Acer Aspire 7560 Aspire 7560, 7560G Service Guide - Page 85

Using DMITools 0 The DMI (Desktop Management Interface) Tool copies BIOS information to EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). Used in the DMI pool for hardware management. When the BIOS shows Verifying DMI pool data, it is checking that the table correlates with installed hardware components before sending information to the operating system (Windows, etc.). To update the DMI Pool, perform the following: 1. Boot to DOS. 2. At the prompt, enter dmitools with one of the following arguments: /r ==> Read dmi information from memory /wm ==> Write Manufacturer Name to EEPROM (max. 16 characters) /wp ==> Write Product Name to EEPROM (max. 20 characters) /ws ==> Write Serial Number to EEPROM (max. 22 characters) /wu ==> Write UUID to EEPROM (ignore string) /wa ==> Write Asset Tag to EEPROM (max. 32 characters) The following examples show the commands and the corresponding output information: Read DMI Information from Memory Input: 0 dmitools /r Output: 0 Manufacturer (Type1, Offset04h): Acer Product Name (Type1, Offset05h): Aspire Serial Number (Type1, Offset07h): 01234567890123456789 UUID String (Type1, Offset08h): xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Asset Tag (Type3, Offset04h): Acer Asstag Write Manufacturer Name to EEPROM Input: 0 dmitools /wm Acer Write Product Name to EEPROM Input: 0 dmitools /wp Acer System Utilities 2-27