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Legacy mode BIOS

pcmp — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:22:50 +0000

I have an ups-aplp4f-a20-08128 motherboard, and in its BIOS mode, there is a CRB option. Within CRB Advanced, there's a CSM Configuration option that includes a Boot Option Filter. This option can supposedly switch between legacy or UEFI mode, but it doesn't work. No matter how I adjust it, the boot list still doesn't show any system disks that boot in legacy mode. Given how long it's been, the new BIOS should support booting from legacy mode system disks by now, right? Although I have a UEFI mode image that I can use, it can't adjust partition sizes and occasionally freezes or crashes, which is really frustrating. So, I'm asking whether the BIOS now supports booting in legacy mode, or how to configure the current 6.4 BIOS version to support legacy mode booting?

Stuck in Aptio Setup Utility

nanvlkansfv — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:36:15 +0000

Does any one have instructions on how to flash an Up Board? I'm stuck in a continuous loop of going to the Aptio Setup Utility.

Is useful the watchdog when UP BOARD hangs at boot?

mlm82 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:30:44 +0000

Hi all,

I have a system that sometimes take a lot to boot up. It appears black screen and after a few minutes the system goes on. Other times boots instantly.

I'd like to know if changing the Watchdog setting in the BIOS from 300 to 15 seconds it may help to reduce the time that holds at startup. I've checked and it seems that the time with black screen reduces significantly, but I'm not 100% sure if this setting applies here.

Could it help?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.

password for BIOS

gene — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:15:36 +0000

I can't find the password for the BIOS. Could someone please help? thanks

THE eMMC memory is missing and so does the SO

mlm82 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:51:07 +0000

Hello all,

I've got two up boards 64GB/4GB that has missing operative system drive, and the BIOS shows it as a 0 bytes drive whit FFFFFFF info. The boot menu also shows no boot priorities. I've tried to update the BIOS to the latest but the up board is unable to boot from the UEFI menu, although I've tested with several pendrives.

Any hints? Thanks in advance.

Method to record serial number within Upsquared mini computer BIOS

dts00002 — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:33:44 +0000

The only way we have found so far to obtain the serial number for these Upsquared computers is by looking on the box that the Upsquared system board is shipped in or by looking at the sticker on the system board.

We haven't been able to find the serial number within the BIOS or by running the command wmic bios get serialnumber

So we're hoping there is a way that we have manually enter the serial number for the Upsquared computer within the computer's BIOS or somewhere else so that in the future when the wmic bios get serialnumber command is run on the Upsquared computer this command will return the serial number of the Upsquared computer.

What process can be used to do this?

Looking ECCN information for UP Board UEFI BIOS (UPC1DM11)

lpentel1 — Mon, 08 May 2023 13:35:54 +0000

Hello,

We are using UP Board UEFI BIOS (UPC1DM11) in our project. I am looking for the ECCN information.

Also we are trying to get it through our Third Party Intellectual Property Process and get it export classification. I would need to understand if this software has any encryption capabilities or if it has an export/commerce classification number assigned?

How I can to protect BIOS settings?

Konstantin — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:27:24 +0000

Hi, I just updated BIOS to latest revision. Changed admin password, but... here is still to able to enter in BIOS settings as user, so this admin password looks like no usefull in BIOS settings protection.
And when user password is setted - it prevent to normal boot OS.
How it can be fixed?

Does the Intel Atom® x7-E3950 support CSM?

feverdreme — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 21:43:29 +0000

I can't find any definitive information online on the compatibility with this chip. On the cupboard website, it says it has UEFI, but I'm wondering what UEFI class it is.

Intel put out a notice that chips launched after 2020 would but UEFI class 3 (No CSM), but this chip was released before. Does the UPBoard 4000 with the Intel Atom® x7-E3950 support BIOS emulation?

There are no forum categories for the UPboard 4000 so I thought I'd post this here

Want old BIOS with CSM / Legacy Boot for 1GB/16GB Upboard

ljward9 — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:31:44 +0000

Hello,

Could anyone please provide me a copy of an older BIOS for my 1G RAM 16G EMMC Upboard (UP-CHT01-A20-0116-A11) which has CSM / Legacy Boot?

I don't care if not all of the hardware works, if it is buggy, if it voids my warranty, etc

I am willing to flash it with a SPI EEPROM programmer such as is described here:
https://wiki.up-community.org/BIOS_chip_flashing

I really want to try running DOS and other legacy boot only operating systems baremetal on this board, but I can't without legacy booting.

Thanks for any help you may be able to offer!

How to Reset an Up board which is on Windows

akshayAzentaUpBoard — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:09:50 +0000

How to Reset an Up board which is on Windows 10 IoT Core OS Image running on it

UP BOARD BIOS update issues, freezing issues

chalupec — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:22:36 +0000

Hello,
i was trying to update bios, it took me a lot of time and in the end i foud that "new looking" updat is only the old one, lots of effort for nothing.

Why is it stated as new FEB 15,2021

and it took me to file system where files are old

not even old but also with bugs

in UPC1DM23_EFI\EFI\BOOT\startup.nsh
echo -off
fs1:
cd UPC1BM0P this command lead to result dir not found, no effect
go_nsh - must be rewritten to go.nsh

reset

recommended file change to
echo -on
fs1:
cd UPC1BM0P
go.nsh

reset

finally after trimming update was somehow succesfull even if cd UPCBM0P command doesnt worked.

Update was carried out to get rid of random freezing of system, sometime UP BOARD runs for weeks in a row, sometimes it must be powercycled 2times a day. Even if computer runs only simple script in python or just runs wit webbrowser on top...

Will try to setup watchdog timer in BIOS, but this is somehow strange behaviour.

Another problem is that update runs automatically without confirmation, so that you have to wait to finish and disconnect flashdisk in the end, because anither "update" will take a part till the end of the world...

Error: Secure Flash function is not supported on this file

datajerk — Mon, 27 May 2019 17:57:22 +0000

Trying to flash original upboard and I get "Error: Secure Flash function is not supported on this file". Zip: UPC1DM17.zip

Thanks.

Incompatible ROMID with existing BIOS ROM

ihakka — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:53:43 +0000

I bought Up Core 1GB/16GB boards, which have BIOS version from 2017!! So Win 10 IoT core won't install, support seems to be added in 2018. However, trying to flash newest BIOS for Up Core, i get an error that this ROMID is incompatible with current BIOS ROM. Should I first upgrade to an older BIOS, and then step by step to newest one? I have 6 Core boards needing an upgrade.

