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BIOS maintenance
This section provides information about upgrading the BIOS, clearing the BIOS password, clearing
CMOS, BIOS recovery, and a BIOS jumper description.
Upgrading the BIOS using UEFI shell
The flash memory update utility loads a fresh copy of the BIOS into flash ROM. This utility only updates
the BIOS region.
BIOS update utility: AfuEfix64.efi
Boot the system to the UEFI Shell environment and execute the following command to update the BIOS.
BIOS command usage:
AfuEfix64.efi <BIOS ROM File Name>[Option 1][Option 2]
or
AfuEfix64.efi <Output BIOS ROM File Name><Commands>
Commands
Use the mandatory field to select an operation mode.
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/O Save current ROM image to file
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/U Get and display ROM ID from BIOS ROM file
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/S Refer to Option: /S
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/D Verification test of given ROM File without flashing BIOS
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/A Refer to Option: /A
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OAD Refer to Option: /OAD
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/CLNEVNLOG Refer to Option: /CLNEVNLOG
Options
Use the optional field to supply more information for flashing the BIOS ROM. The following lists the
supported optional parameters and format:
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/Q Silent execution
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/X Do not check ROM ID
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/CAF Compare ROM file's data with Systems is different or not; if not then cancel related update
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/S Display current system's BIOS ROM ID
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/HOLEOUT Save specific ROM Hole according to RomHole GUID
NewRomHole1.BIN/HOLEOUT:GUID
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/SP Preserve Setup setting
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/Rn Preserve SMBIOS type N during programming (n = 0-255)
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/R Preserve all SMBIOS structures during programming
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/B Program Boot Block
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/P Program Main BIOS
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/K Program all non-critical blocks and ROM Holes
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/N Program NVRAM
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/Kn Program n'th non-critical block or ROM Hole only (n = 0-15)
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/HOLE Update specific ROM Hole according to RomHole GUID
NewRomHole1.BIN/HOLEOUT:GUID
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/L Program all ROM Holes
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/Ln Program n'th ROM Hole only (n = 0-15)
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