TQMxE41S Documentation

Prerequisites

• FAT formated USB-Stick with at least > 32 MiB storage
• Latest H2OFFT™ (Firmware Flash Tool)

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.

Prerequisites

• Prepared USB Stick with BIOS Update Tool
• BIOS File TQMxE41S_05.45.24.04.02.bin
• Copy BIOS File to USB Stick

<USB key>
    ├─── H2OFFT-Sx64.efi
    ├─── TQMxE41S_05.45.24.04.02.bin   

Perform BIOS Update

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 > Me FW Image Re-Flash > Enabled)
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 TQMxE41S_05.45.24.04.02.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

The BIOS source can be selected on the (TQMxE41S) SPI flash via connector S3-3 (BOOT_SEL2) on MB-SMARC-3.

The following SPI flash devices are supported:

Shell> fs0: <Enter>
fs0:> H2OFFT_Sx64.efi TQMxE41S_05.45.24.04.02.bin –ALL –RA -N

Shell> fs0: <Enter>
fs0:\> H2OFFT_Sx64.efi TQMxE41S_05.45.24.04.02 –ALL –RA -N