Current BIOS information:
UP-CHCR1 R1.1 (UCR1BM11) (11/01/2017).

Power Saving BIOS settings for headless use-cases?

UpBored — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:51:30 +0000

Does anyone have a decent list or start for saving as much power as possible?

UPC1DM21 BIOS to UPC1D23 CPU Speed .48GHz

Phoward — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:38:12 +0000

I'm running old BIOS UPC1DM21 with windows 10 image and I get 1.67GHz CPU speed. If you use the same windows 10 image on BIOS UPC1DM23 my CPU speed drops down to 48GHz. I've been troubleshooting this for the past couple days, going into registry and changing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\intelppm to start at 4, but that only boosts my CPU to 1.44GHz. Also BIOS UPC1DM21 can't be found anywhere? Why is that. I can find older versions but not (21) Please advise. Thanks

UP-BOARD UEFI BIOS UPC1DM21 repository

amenon — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:22:08 +0000

Hello!
Just got the first UP-Board 4GB/32GB for a new mass project.
(UP-CHT01-A22-0432-A11)
Serial C20702389
The board reports to be rev 2.1 on the BIOS screen and the UEFI Version UPC1DM21.
I'm not been able to find out the repository for this version on the website.
In case i want to do the downgrade to previous version I would need to recover the original 21 version.
Would be possible to "save" the current BIOS in to a file?
Is the version UPC1DM21 available somewhere for the download.

Thanks a lot.
Ale

Boot from USB cannot be set in bios

Busycow — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:50:02 +0000

Hi, I have a up-gws01-a10-1432, I wish to install window 10 and had enter the bios. However, it doesn't have the 'boot from USB' option in the bios. Can someone help?

UP Board Xtreme Not Booting After Faulty Bios Flash

nhkhai — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:07:40 +0000

Hi, I have a UP Xtreme Board with the Intel Sensor Hub. After doing a bios flash, the system does not boot up (I think the bios might not be the correct bios for this system, although the flashing was successful). The boot logo was not seen and the fan was not activated on power on. I cannot enter bios settings. Is there anything I can do to reset the faulty bios to factory state?

Upgrade UPC1BMOT to latest firmware

Clyde McQueen — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:33:47 +0000

Hi, I have a 4GB UP board running UPC1BMOT firmware, and I'm trying to upgrade to a more recent version.

I believe that the latest firmware version is UPC1DM23_EFI Link.

As reported elsewhere on this board, the upgrade fails with the error "Secure Flash function is not supported on this file."

I read that I should first upgrade to UPC1DM15, then to 23. However, I can't find the official download for UPC1DM15. Thanks to whomever posted the Google Drive link... is this the official version?

Thanks,
/Clyde

[SOLVED/ANSWERED]Does the UP Board UEFI BIOS version UPC1DM15 - have 32-bit BIOS?

Zach Hershberger — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:28:34 +0000

I am having trouble because I am running a Windows 10 32-bit OS and I just received new UP boards that have a 64-bit BIOS. I am currently unable to load my image or change the BIOS to 32-bit.

The problem is the new boards came with UPC1DM15 which from what I can tell is only 64-bit. I tried to downgrade to the old 32-bit BIOS (UPC1BM0X) I was flashing my systems (which is working on my original systems).

Whenever I try to run the go_64_32.nsh I get the following error: "4 - Error: ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID." Which is most likely since I am attempting to downgrade the BIOS.

Anyone have a 32-Bit UPC1DM15 BIOS?

How to Install 32bit BIOS for Installing Win10 32bit?

karlhm76 — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 04:17:28 +0000

I have recently flashed UPC1DM17 BIOS on my UP, and it is working.

However, I actually need to install Win10 32Bit for specific industrial applications.
As far as I can tell, this requires 32Bit BIOS.

Where can I obtain correct BIOS for this?
There is no 32Bit option for UPC1DM17.

Thanks,

Karl.

Longer Boot Times Without RTC Battery Connected

david — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:36:52 +0000

I have been using the UPboard in my project for about a year now, and it never occured to me to see what would happen if i tried to run it without the RTC battery plugged in. it turns out, it significantly adds tot he boot times, i guess because the BIOS doesnt know what to do. i am booting Ubuntu 18.04 server, either from USB thumb drive or EMMC. with the battery plugged in, the UP logo comes on the screen once, the boot continues, and i am fully loaded in 25-30 seconds. However, without the battery plugged in, the UP log comes up multiple times (2-4), and on the last time it prints (very quickly, had to take video to capture it)

System boot order not found. Initializing defaults.
Creating boot entry "Boot0000" with label "ubuntu" for file "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

Reset system

then everything loads and goes as normal, but it adds 15 to 30 seconds to the whole boot process.

is there a way to avoid this multiple bios load when there is no RTC battery connected?

ADC issues

JOSHUA SIRKIN — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:14:20 +0000

I have two upboards purchased in the past year that are both having trouble with the ADC input. When I put a constant voltage of .7V into the ADC pin and cat the value at /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_voltage_raw', it is bouncing all over the place. I have tested this with two up boards and checked with a multimeter that the voltage is constant. I had no issue doing this on an upboard 2 years ago and am using a cloned image which leads me to believe that maybe it is a BIOS issue.

Issue / Feature Request - Remember boot device order

JOSHUA SIRKIN — Mon, 18 May 2020 15:30:54 +0000

It would be very useful if I could set removable boot devices to be higher in the boot priority whenever they are plugged in. I have automated restore disks for my system and the only thing keeping it from it working without me needing keyboard or monitor is that whenever I unplug my flash drive or dvd drive and reboot, when they are plugged back in they are moved back to the bottom of the boot list, so I need to go into bios to move them back up. I've seen other computers where the bios has a place holder for DVD or USB flash drives so they can be placed higher in the boot order, even if they aren't currently plugged in.

Setting up BIOS to enable GPIO

MoA — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:51:55 +0000

I tried to run AAEON's Hi-Safe Software on my UP Board which runs Windows 10. The software throws errors indicating the the GPIO is not enabled, and the the BIOS needs to be configured.
How do I configure the BIOS to have GPIO functionality?

Thanks,
Mo

Error: Secure Flash function is not supported on this file for 1GB Up board

itoledo — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:10:18 +0000

Hi:
I'm trying to update the BIOS on a 1GB Upboard I have.

