TQ provides tools from Insyde® for the UEFI BIOS which allows the customization of the BIOS.
Please Note: The following Tools are only available on request.
For further Information please contact Support.
H2OFFT™ (Firmware Flash Tool) for performing BIOS Update
H2OUVE™ (UEFI Variable Editor) to customize default BIOS Options
H2OLRT™ (Logo Replacement Tool) for a customized boot logo
H2OSDE™ (SMBIOS Data Editor) to facilitate easy modification of any SMBIOS (DMI) field
H2OEZE™ (Easy Binary Editor) to edit binaries in the BIOS, including Option ROMs, driver binaries, logos, and Setup values
Further Tools are only available from Insyde®:
H2ODDT™ (Developer Debug Tool) for source code level Diagnostic and Debugging
H2OPCM™ (Power Cycle Manager) for assisting in power-cycling the system while watching for initialization failures
H2ORTE™ (Register and Table Editor)
H2OELV™ (Event Log Viewer)
FAT formatted USB stick with at least 32
MB of free storage space
The BIOS-Tools ZIP file
Update BIOS via EFI-Shell
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Insyde Firmware Flash Tool H2OFFT-Sx64.efi (BIOS-Tools → H2OFFT (Firmware Flash Tool) → UEFI-Shell → InsydeH2OFFT_x86_EFI_Package_* → InsydeH2OFFT_x86_EFI_* → X64 → H2OFFT-Sx64.efi)
Appropriate BIOS file for your TQ module
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- H2OFFT-Sx64.efi
|--- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and navigate into the EFI Shell (Boot Manager > Internal EFI Shell)
4. After starting the EFI Shell switch path to the USB stick by typing fs0:.This depends on the amount of conected mass storage devices; with command ls you can check the content of the path.
5. The following command examples shows how to use the H2OFFT Tool.
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@mod_name@
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Shell> H2OFFT-Sx64.efi @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@ @bios_update_paramenter@
Update BIOS on Windows
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Insyde Firmware Flash Tool folder InsydeH2OFFT_x86_WIN64_* (BIOS-Tools → H2OFFT (Firmware Flash Tool) → Windows → X64 → InsydeH2OFFT_x86_WINx64_*)
Copy appropriate BIOS file for your TQ module to the folder InsydeH2OFFT_x86_WIN64_*
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- InsydeH2OFFT_x86_WINx64_*
|-- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and run Command Prompt as administrator
4. Switch path to the InsydeH2OFFT_x86_WIN64_* folder.
5. Following generic commands shows how to start the BIOS Update for TQMx86 modules.
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@mod_name@
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> H2OFFT-Wx64 @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@ @bios_update_paramenter@
Update BIOS on Linux
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- InsydeH2OFFT_x86_LINUX64_*
|-- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and open terminal
4. Switch path to the InsydeH2OFFT_x86_LINUX64_* folder
5. Extract tar package tar -xvf InsydeH2OFFT_x86_LINUX64_portable_*.tar.bz2
6. Install H2OFFT Tool sudo dpkg -i InsydeH2OFFT_x86_LINUX64_*.deb
$ cd /var/local/insyde/H2OFFT/driver/
$ sudo -E make
$ sudo -E make install
$ sudo apt-get install
7. Run following generic commands shows how to start the BIOS Update for TQMx86 modules.
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@mod_name@
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$ sudo h2offt-lx64 @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@ @bios_update_paramenter@
FAT formatted USB stick with at least 32
MB of free storage space
The BIOS-Tools ZIP file
Using H2OUVE in the EFI-Shell
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- H2OUVE-Sx64.efi
|--- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and navigate into the EFI Shell (Boot Manager > Internal EFI Shell)
4. After starting the EFI Shell switch path to the USB stick by typing fs0:.This depends on the amount of conected mass storage devices; with command ls you can check the content of the path.
5. The following command examples shows how to use the H2OUVE Tool.
Examples:
Print out help message:
Shell> H2OUVE-Sx64.efi -h
Print out BIOS supported functionalities:
Shell> H2OUVE-Sx64.efi -fea
Remove a variable by name:
Shell> H2OUVE-Sx64.efi -re -vn SioTqmx86Setup00
Dump variable information to a variable record file:
Shell> H2OUVE-Wx64.efi -gv testfile
Update variables from specified variable record file:
Shell> H2OUVE-Wx64.efi -sv testfile
Using H2OUVE on Windows
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Insyde UEFI Variable Editor folder InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_* (BIOS-Tools → H2OUVE (UEFI Variable Editor) → Windows → X64 → InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_*)
Copy appropriate BIOS file for your TQ module to the folder InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_*
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_*
|-- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and run Command Prompt as administrator
4. Switch path to the InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_* folder.
5. Following command examples shows how to use the H2OUVE Tool.
Examples:
Print out help message:
> H2OUVE-Wx64 -h
Print out BIOS supported functionalities:
> H2OUVE-Wx64 -fea
Remove a variable by name:
> H2OUVE-Wx64 -re -vn SioTqmx86Setup00
Dump variable information to a variable record file:
> H2OUVE-Wx64 -gv testfile
Update variables from specified variable record file:
> H2OUVE-Wx64 -sv testfile
Using H2OUVE on Linux
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- InsydeH2OUVE_x86_LINUX64_*
|-- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and open terminal
4. Switch path to the InsydeH2OUVE_x86_LINUX64_* folder
5.Extract package tar -xvf InsydeH2OUVE_x86_LINUX64_portable_.tar.bz2
6. Install H2OUVE Tool sudo dpkg -i InsydeH2OUVE_x86_LINUX64_*.deb
$ cd /var/local/insyde/H2OUVE/driver/
$ sudo -E make
$ sudo -E make install
$ sudo apt-get install
7. Run following generic commands shows how to start the BIOS Update for TQMx86 modules.
Examples:
Print out help message:
$ sudo h2ouve-lx64 -h
Print out BIOS supported functionalities:
$ sudo h2ouve-lx64 -fea
Remove a variable by name:
$ sudo h2ouve-lx64 -re -vn SioTqmx86Setup00
Dump variable information to a variable record file:
$ sudo h2ouve-lx64 -gv testfile
Update variables from specified variable record file:
$ sudo h2ouve-lx64 -sv testfile
This instructions guide you through the procedure of replacing the Bootlogo in EFI-Shell, Windows and Linux.
