The article has been updated successfully.How to flash AMI BIOS on ubuntu
Note! sudo password is ultra
run terminal
With the following commands we check the BIOS Version (080016) and BIOS realease/build date(5/23/11):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
If the version and date are not 080016 and 5/23/11 then we install the flashrom app, download the BIOS from Xtreamer page, extract the downloaded zip and switch to the extracted directory:
sudo apt-get install flashrom
wget http://download.xtreamer.net/Drivers/Ultra/Utility/A188PA06_Build_05.23.11.zip
unzip A188PA06_Build_05.23.11.zip & cd A188PA06_Build_05.23.11
Now we save the original BIOS for security reasons:
Check the size of the original.rom it should be 1048576:
sudo flashrom -r original.rom & ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1048576 2011-06-08 20:12 original.rom
Now flash the new BIOS with:
sudo flashrom -w A188PA06.ROM
Now reboot system and verify BIOS version and release date again...
Troubleshooting:
If BIOS flash failed flash the original back with:
sudo flashrom -w original.rom
original information from :
HOWTO: Flash BIOS, The Ubuntu Way
Why not just use flashrom
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15th of June, 2011
