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Miscellaneous Utilities

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Aspire 5530 Series

Aspire 5530 Series

Using DMITools

The DMI (Desktop Management Interface) Tool copies BIOS information to eeprom to be used in the DMI pool for hardware management. When the BIOS displays Verifying DMI pool data it is checking the table correlates with the hardware before sending to the operating system (Windows, etc.). To update the DMI Pool, perform the following steps: 1. Boot into DOS. 2. Execute dmitools. The following messages report to screen to confirm completion: • dmitools /r ==> Read dmi string from bios • dmitools /wm xxxx ==> Write manufacturer name to eeprom • dmitools /wp xxxx ==> Write product name to eeprom • dmitools /ws xxxx ==> Write serial number to eeprom • dmitools /wu xxxx ==> Write uuid to eeprom • dmitools /wa xxxx ==> Write asset tag to eeprom

Using the ICW50/ICY70 LAN MAC Utility

1. Boot into DOS. 2. Execute mac.bat

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