to File .............................................................................................. 12
Updating SMBIOS Type ..................................................................................................................... 13
Updating All SMBIOS Types .............................................................................................................. 16
Undoing Current Type and Undoing All ............................................................................................ 17
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Document Information
Purpose
This document provides information to use the AptioV DmiEdit tools to update the SMBIOS.
Audience
Generic BIOS Engineers, OEM Engineers, and Aptio Customers.
Change History
Date
Revision
Description
2014-01-28
1.00
Initial document created and update content to latest released of DmiEdit.
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Introduction
Overview
MIEdit stands for Desktop Management Interface Edit. It allows you to modify strings associated with
SMBIOS tables. This utility works with Aptio firmware with SMBIOS support.
You can modify the following SMBIOS tables with DMIEdit:
Bios Information (Type 0)
System (Type 1)
Base Board (Type 2)
Chassis (Type 3)
Processor Information (Type 4)
OEM String (Type 11)
System Configuration Options (Type 12)
Portable Battery (Type 22)
System Power Supply (Type 39)
Note: The System Firmware must support the SMBIOS specification.
Requirements
Supported Operation System
DMIEdit for Windows NT/ 2000/ XP/ PE/ Vista/ 7/ 8:
AMIDEWIN.EXE is supported in Windows NT platform series. It requires and the Windows NT
platform driver amifldrv32.sys.
DMIEdit for 64 Bit Windows:
AMIDEWINx64.EXE is supported in Windows NT 64 Bit platform series. It requires and the Windows
NT 64 Bit platform driver amifldrv64.sys.
Firmware Requirements
DMI Editor (Desktop Management Interface Edit) program requires that the host system Firmware
be an AMI Aptio V and above.
Operating System DLL/Driver Requirements
amifldrv32.sys Driver for Microsoft○
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Windows○
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32-Bit Operating System
amifldrv64.sys Driver for Microsoft○
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Windows○
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64-Bit Operating System
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