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Latest version of BGT utilities and BIOS update script are available here.

Pre-requisites

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EFI Shell utility

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This procedure requires a USB drive formatted to FAT32.

How can I create a bootable EFI USB device?

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Then, turn on the system and enter in the Aptio Setup Utility pressing the [ESC] key.From the Save & Exit page select the USB drive created

Under Advanced>PCH-FW Configuration>Firmware Update Configuration menu enable Me FW Image Re-Flash option. Save this configuration by pressing F4.

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This is a one shot setting, so boot priority should be changed in order not to repeat this step.
Under Boot menu select as Boot Option #1 the USB key where BGT utility is.

Save this configuration.

From the Device mapping table identify the filesystem of the USB drive fs* (marked as a Removable HardDisk) and enter there. Move to the folder where AFU BGT utility and the binary file are located and launch the command:

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bios_update.nsh BIOSbinary.XXX

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Run the cmd shell with Administrator privileges, then move to the folder where AFUBGT utility and the firmware file are placed. From inside here, to update your BIOS execute the command:

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update./bios_updater_YYY.bat BIOSbinary.XXX

where YYY changes for 32-bit or 64-bit Linux version and BIOSbinary.XXX is the name of the BIOS you want to flash.

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