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V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

V. DMI

DMI Introduction

Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility

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

figuration 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 Con-

figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional

information into the MIFD such as serial numbers, housing configurations, and ven-

dor 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 updat-

ing 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.

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Asus P2L97A User Manual Page 52