AMI ROM Tool - AFUWINGUI Description : AMI Firmware Update utility(APTIO) for Windows GUI. Release Date : Source Control Location : SS: Alaska;$/Alaska/ROMUtils/AFU/afuwin/32; Reference Document : readme.txt readme_afuwin.txt AMI_Aptio_AFU_User_Guide_NDA.pdf Known Issues : Use "/Rn" parameter will have no effect or caused an exception error when the SMBIOS module version is "4.6.1_ALPHA_01.26.2_DMIRW_TEST" or later. Release Notes: ============================================================================== 1.13 01.Error message while flashing BIOS using AMIUCP to execute AFUWIN V2.35[EIP 51370] 02.Use AMIUCP1.06 to set command status to be ShownOnly and flash bios,then donn't restart OS,the ShownOnly command status can be check again. 03.Reset retry count. ============================================================================== 1.12 01.Supports AMIUCP new commands status setting. [EIP 40002] 02.Remove AFU its EC error message, when BIOS has reported the EC error message for AFU. [EIP 45928] 03.Fixed the exception error when FV block size is less 64KB. [EIP 48906] 04.Adjust the ME block info check rule. ============================================================================== 1.11 01.AFUWINGUI show the wrong OS version info problem. EIP[44055] ============================================================================== 1.10 01.Modified the /CMD: command to sync with OEMCMD command's behavior. [EIP 43015] 02.Modified NVRAM data preserve function of OFBD invoke sequence to avoid caused BIOS flash failed, when issued /R command and BIOS supports this feature. [EIP 41769] ============================================================================== 1.09 01.Add a new command line "/CAF" supports Main BIOS, Boot Block, Share EC and NCB data comparison.[EIP 35966] 02.Supports Intel AT 2.0 specification. [EIP 40463] 03.Add a new command line "/CMD:" to support the OEMCMD module¡¯s new status. [EIP 40787] 04.Fixed the flash hang up issue of AFU, when BIOS has share EC firmware and its SMIFlash module version is 4.6.3.6_SMIFLASH_13 or later version. (Swap the GetFlashInfo and InitFlashIfc invoke sequence.) 05.Add Driver extract support. 06.Afuwingui will hang when OFBD rom ID check mismatch. ============================================================================== 1.08 01. Add a new command line "/OEMCMD:" to support the OEMCMD of OFBD module.[35966] 02. Change the /ECX command usage from xxx.rom /ECX to /ECX:xxx.rom and remove the auto shutdown action. 03. Add the Erase/Verify/Retry procedure during the EC firmware updating.[36765] 04. Changed the memory allocate method to avoid memory allocate failure, when use it under Compal's PXE Network booting DOS environment. 05. Fixed the "FFS checksums" is bad problem, when booting with HIMEM.SYS installed. 06. Change /R command reserve DMI data procedure, if DMI is stored in FV_MAIN or FV_BB or NVRAM.[37169] 07. Add new feature to support set/cancel commands by OFBD.[37411] 08. Support shutdown action, when use AMIUCP to set /SHUTDOWN command as default command in auto reflash mode. 09. Add a hidden command "/LR" to disable the first message box of AFUWINGUI for customer Long Run Test. ============================================================================== 1.07 1.Disable the hot key "Windows + L". 2.Fix a bug:when the rom file checksum has error,afuwingui continue to flash bios. ============================================================================== 1.06 1.Add the feature of validating Rom File Checksum.[EIP24381] 2.Fix a issue that NCB type must be >= 0x80 instead of 80. 3.Support to update non EC-share BIOS when it isn't AMI EC Firmware.[EIP31739] 4.Add support to flash /ME & /MEUF.[EIP31739] 5.Add support to use AMIUCP to only include rom image or only include command. 6.Fix the bug:afuwingui cann't execute after included by AMIUCP under WinPE. 7.Add Flash chip infomation support. ============================================================================== 1.04 1. Fix the issue that AFU stops flashing when it cannot find ROM ID in system ROM. ============================================================================== 1.03 1.ROMID and Password check by AFU before flashing BIOS.[EIP14374][EIP19375] 2.AFU keep BIOS last setting after flashing BIOS.[EIP19257] 3.Do NVRAM flashing after main BIOS being programmed.[EIP19890] 4.AFU support "$ECB" table in E000.[EIP19891] 5.AFU Support Standalong EC firmware Flash.[EIP12739] 6.AFU support add rom file name by AMIUCP @CMD. ============================================================================== 1.02 1.Bug Fix:Afu cann¡¯t transfer enough buffer to BLOCK DESCRIPTION. [EIP 18348] ============================================================================== 1.01 1.EIP 12473:Afuwin-gui is required which interface is similar to afuwin core8,then add support to amiucp.