Getting the "Error: Secure Flash function is not supported on this file", and noticed there are is a workaround (installing v1.5 bios), but the attached file seems to be for 2GB/4GB SKUs. Don't want to brick my device, so I'll be very grateful if someone knows how to fix this.

The BIOS settings on the up board are very thorough, and noticed that there are many options for "Secure boot" but don't want to touch/break anything. Can anyone help?

Best regards
Ivan

bios(UP-CHT01 R1.7) bug? boot loop...

iohzrd — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:35:33 +0000

I work for a company where we use a ton(hundreds...) of up boards, generally the 16GB storage, 2GB RAM variant. We use arch Linux and generally I just flash our new boards with a .img from another board. I do this because it's a lot faster than re-installing from scratch every time, in spite of having the whole process scripted.

The problem arose when trying to flash a board which is apparently from a newer batch than our previous orders, and has a nand chip which is 55MB smaller than expected.

After truncating the image and flashing it to the new board, the board doesn't boot, it just loops at the bios splash forever, not even allowing me to F7 into the menu. So far I've bricked two boards doing this so I'm trying to figure out what's wrong and what the solution is...

I don't know if this bug is related to me having truncated the image or if it's because my arch configuration is using the non-EFI Systemd-boot bootloader instead of GRUB-EFI, but I never had this issue with previous batches(UP-CHT01 R1.1) and needless to say, this is a big issue. Currently, my plan is to copy the bios from an older board and flash it onto one of the newer ones to see if this resolves the issue.

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

[Solved] HI-Safe cann't read DIO value

johnhsu — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:12:07 +0000

I run HI-Safe to check my UP Board DIO, but it showed that cann't read DIO3, DIO5 and DIO8 value. And also showed message "Hardware not ready, please check bios setting". What's wrong?

Update UP Board bios need password issue?

johnhsu — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 06:43:11 +0000

Hi, I'd like to update my UP Board bios downloaded from community, I boot the board and press F7 key, it needs password but I don't know the password. Can anyone tell me the default password.?

Bios Update UPC1B 0.50 x64

csuno — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:56:22 +0000

Hey...

on https://wiki.up-community.org/Bios_Update
it is mentioned, that i have to start the "go_64.nsh" for a up-board bios update. but on the latest BIOS-Update found here: https://downloads.up-community.org/download/up-board-uefi-bios-upc1dm15/

There is no "go_64.nsh"

Is this correct? And usable for my old up-board (UPC1B 0.50 x64 BIOS)!?
thx csuno

[ANSWERED]Coreboot - Intel FSP

hramazan — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:16:31 +0000

Hello,
I am working to prepare a BIOD for INTEL xeon e2176m processor with coreboot and have stucked. As you see in attached file, i had a problem that shows MRC: couldn't read metadata; MRC: Invalid header in 'RW_MRC_CACHE'. Is there anyone who can help or direct me? I feel really stucked.

external flasher for RE-UP-CHT01-A10-0116

coreboot — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:56:10 +0000

we are planning to set up a class on linuxboot at the next OCP summit in March. The UP board is a near-perfect board, but we need the ability to reflash from an external programmer. There is a mention of this in the manual but I'm not sure which connector/pins are the right ones to use, and, further, what voltage is needed. Finally, are there schematics anywhere?

Thanks.

Up Board (Not UP2) I2C can not be set at 100KHz

JeromeStCyr — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:12:13 +0000

Hi all,
I changed the speed of my I2C (I2C-5 or hardware I2C-1) in the bios from 400 KHz to 100 KHz and changed the mode from ACPI to PCI. I still have my I2C at 400 KHz when I probe. I tested it with 4 Up Board. It worked only for one of them. Can anyone help me?

Predictable grub drive number

rreignier — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:50:24 +0000

On the UpBoard with the default BIOS and the latest UPC1DM17 version, the onboard eMMC appears as hd0 in Grub. But if I boot the board with a USB drive connected, the USB device becomes hd0 and eMMC hd1 so grub cannot find the partition to boot.
Changing the boot order in the BIOS does not change anything on this behavior.

On other x86 platform, it seems that BIOS boot priority influences the grub disk number (see the post here: https://hub.mender.io/t/force-grub-to-select-emmc-when-flash-drive-plugged-in/725/12).

So could AAEON look into the BIOS settings if something could be changed to allow to keep eMMC as hd0 in Grub.

Problem Accessing BIOS

3cells — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:34:00 +0000

I am just updating the BIOS on the latest set of 8 UP Boards that I have got (4GB/32GB). First 7 boards updated fine. Process is straightforward plug USB hub with key board, mouse and BIOS stick in to a USB port, connect HDMI, connect power supply (UP supplied unit) wait for the splash screen and hit F7, etc. Bios update carried out after having loaded Ubuntu 18.04.
The last board, loaded Ubuntu had problems shutting the unit down - wouldn't power off. So shutdown on the power/reset button. Didn't dwell on that as previous boards wouldn't shutdown properly on reboot until the BIOS was updated (original BIOS dated 2016 on to r1.5 dated 11/18 as couldn't get r1.7 to load). On to updating the BIOS, when the splash screen came up it was missing the info in the top right corner and hitting F7 just brought up the pass word box but would do nothing. Mmm... tried plugging mouse, USB stick and keyboard directly into the UP Board same. Dropped the mouse, the same. Tried the key board in a different USB port it worked could access the BIOS, updated the BIOS. Curious I tried a different USB port, just keyboard - wouldn't work.
Something isn't quite right with this board as accessing BIOS is limited to connecting keyboard to certain USB ports and the board won't power down (I have reloaded Ubuntu in case it corrupted)
Is this a case of sending the board back?

BIOS splash customization service

Aling — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:54:20 +0000

Do you want to have your own BIOS splash on UP board ?
Yes, it is possible now.
Check out https://up-shop.org/home/159-up-bios-splash-service.html

Hypervisor is not coming up!!

