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  • BgtEfi.efi EFI Shell 32-bit programming utility

  • BgtEfix64.efi EFI Shell 64-bit programming utility

  • BgtWin.exe Windows 32-bit BIOS programmer

  • BgtWinx64.exe Windows 64-bit BIOS programmer
    NOTE: Please be aware that using Windows BIOS programmer, they must be run with admin privileges.
    Reprogramming the board's BIOS is a critical operation. DO NOT reset or turn off the system or remove AC power while BIOS update operation is in progress, otherwise this may lead to a not working board!

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Reprogramming the board's BIOS is a critical operation.
DO NOT reset or turn off the system or remove AC power while BIOS update operation is in progress, otherwise this may lead to a not working board.

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Note

BGT is a very powerful tool which allows a wide range of operations in addition to BIOS reprogramming and most of them could not be supported by the platform.
SECO is not responsible for any change made to the original BIOS with an improper and undocumented use of this tool.
Please, be aware that any operation rather than reprogramming BIOS as documented in this manual may lead to a not working board.

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Where can I find

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BGT utilities?

Latest version of BGT utilities and BIOS update script are available hereon each product's pages under BIOS Tools section. For more information and instructions you can rely on the Readme files contained within the package.

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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?

https://secogroup.atlassian.net/l/c/0ZRDsXbB

Copy the updater tool and the BIOS binary inside the USB drive.

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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bios_updater_YYY.bat, amifldrvYY.YYY and AFUWINIYYY.EXE must be present.

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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