Acer TravelMate 8481T Acer TravelMate 8481, 8481T, 8481TG Notebook Service Gui - Page 80

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 Tool, 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): TravelMate Serial Number (Type1, Offset07h): 01234567890123456789 UUID String (Type1, Offset08h): xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Asset Tag (Type3, Offset04h): Acer Asstag Write Product Name to EEPROM Input: 0 dmitools /wp TravelMate Write Serial Number to EEPROM Input: 0 dmitools /ws 01234567890123456789 2-28 System Utilities