Srinivas — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:31:09 +0000

Hi,
I have a UP Squared board and it contain service OS as Ubuntu and I am trying to load Hypervisor on top of it and I have flowed the below procedure, but still board gets struck

Download the hypervisor code from git hub and followed the instructions from : https://projectacrn.github.io/latest/getting-started/up2.html
done the build and copied the build folders in to USB (FAT32).
insert USB with AAEON(UP Squared) board and power on, keep on press F7 and moved to bios.
Enter password -> boot select device show below options
UEFI -> USB
Ubuntu - MMC
UEFI : Build in EFI Shell
windows boot manger
Enter setup.
I choose 3rd option UEFI Build in EFI Shell

Shell> it shows fs1 as USB device. enter fs1:
fs1> which os my USB and it contain hypervisor image (acrn.efi) and remaining build stuff folder.
fs1> acrn.efi -- if I enter this getting below log and keep on waiting

detected 4 process, 4 enabled
current on process 0
detected 4 process, 1 enabled
current on process 0
NOT Found
Hit any key to exit.

Please let me know , do I am missing any thing here or any issue with configuration?
and also please let me know where should I find hypervisor release binaries for up-squared board.

Note:
vt-x is enabled .

[SOLVED] BIOS Upgrade. Windows 10

aivision — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:17:56 +0000

Hello, I would like to know how to upgrade the BIOS. Some links are broken and, when entering into the currect BIOS, I can't see any option for EFI update or others.
UP is running on W10 Pro. Thank you

Bootloader error code 04

karinaweening — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:39:57 +0000

I updated the BIOS of the UP board to UPC1DM15. After that I installed Android 6 which I downloaded from the downloads of the community. After that I got an error message 'Bootloader error code 04'. See screenshot below.
I can't set UEFI Secure Boot on or of in the BIOS. Can somebody help me?

Single Board Computer

KODIROKU — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 14:10:48 +0000

Hello everyone,,
My 13yo nephew is interested in a single board computer for playing around with and learning how they work. I am looking for one for him, but I do not know much about them. He wants to try a little programing, but wants to be able to play Runescape 3 on it too. That is the only game he likes. He wants to run windows 10 on it. I want to go as low as possible on price until I know it is something he will be interested in for the long term and then get him some better stuff later on, so I was wondering if anyone here had any good suggestions for a cheap starter board that meets these qualifications. Thanks.

Disabling password requirement on boot

jwhitmore — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:35:53 +0000

I've been through the BIOS (2.18) and can't see a way of disabling the requirement to enter a password on boot. Perhaps it's because I'm trying to get it to boot of USB and it wants to confirm that every time.
The 'help' suggests that if I don't have a user password there should not be a request for a password. Perhaps there is a user password, but if there is how do I clear it?

How to do a factory reset?

bng — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:36:26 +0000

How can I perform a factory reset and return the Up Board to its factory state? Alternatively, I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed right now, how could I uninstall and have it run on Ubuntu 14.04 instead?

Moved: [SOLVED] UP^2 BIOS v4.0 says it requires upgrade to 3.9 but not available in downloads

DCleri — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:45:49 +0000

This discussion has been moved.

How to downgrade bios

SchneiderEnt — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 02:25:51 +0000

The first twenty or so boards received have UPC1BM0X drivers and I was able to use the bios update to put the 32bit bios on. The last unit received has UPC1D11, when I try to put the old Bios on 32 or 64 bit I get: " 4 - Error: ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID." How do I downgrade or what other options do I have for being able to install a 32bit OS
Thank you for you thoughts

Download older BIOS version

Heilmann — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:02:22 +0000

Hi!

We have just received a new batch of UP boards. They have a new BIOS, which changed the default behavior of GPIO vs. I2C/SPI. Also a new AAEON Framework driver is needed, whereby the new aaeonEAPI.dll is not compatible to the existing driver.

Therefore we would like to try to install an older firmware version on the new UP boards.

Can you please provide us with a download link to older BIOS versions? Best is a kind of archive with several versions or if this is not possible at least "UPC1BMOS".

Thanks, Thorsten

Сommunity please share the old versions.

allakwea — Fri, 31 May 2019 20:38:54 +0000

Due to the fact that the wiki can not be downloaded except the latest version of the BIOS, which can not be updated to any owner.
I ask someone from those who have any old versions to share them.

How to bypass BIOS login screen on power cycle?

chavenor — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:22:01 +0000

I can't seem to disable the password screen at startup for the BIOS? I can't keep typing in the password for my application needs.

Is there a way to autoload Ubuntu instead of having to select it from the Grub menu?

Slow down CPU speed

Nic — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:55:53 +0000

Hi,
is there any chance to set CPU speed in BIOS to lowest possible value to save e.g. power consumption in log term op. 24/7?
As an alternative are there some utilities controlling CPU clock?

Best regards,
Nic

BIOS Update May 2018 - not working?

Til — Wed, 23 May 2018 08:50:57 +0000

Hi,

I tried to update the BIOS of my UpBoard (4GB/64GB) today to UPC1DM11.
I downloaded the file, extracted its content to a FAT32 formatted USB stick (just as described in the wiki).
After double-checking that History.txt also showed "UP-CHT01" as target device for this update I gave it a try and ran GO.nsh, but only to be shown the following:

What did I do wrong? Why didn't it work?

PS:
You really should update the wiki page
1. "Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device" claimed "No device found", so in order to get to the USB stick I had to rearrange the boot order.
2. Since there was no "go_60.nsh" included in the file I gave the "GO.nsh" file a try.

How to suppress boot messages on HDMI output

cchilumbu — Thu, 23 May 2019 08:47:07 +0000

Hello,

I am using an up-squared board, and I would like to suppress all boot-up messages on HDMI output until I start running init scripts. I am happy to redirect these messages to serial debug console only.

What is the best way to do this? Can I do this within the BIOS setup?

Thank you.

How to update bios of 4GB UP from 32bit UPC1BM0X to 64bit UPC1DM15

MarkieL — Tue, 14 May 2019 08:44:34 +0000

I Have been trying to update my 32 bit BIOS (UPC1BM0X) to the latest 64 bit (UPC1DM15) version. Been trying / search for days for older bios 32 bit efi update tools at no success.

WHAT IS THE UPDATE PROCEDURE?
WHERE ARE THE DOWNLOADS?
WHERE ARE OLDER BIOS VERSIONS?

I'm getting desperate here !

Moved: Screen stuck during ubantu installation on up square board

DCleri — Wed, 08 May 2019 07:10:42 +0000

This discussion has been moved.

CSM Support

quancaovn — Sun, 05 May 2019 02:00:11 +0000

Dear UP team,
Is it possible to support CSM on BIOS? I tried to run VxWorks on Up2 Square board but I got an issue with this

_CSM video not available.

