Bios Operation; Determining The Bios Version; Bios Update - Kontron COMe-cDC2 User Manual

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7 BIOS Operation

The module is equipped with AMI® CORE8 BIOS, which is located in an onboard SPI/LPC flash memory. You can update the

BIOS using a Flash utility.

7.1

To determine the AMI® BIOS version, immediately press the Pause key on your keyboard as soon as you see the following

text display in the upper left corner of your screen:

» BIOS Date: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss Ver: xx.xx.xx

» Kontron® BIOS Version <UNP1RXXX

7.2

Kontron provides continous BIOS updates for Computer-on-Modules. The updates are provided for download on

http://emdcustomersection.kontron.com

Notification (PCN). Please register for EMD Customer Section to get access to BIOS downloads and PCN service.

Modules with BIOS Region/Setup only inside the flash can be updated with AFU utilities (usually 1-3MB BIOS binary file

size) directly. Modules with Intel® Management Engine, Ethernet, Flash Descriptor and other options additionally to the

BIOS Region (usually 4-8MB BIOS binary file size) requires a different update process with Intel Flash Utility FPT and a

wrapper to backup and restore configurations and the MAC address. Therefore it is strongly recommended to use the batch

file inside the BIOS download package available on EMD Customer Section.

» Boot the module to DOS/EFI Shell with access to the BIOS image and Firmware Update Utility provided on EMD

Customer Section

» Execute Flash.bat in DOS or Flash.nsh in EFI Shell

Any modification of the update process may damage your module!

with a detailed change description within the according Product Change

COMe-cDC2 / BIOS Operation

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