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Embedded module TQMxE40S Documentation


Prepare USB Stick for BIOS Update

BIOS Update USB Stick

Prerequisites

  • FAT formated USB-Stick with at least > 32 MiB storage
  • Latest H2OFFT™ (Firmware Flash Tool)
Due to licensing restrictions the H2OFFT is only available on request.
Please contact TQ Support for further information.

USB Stick

Copy Insyde Firmware Flash Tool to USB-Stick

<USB key>
    ├───H2OFFT-Sx64.efi

The BIOS-Update-USB Stick is now ready for updating and flashing BIOS images.
For further Information please see the following section.

TQMxE40S BIOS Update

Update BIOS

Prerequisites

  • Prepared USB Stick with BIOS Update Tool
  • BIOS File TQMxE40S_xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.bin
  • Copy BIOS File to USB Stick
<USB key>
    ├─── H2OFFT-Sx64.efi
    ├─── TQMxE40S_xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.bin

Perform BIOS Update

Attention: keyboard layout is US by default in the BIOS setup!

1. Insert BIOS-Update-USB Stick stick to a Starterkit USB port
2. Power the starter kit and enter the BIOS by repeatedly pressing ESC
3. Enable ME FW Image Re-Flash option in the BIOS Menu (Setup Utility > Advanced > RC Advanced Menu > PCH-FW Configuration > Firmware Update Configuration)
4. <F10> to save the settings and reboot the system
5. After reboot navigate into the EFI Shell (Boot Manager > Internal EFI Shell)
6. After starting the EFI Shell switch path to the USB stick by typing fs0:. This depends on the amount of connected mass storage devices. With command ls you can check the content of the path.
7. Launch BIOS update

H2OFFT_Sx64.efi TQMxE40S_xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.bin –ALL –RA

⇒ BIOS will reboot into EFI shell after the update has finished succesfully
8. Leave EFI shell

Shell> exit

9. Select “Boot Manager”
10. Select desired boot device (e.g. Internal HD)
⇒ System will boot from selected boot device

Boot from external BIOS

Currently it is not possible to flash the internal BIOS from an external SPI chip.
It is also currently not possible to program an external SPI chip using the module.
Please contact TQ Support for further information.

The BIOS source can be selected on the (TQMxE40S) SPI flash via DIP-Switch S3-3 (BOOT_SEL2) on the MB-SMARC-3.

S3-3 (BOOT_SEL2)
Open BIOS will load from internal SPI Flash
Close BIOS will load from external SPI Flash


Supported external SPI flash devices

The following SPI flash devices are supported:

Platform/Module SPI flash device SPI flash vendor
TQMxE40S MX25U25643G Macronix