Booting VxWorks.
Press a key to abort: 1
Jumping to VxWorks image at 0x408000..._

Regards,
CDQ

Can't login to bios settings after updating to UPC1DM15. How can I recover from this?

Squintz — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:38:44 +0000

I was having the same issue as this person. When I attempted to update to the latest release of Windows 10 I would get the blue screen.

Following the direction of some other users I tried updating the bios on my up-board to UPC1DM15. This solved my original problem. I was able to update windows and it boots just fine.

However, now I can't get into my BIOS settings which is a big problem for me. I need to be able to access the bios in order to make a backup image. When I press F7 I am greeted with the password box but I am not able to login. It seems the box isn't taking any input. After a period of time the system times out and reboots.

How do I recover from this?

eMMC doesn't show at boot menu in BIOS

GavinLu — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:46:41 +0000

Hi there,

I just got an Up Board (with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC), and tried to install a hypervisor there. I entered the BIOS but can't find eMMC entry in boot option list, although eMMC is detected in BIOS.

What should I do to make it boot from eMMC?

Thanks,

Gavin

Latest BIOS version

rle — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:28:52 +0000

I have a UP Board 1GB RAM, 16 GB eMMC. What is the latest BIOS version and where can I download it from ?

Bios update error

rspock — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:09:12 +0000

I'm trying to update bios from UPC1BM0S to the lastest available UPC1DM15 but when I lunch the GO.nsh script I get the error attached
.

I have an up board with windows 10 installed.

BUG REPORT - Latest Bios

pauldgenovese — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:27:38 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I've upgraded the UP Board (4Gb Ram) BIOS using the firmware found here https://downloads.up-community.org/download/up-board-uefi-bios-upc1dm15/ but I've faced a lot of problems:

A ) The link for the download in the WIKI page is wrong
B ) I downloaded the correct zip file from the link mentioned above, and I followed the Wiki page procedure (https://wiki.up-community.org/Bios_Update ) but inside the zip file there is no "go_64.nsh" file, only a "GO.nsh".

I tought that the wiki was out of date so I ran the "GO.nsh" script and he flashed the BIOS correctly... Apparently. After the reboot now the board is stuck on the UP logo, and does not recognize anymore the eMMC (Ubuntu 16.04, before the update was working): the BIOS recognize an eMMC but he calls it "unknown".

Also is not possible anymore to boot from USB in UEFI. I plugged the same USB used for the upgrade of the BIOS and it won't recognize it anymore.

Now my UP is unusable. I really don't know what to do... Any clues?

Thanks to all the community, you are very helpful!

Paul.

No Boot after power off

Navjyoty — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 06:18:10 +0000

Dear Sir,
I have a up squared box with ubuntu installed. After power off and on Box is not booting up with ubuntu and entering in Bios Configuration.

After checking I found that under

Boot --> UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priopities --> Boot Option #1 [Disabled].
After selecting OS option rather than disabled it boot up.

I want to know the reason why it happens and what settings i can do to prevent this problem.So In future I will not face such type of problem.

Thanks
Navjyoty

how to enter bios on up2

Marian — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:35:10 +0000

i have decided to reinstall os on the up2 however i am failing to enter bios
what keys i have to press in order to get to bios
so far tried "f7" and "Delete" without luck so far.

I even removed battery and that was not a good idea because I had up2 kickstarted eddition with sandisk emmc which is buggy and i need to set it to ddr50 instead of h400 according to troylin see below:

Hi All,

To resolve the 128 eMMC timeout issue, a setting in the BIOS needs to be adjusted

In the BIOS menu under Chipset, please adjust the eMMC Max Speed from HS400 to DDR50

The reason for this is because the 128GB eMMC is from SanDisk, and the flash controller that SanDisk uses require the Speed to be DDR50, the end result is a slower eMMC read/write performance comparing to other brands such as Hynix or Samsung.

We have highlighted this issue to SanDisk and there is no resolution, therefore, we have decided for MP version of UP2, we will use Samsung for the 128GB SKU. We have tested the Samsung 128GB on UP2 and it runs at HS400 (EMMC 5.1) for all different OS such as Windows/Linux/Android.

Thank you for understanding.

please help me with this

Slow down CPU speed!!

dhirajshetty — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:59:57 +0000

Hi,
is there any chance to set CPU speed in BIOS to lowest possible value to save e.g. power consumption in log term op. 24/7?
As an alternative are there some utilities controlling CPU clock?

Best regards,

Restoring UP Board BIOS Image

dpizzito — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:30:33 +0000

Hey Guys,

Per an earlier post, I managed to brick my UP Board by flashing the 2G/4G Bios update onto a 1GB Board. Now, I'm following the https://wiki.up-community.org/Bios_Update wiki to try to restore the image. I'm connecting to the W25Q64W SOIC using a pomona clip, and I'm running it through an Total Phase SPI Level Shifter. The level shifter provides 1.8V to the BIOS chip and shifts the levels from 1.8 to 3.3. On the 3.3 side I'm using a shikra.

I've triple checked all voltages and connections.

I'm running flashmon with the following command:
sudo flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=232H

This returns back an unknown SPI device ID message. Through the use of ftdiflash, I've determined that the BIOS chip is returning all zeroes on all SPI transactions.

I was just wondering if anyone else has tried to do in situ bios rom programming on the up board before? The wiki claims you can do it, but I'm thinking that something on the board may be pulling the lines low. Other than that I'm not sure what else could be going wrong, maybe I could take a look at the SPI lines on a scope when I get access to one.

Thanks,
-Dylan

Adafruit 5 inch HDMI screen does not work with newer upboards, suspect due to newer BIOS

JOSHUA SIRKIN — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:49:27 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if anything has changed in the upboards recently, potentially in BIOS default settings that might affect the HDMI port. I have 5inch touchscreen displays from adafruit that use just and hdmi port and an usb cable to hook up to the up board. This combo has always worked in the past on multiple systems. I just bought a new batch of upboards and none of them work with the monitors now. I can't see post or bios on the screen if I boot the upboard with the system booted up, but it does fully boot up. However, if I boot the system with a different monitor, and then after bootup switch to the adafruit monitor, it works fine as a monitor with touchscreen. Is there anything I can try changing in the bios to fix this behavior, or should I try downgrading the BIOS?

