Chapter: BIOS Settings BIOS updatepage 74 ADL Embedded Solutions ADLQM67PC5.8 BIOS updateIf a BIOS update becomes necessary, the program “AFUDOS.EXE” from AMI® is used for this. It isimportant, that the program is started from a DOS environment without a virtual memory manager suchas for example “EMM386.EXE”. In case such a memory manager is loaded, the program will stop with anerror message.The system must not be interrupted during the flash process, otherwise the update is stopped and theBIOS is destroyed afterwards.The program should be started as follows:afudos [romfile] /p /b /n/p Program BIOS file/b Program boot block/n Program NVRAMCAUTIONUpdating the BIOS in an improper way can render the board unusable. Therefore, you should only updatethe BIOS if you really need the changes/corrections which come with the new BIOS version.CAUTIONBefore you proceed to update the BIOS you need to make absolutely sure that you have the right BIOSfile which was issued for the exact board and exact board revision that you wish to update. If you try toupdate the BIOS using the wrong file the board will not start up again.