Desktop Management; Desktop Management Interface (Dmi); Introducing The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility; Starting The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility - Asus P2B-D User Manual

VI. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility

This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con-
figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD).
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 EE-
PROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database. Unlike other BIOS
software, the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for
Plug and Play to allow dynamic real-time updating of DMI information versus cre-
ating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS. This
DMI Configuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add addi-
tional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers, housing configurations,
and vendor information. Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS
and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated
into the MIFD. This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP
updating and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire
BIOS.

Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility

The DMI Configuration Utility (DMICFG2.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 <Shift>+<F5> during bootup
to bypass your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
1. In Windows, copy DMICFG2.EXE to your hard disk drive.
2. Restart your computer and press <Shift>+<F5> during bootup to enter safe mode
command prompt.
3. Go to the directory containing DMICFG2.EXE.
4. Type and press <Enter> to run.
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DMICFG
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