The H2OLRT (Logo Replacement Tool) generates a BIOS file that contains the desired Boot Logo instead of the TQ Logo.
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
Insyde Boot Logo Replacement Tool H2OLRT-Sx64.efi (BIOS-Tools → H2OLRT (Logo Replacement Tool) → UEFI-Shell → InsydeH2OLRT_x86_EFI_* → H2OLRT-Sx64.efi)
The new Boot Logo Picture formated as *.jpg (e.g. picture.jpg)
Appropriate BIOS file for your TQ module
Example:
<USB-Stick>
|--- H2OLRT-Sx64.efi
|--- @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
|--- example_picture.jpg
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and navigate into the EFI Shell (Boot Manager > Internal EFI Shell)
4. After starting the EFI Shell switch path to the USB stick by typing fs0:.This depends on the amount of conected mass storage devices; with command ls you can check the content of the path.
5. Retrieve logoindex of the module
H2OLRT-Sx64.efi -D –replogo: <Original BIOS bin file>
In the output of the tool, the index can be located using the following GUID:
771F77D1-13AF-XXX (image Size W:201 H:196)
Output example
FS0:\> H2OLRT-Sx64.efi -replogo: @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
Replace Logo:
BIOS src path: @bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin
Available indices of "-logoindex":
Index 0 -> FvNum: 0, Image format: BMP, Size: 270056 Bytes, W: 300, H: 300
Guid: 931F77D1-10FE-48BF-AB72-773D389E3FAA
Index 1 -> FvNum: 0, Image format: JPG, Size: 10529 Bytes, W: 201, H: 196
Guid: 771F77D1-13AF-48BF-2584-773D389E33CA
Index 2 -> FvNum: 0, Image format: TGA, Size: 42178 Bytes, W: 155, H: 68
Guid: 96DCE314-3628-4256-A02E-3B10C61D85FD
...
in this example it is located at logoindex 1
6. The following shows how to start the Logo Replacement.
H2OLRT-Sx64.efi –replogo:<SrcBIOSImageName> –logopath:<LogoImagePathName> -logoindex:<IndexNum> –logoconvert:<ConvertNum> –out:<OutBIOSImageName>
H2OLRT-Sx64.efi Variable description
| Variable | Description |
| <SrcBIOSImageName> | BIOS file in which the logo should be replaced |
| <LogoImagePathName> | Path and name of the replacement picture |
| <IndexNum> | Default index, where the picture must be stored.
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| <ConvertNum> | 0 = keep original image's format and dimension.
1 [default] = auto convert the image's format and dimension. |
| <OutBIOSImageName> | path and name of the generated BIOS file |
Command example
H2OLRT-Sx64.efi –replogo:@bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@.bin –logopath:example_picture.jpg -logoindex:@bios_logo_index@ –logoconvert:1 –out:@bios_image_name@_@bios_image_version@_new.bin
FAT formatted USB stick with at least 32
MB of free storage space
The BIOS-Tools ZIP file
Using H2OSDE in the EFI-Shell
1. Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file and copy the following to the USB stick:
2. Insert the prepared USB Stick to a Starterkit USB port
3. Boot up the system and navigate into the EFI Shell (Boot Manager > Internal EFI Shell)
4. After starting the EFI Shell switch path to the USB stick by typing fs0:.This depends on the amount of conected mass storage devices; with command ls you can check the content of the path.
5. The following command examples shows how to use the H2OSDE Tool.
Examples:
Use User Interface:
Shell> H2OSDE-Sx64
Print out help message:
Shell> H2OSDE-Sx64 -h
Print out system manufacturer:
Shell> H2OSDE-Sx64 -SM
Write system manufacturer:
Shell> H2OSDE-Sx64 -SM "manufacturer-name"
Replace UUID:
Shell> H2OSDE-Sx64 -SU 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012
Auto generate UUID:
Shell> H2OSDE-S64 -SU AUTO
Using H2OSDE in Windows
Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file:
navigate to the H2OSDE program path and open the program GUI.exe
Alternatively, the program can also be executed in the windows command prompt:
C:\> cd "Path_to_H2OSDE-Wx64_directory"
C:\> H2OSDE-Wx64.exe -h
Using H2OSDE in Linux
Unzip BIOS-Tools ZIP file
navigate to the H2OSDE program path and run following command:
$ cd "Path_to_H2OSDE-File"
$ sudo ./gui
Alternatively, the program can also be executed in the terminal:
$ sudo ./h2osde-lx64
The EzE program is designed to provide functions that allow users to edit binaries in the BIOS, including Option ROMs, driver binaries, logos, and Setup values.
Functions:
Replace a module
logo replacement
Specify BIOS version
Specify the firmware volume file path
Specify the GUID
Change BIOS default settings
Specify the EDK type or version
Specify the Factory Copy file path
Replace an Option ROM
Replace firmware volume
Examples:
CMD
1. open program directory in CMD:
cd "PATH TO PROGRAM"
2. Run program with the argument -h to get a list of all available arguments:
H2OEZE-x64.exe -h
Windows GUI
Just click on the program H2OEZE-x64.exe to open the graphical interface