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When you are upgrading your motherboard’s BIOS, it is suggested that you use only the software supplies by your motherboard’s manufacturer. But if you want to selectively update only portions of the UEFI BIOS then you can use the UEFI BIOS Updater tool.
American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leader in BIOS and computing innovations, announced the launch of Aptio V, the newest version of its acclaimed Aptio UEFI BIOS firmware, at a seminar titled 'Touch the Future with Aptio V' in Taipei, Taiwan. As the 'next generation of UEFI BIOS,' Aptio V features su. Preparation This is what you need:. An appropriate BIOS modding tool named AMI Aptio UEFI MMTool. Since there are 2 different AMI Aptio platforms (IV for all UEFI BIOS mainboards up to Z97 and V for some X99 mainboards), there are 2 slightly different AMI Aptio UEFI MMTool versions available:. 'AMI Aptio V UEFI MMTool v5.0.0.7' The link.
This tool works only with AMI UEFI BIOS and even with AMI motherboards, it does not support the motherboards using the X99 chipset.Here is how you can use the UEFI BIOS Updater tool to update the UEFI BIOS:. and extract the contents to a folder. and extract MMTool.exe to the same folder. Download the UEFI BIOS update for your motherboard. You can find these from your computer’s manufacturer website. (You cannot find it on AMI website, but on sites of HP, Lenovo, Dell etc.).
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Place the downloaded BIOS file in the same folder as the UEFI BIOS Updater amd MMTool. Double-click on the UBU.BAT file and it will automatically flash the BIOS to your motherboard.The UEFI BIOS Updater tool is only meant for the AMI APTIO UEFI BIOS updates. It cannot be used to work with other types of BIOS like Award, Phoenix, non-UEFI AMI BIOS, Intel BIOS etc. Since the tool from within Windows, it cannot be used to update the older AMI BIOS and works only with the UEFI BIOS. The newer version of the UEFI BIOS Updater uses the APTIO 5 and so it may not work with the UEFI BIOS that APTIO 5 does not support.However, if you find this tool a little bit complicated to use, then you can go to the official AMI website and download the. It works with all the motherboards designed by AMI and that have the newer UEFI BIOS.