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Chapter 6
7.2
DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI)
OVERVIEW
This motherboard can support DMI within the BIOS level. DMI is able to auto-detect
and record information pertinent to a computer's system such as the CPU type, CPU
speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size. The onboard BIOS will
detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a
4KB block in the motherboard's flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from
this database.
The DMI Configuration Utility (DMICFG.EXE) must be used in real mode in order for
the program to run, the base memory must be at least 180K. Memory managers like
HIMEM.SYS (required by windows) must not be installed. You can boot up from a
system diskette without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, "REM"
HIMEM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS, or press <F5> during bootup to bypass your
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
Using the DMI Configuration Utility
Edit DMI
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