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V. SOFTWARE

DMI Introduction

Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility

This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Configu-

ration 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 EPROM 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 creating 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 additional 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.

System Requirements

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 <F5> during bootup to bypass your

AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.

V. SUPPORT SOFTWARE

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

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