DCI bios support

dpizzito — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:12:17 +0000

Hey Guys,

Trying to enable DCI(direct connect interface for intel debug) support in the UP Board bios, and I didn't see it anywhere in the options(usually it is in the advanced CPU settings). This is the 2016 bios. Unfortunately, had a snafu with the update to the 2018 bios(covered in another post), so I didn't get to see if it was an option in the latest and greatest either. I believe the up squared 2018 bios has the DCI option included. Does the 2018 bios for the regular up board have this option?

It also just occurred to me that you enter the bios by default as user, not admin without entering the admin password. Are the DCI settings hidden in the admin login? Even in the 2016 version?

Thanks

Edit: fixed formatting (please don't insert spaces before paragraphs)

EFI: Cannot find required map name

kevink — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:22:01 +0000

I am currently building a PCB to attach the upboard and during an initial test I accidentally removed the CMOS battery. I understand this resets the clock as well as the BIOS settings. I previously had ubuntu installed on it and would like to be able to recover some files on it.

Are there any bios settings that I am forgetting to adjust or is the only way back a fresh install?

Thanks.

[Solved] Bricked UP Board

dpizzito — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:05:47 +0000

Hey Guys,

Was trying to upgrade the 2016 bios that comes default with the UP board(UP-CHT01-A10-0116) and followed the directions on the bios update wiki: https://wiki.up-community.org/Bios_Update.

I downloaded the 2018 bios zip ( UPC1DM11) on the following page:https://downloads.up-community.org/download/up-board-uefi-bios-upc1dm11/.

Per the directions on the wiki, you must run go_64.nsh for the up board at the prompt to begin the flashing. If you are using up squared, you run go.nsh. Unfortunately, the zip for the regular up board I downloaded had only go.nsh. So I assumed the wiki was out of date and that go.nsh took care of the differences between the up and up squared boards. But, after running go.nsh and the programming process completed, the board never restarted(looks like it is bricked). So I'm assuming the documentation is correct that you must run go_64.nsh, even though it is missing in the correct? zip I downloaded.

Is there another zip for the up board with go_64.nsh in it? I found the aforementioned zip via the link in the wiki. It appears UPC1DM11.zip is for the regular up board, and the link for up squared is UPA1AM33.zip. Or is the go.nsh correct for both boards and the wiki is wrong?

My motivation for flashing the board is that I'm trying to enable Intel debugging, and my understanding is that I need to enable DCI for that. DCI wasn't in the 2016 bios, and I saw that the option was included in the 2018 update for up squared, so I assumed it might have been applied to the bios update for the regular up board as well. No need to address that here though, I've created a seperate thread that covers my questions about enabling DCI.

Thanks

Edit: formatted post (please do not start paragraphs with spaces)

New Up boards dumping to Bios password on OS installation (Solution)

fawzma — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:26:45 +0000

Just noticed our new batched of up boards now have a Feb/2018 Bios. Our older batch had 2016

This in turn prevented our normal OS installation from installing off a USB drive. This was a clonezilla image of linux. ISO written via W32DiskImage

The solution was to extract the contents from the ISO and copy to a fat32 usb drive.

UpBoard Default Password

gbaweja — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:09:59 +0000

I just received Intel Up Board. I turned it on, and it asks for password. I do not even know if it came with any OS. But I can't even get in, I do not know what is the password.

Does any one know what is the password?

BIOS Setting

kumar — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:09:00 +0000

HI,
I am trying to integrate Upboard with CoDeSys(Soft PLC). Codesys needs some setting changes in bios like folloing...

1. Deactivate hyperthreading in the BIOS
2. Disable Speedstep
3. Disable c-states.

How to enter into bios setting and carryout the changes required.
Regards,
Kumar/.e

How can we set the Serial Number from "To be filled by OEM"

Robert Alexander — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:10:49 +0000

We have 950 terminals being deployed using the Up-CHT01-A12-0432 running Windows 10. The client wants to be able to identify the devices on their network by the serial number. When we query the serial number (with wmic bios get serialnumber ) it responds with "To be filled by O.E.M." which suggests that it can be set. There does not seem to be anything in the BIOS though that allows this to be set.

Is the serial number data in the MAX V CPLD & can it be flashed via the Update CPLD Header, CN34?

I don't think this is particular to Windows considering this post:
https://forum.up-community.org/discussion/comment/8918#Comment_8918

Up only boots into BIOS after BIOS update

Alex — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:52:05 +0000

UP: 32GB eMMC, 4GB RAM

I wanted to install ubilinux 4.0 so I updated the BIOS to the latest version as advised.
UPC1BM0X_EFI

Once updated ever time I boot the UP automatically enters BIOS setup.
If I press F7 I can see all my boot options but when I select one it just enters BIOS setup.

I tried loading default BIOS settings but it made no difference.

IPU4 unable to disable secure mode

akazmin — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:56:07 +0000

Hello,

I have the following setup:
UP Squared with the latest (UPA1AM33) BIOS and Yocto with the intel-lts 4.14 kernel with integrated IPU4 driver.

I enabled IPU4 device from BIOS via Main -> CRB Setup -> CRB Chipset -> Uncore Configuration -> IPU Enable option (Secure Boot was disabled). After that I tried to load linux kernel with the IPU4 secure mode disabled option. I got the following dmesg output:

[ 1.874221] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 1.874368] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: Device 0x5a88 (rev: 0xb)
[ 1.874416] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: physical base address 0x90000000
[ 1.874417] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: mapped as: 0xffffb0f442000000
[ 1.875724] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: update security control register failed
[ 1.883562] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: Unable to set secure mode!
[ 1.883564] intel-ipu4 0000:00:03.0: IPU in secure mode

Also, I tried to disable IPU4 secure mode manually from the EFI shell using mm write to the IPU4 BAR0 Security Ctl register (offset 0x300) according to the driver flow. But it looks like this register is RO.

Is the unsecure mode is supported for the IPU4 at the current moment? Should I use any other option in BIOS to enable IPU4 Security Ctl register writes?

Best regards,
Andrey

Cannot install an OS on machine

lance — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 01:41:16 +0000

Unlike regular machine, the Bios needs to key "del". My UP2 pops up Bios when you turn on it always, that makes no installation can do. I downloaded an Ubuntu on a bootable usb. You can see the installation is starting, but it will be stopped once the password dilog of BiOS jump out.
Don't know how to make the Bios not show up automatically.

