Asus X571LD AMI Firmware Update Utility

AMIBIOS8 ROM Utility User Guide

AFUDOS

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AMIBIOS8 Utility User Guide

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09/5/13 1.0.0 Initial Document.
09/8/28 1.0.1 Add /ME and /MEUF usage description.

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AMIBIOS8 Utility User Guide

Overview

AFUDOS is an updating system BIOS utility with command line interface. It has no tedious
and annoying parameters, just update your system BIOS. Hey!! Do not forget that target
board MUST be AMIBIOS system.

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 AFUDOS v3.xx Commands)

Requirements

Supported Operating System

This utility is supported by the following operating systems:

• MS-DOS environment

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.

Getting Started

Installation

Copies the AFUDOS.EXE executable file to any storage location accessible by the
host system and then run AFUDOS in command prompt.

Usage

For previous usage, see Appendix B AFUDOS v3.xx Commands to know details.

AFUDOS <BIOS ROM File Name> [Option 1] [Option 2]……….

Or

AFUDOS <Output BIOS ROM File Name> <Commands>

Or

AFUDOS /M<MAC Address>

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