I have a problem with the BIOS.

이돈우 — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:16:36 +0000

I am using the up board.

UP Board UEFI BIOS (UPC1DM11)
We installed it on usb and installed it on the up board.

After installing bios and setting
Shell screen should come out, but go to bios setting screen again. This is repeated.

What is the problem ?? Help me

Is there a way to initialize the BIOS?

New Windows BIOS for Up Board

RoySalisbury — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:08:42 +0000

I see a new bios was posted today for the Up Board. Will this resolve the BSOD when upgrading to Windows 10 v1803?

Roy

mPCIe/mSATA switch

Micho146 — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:10:34 +0000

I know that this is a newbie question, but I cannot find mPCIe/mSATA switch in BIOS. BIOS version is UPA1AM06.
I have put mSATA drive but I cannot use it.

Where to get the old BIOS versions?

GSalzmann — Sun, 27 May 2018 13:06:30 +0000

Hi UP-team,

according to History.txt:

Please updated the BIOS to UPC1DM03 first if the BIOS version on board is earlier than UPC1DM02

My BIOS is at UPC1BM0X.

Where can I gat UPC1DM03?

Thanks,
Goetz.

Up Board three LEDs always on, how to turn them off?

Willis — Wed, 23 May 2018 13:54:52 +0000

How do I turn off the three colored LEDs on the the up board and make it remain after reboot? When I first got these boards, these LEDs weren't on, but after a BIOS upgrade, all of my boards have these very bright LEDs on all of the time.

BIOS not entering after latest update

CChassis — Tue, 08 May 2018 10:46:32 +0000

I am finding trouble entering the BIOS of the UP board (32/4GB) after the latest UPC1DM07 update. The update completed successfully, and the board was operational for the following two weeks or so since then.
Now that I need to access the BIOS in order to boot from a USB drive, I get prompted for "Enter Password", to which I press Enter on my keyboard and nothing happens.

I did try to remove the battery for 30 seconds, and use other USB keyboards (the first one was the same I used to complete the BIOS update process).
Can you point me towards the right course of action when faced with this ?
Best regards.

Migrating BIOS Boot Order to Another UP Board

roar — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:34:11 +0000

Hi there

I have multiple UP Boards. What I am trying to accomplish is to set all the UP Boards to the same BIOS version, configuration and boot order programatically. I have successfully been able to make all the UP Boards have the same BIOS verison and configuration, however, I cannot seem to be able to make the boot order consistent on all of them. The BIOS version I am able to successfully update to is the BIOS version which supports PXE boot UPC1BM0X_EFI. As far as configuration is concerned, I am referring to all options except boot order. For example, quiet boot enabled and PXE boot for IPV4 enabled.

The UP Boards I am using all use the AMI Aptio V (five) BIOS. I know that you can export an image of your current BIOS by using the afuefix64.efi tool provided by American Megatrends by running:

afuefix64.efi exported.bin /O

You can then flash the BIOS of another machine using the same tool with different arguments:

afuefix64.efi exported.bin /P /B /N /L

The options above evaluate to:
- P: Program main bios image
- B: Program Boot Block
- N: Program NVRAM
- L: Program all ROM Holes

I have been using the documentation and update utility available at:
AMI_Aptio_5.x_AFU_User_Guide_NDA.pdf and BIOS update util

After doing this, I can update the BIOS on another UP Board and ensure the relevant settings are configured correctly (i.e. PXE boot enabled). This all happens automatically when the UP Boards boot from my USB drive by running my custom startup.nsh script. The only problem I have is that the boot order is not changed. I need all the UP Boards to have the correctly boot order.

I have been reading the Aptio V Boot Option Infrastructure Guide which mentions the high-level steps for how the boot options are managed:

The high level steps of the boot option maintenance process are:
• Previous boot order list is read from non-volatile storage
• Currently available boot devices are collected
• Collected boot devices are filtered
• Collected boot devices are matched to options in previous boot order
• New boot options are created and missing ones are purged
• Boot options in list are processed based upon OEM needs
• Boot option list is stored back to non-volatile storage

This led me to believe the Program NVRAM argument (/N) would allow me to manipulate the boot order list as it is stored in non-volatile storage (NVRAM), however, updating the BIOS using this argument will happily update every other BIOS setting except the boot order. Can someone please provide me with some tips to manipulate the boot order programatically?

Cheers.

Edit: I do see that if I power off the device and disconnect the RTC battery, the boot options are set to some default order and all other BIOS settings are reset to default values which is quite interesting. I wonder, am I able to edit this factory default boot order to whatever I like and also force reload this factory default through EFI shell and/or by adding a different flag when performing a firmware update. Just food for thought..

Upgrading the UEFI BIOS failed

fabricedupre — Thu, 18 May 2017 10:00:51 +0000

Hello,
I just received my up board and I decided to do an upgrae of UEFI bios.
I used the latest version available in download (upc1bm0x_efi).
I used the go_64 script, no particular error view.
After 'reset' the card UEFI boot target desapeared.
I be able to boot on usb and install Ubuntu.

Could be help me to restore UEFI boot target ?

BIOS upgrade, UP won´t boot up anymore

Ulrich Schreck — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:44:47 +0000

Hi,
after flashing UPC1DM07 to my UP board it doesn´t boot anymore, blue led will shine but display won´t be show anything, usb keyboard is also not init. I already removed the battery fro >30sec. any help?

Bios version for update

radio_freak — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:06:22 +0000

Hi,
my up-board is currently running an older bios version UPC1BM0X. I downloaded UPC1DM07. In that archive there is an instruction in the file History.txt (in section UPC1DM04) saying an update to UPC1DM03 is necessary for systems older than UPC1DM02.
What are the neessary steps for me to upgrade from UPC1BM0X to UPC1DM07 and where can I find those Bios-versions?
Thank you for help!
radio-freak

BIOS upgrade, UP Board will not boot

Nathan Kunicki — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:24:07 +0000

Hi,

I've just started messing around with my old UP Boards which I got from the Kickstarter. They are the 4GB RAM/64GB eMMC model.

I upgraded the BIOS on all three. Two of them succeeded, and I was able to install Ubuntu fine.

One of them, no longer boots. There is no HDMI output, no BIOS, no response to keyboard key presses (Esc/F7/Del/etc)

Here is what I did:

Inserted USB with BIOS.
Went to shell.
Ran go_64.nsc.
Everything succeded fine and it dropped me back to the shell.
I ran reset in order to reboot the board.

At this point the screen went black, and I can no longer do anything else with it.

This is the BIOS I used: https://downloads.up-community.org/download/up-board-uefi-bios-upc1bm0x_efi/

Thanks,
Nathan

Need to set DMI/SMBIOS fields

daleg — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:36:55 +0000

Hello, I have a bunch of UPboard^2's for a large project and would like to fill in the Asset Tag and Serial Number members of the system and chassis SMBIOS tables on each board. I'm not aware of a public linux-based tool for doing this. Is there one, and if not, could one be made available? I'll take a version of BIOS which would allow that info to be supplied there, but I would much prefer to be able to program it from the OS.

Up-Board UEFI Bios upgrade

Kris Gunnarsson — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:30:45 +0000

I have (I hope) a simple question: What does it mean:
"Put files from BIOS package into UEFI bootable USB drive."

I am trying to install ubuntu 16.04 onto an Up-Board (part of the Realsense kit).
I have failed everything I've tried; 16.04 will not "stick" to the Up-Board, i.e. will not boot w/o USB stick inserted.
I figured I needed to upgrade the UEFI bios(?).

I have created a 16.04.3 image on a USB stick using Rufus.
If I unzip upc1bm0x_efi.zip then copy the content of the UPC1BM0X directory onto that USB stick, there will be conflicts, i.e. over writing of files.

I am presumably not understanding the instructions correctly.
I will be very grateful for help.

Thank you,
-Kris

BIOS - keyboard PS/2

eyquem — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:52:58 +0000

Hello,

I have a "UP-CHT01-A10-0464" on which I installed windows 10.

I use a PS/2 keyboard that I like because it has a "touch" particularly pleasant and it is connected to a USB adapter.

With Windows 10 the keyboard is well recognized, against during the boot of the Up Board it seems that the keyboard is not active, because I want to access the BIOS UEFI but I can not.
I tried F7, F2 and Del.
May be that I do not press the right key or at the right time?

But may be it is necessary to install a driver for the PS / 2 to be detected at boot, and if so which one.

Thanks for the answers.

Cordially from France.

Shell Script via PXE boot menu

Itamar — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:53:30 +0000

Hi,
Not sure if that's the right place to ask about this, but I'm trying to get pxe boot to run a .sh script instead of restoring an image (.img/.iso)

I have installed clonezilla live on my pxe server, as was suggested to me by a colleague, which in theory should be able to execute .sh scripts - though I've followed the steps suggested by clonezilla to no avail.

I have modified the Default file (under /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg) to contain something like this:
initrd=/tftboot/initrd.img boot=live config noswap keyboard-layouts=en nolocales edd=on nomodeset ocs_live_run="sudo /tftpboot/create_target.sh" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="none" ocs_live_batch="yes" fetch=tftp://< HOST DNS>>/images/clonezilla/live/filesystem.squashfs

A client that boots into the PXE boot option is shown the custom title i've created - but that's all. It doesn't attempt to execute the script.

If any of you good people can point me in the direction of solving this/finding a place appropriate this this kind of a question - it will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Up board with HDMI screen 800 x 480 plus USB3 To VGA Adapter

Martin Mayr — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:46:29 +0000

Hello

I'm trying to add a second monitor to the UP board via a USB3 To VGA Adapter. The Adapter work fine with my laptop and allows me to add a monitor with up to 2048x1152 on my laptop, but when using the Up board in the same kind of configuration the upboard allows only a resolution of 800x600 on the same external monitor with same drivers and same monitor ... Looks like a limitation of the UP board BIOS ???

Please tell me how to use the UP board with the USB3 to VGA Adapter with the higher resolution (like 2048x1152) on the Upboard - any configuration on UP board required ?

Best regards

Martin

I2C - 400Khz and Pullup Resistors

Jose — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:11:49 +0000

Hi,

I'm using I2C and it is working however it is working at ~160Khz and not 400Khz as set up on BIOS.

I tried to set the frequency with libmraa but it returned MRAA_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED. That happens with and without pullup resistors.

How to install 64bit BIOS after installing 32 bit

Zach Hershberger — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:25:39 +0000

Originally I received the board with the 64 -bit BIOS package and the device would automatically boot into the built-in EFI Shell. I ended up wanting to try Windows IoT Core, so I installed the 32-bit BIOS using the shell commands found: https://up-community.org/downloads/uefi-bios

Now it seems I am stuck on the 32-bit BIOS because I am unable to get the device to boot into the built-in EFI Shell.

Does anyone have any ideas of how I can get back to the 64-bit BIOS?

Thank you,
Zach

How to update the BIOS to the current upc1bm0x version

Ingo Scherzinger — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:26:01 +0000

Hi,

I have tried to update my Up Board (32/4GB) BIOS without any success. The instructions don't make any sense to me.
Are there any instructions that do make sense?

I have downloaded "upc1bm0x_efi.zip" and unpacked it to "upc1bm0x_efi".

Now my question is:
Do all files inside this folder "upc1bm0x_efi" need to be copied onto the top level of the bootable USB drive that I have created with rufus 2.17 as a FreeDOS system? Or is it the folder itself or the content of the "UPC1BM0X" folder inside of the latter folder?

When I boot into this I get a list but the instructions do not tell me how to do anything that would come near updating the BIOS.

If anyone can give me an idea about which files need to be on the drive and which command to input for a 64bit BIOS update I'd be very greatful.

Thanks a lot!
Ingo

Change UEFI logo

Sebastian Reuther — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:06:38 +0000

Is there some way to change the UEFI logo?

I could find some topics for that in google but it was for windows, couldn't find any solution for linux yet.

Any ideas?

UEFI not available as boot device

Ben Hardy — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:34:29 +0000

Hi there,

We have an Up board and need to select UEFI in the boot device in order to enter the EFI shell.
We have just installed Windows 10 and when we press F7 we do not have UEFI as an option only Windows Boot Manager and Ubuntu. We have been told we should see an option which should be something like "UEFI: SanDisk, Partition 1" but it is not there nor is it an option in the main menu. I am attaching screenshots of what we are seeing.
We are trying to install some software and drivers and we have been instructed to enter the UPC1 DM04T1 directory and execute GO.nsh.

For our project this is meant to be the easy bit and unfortunately I am quite new to this part and we are following step by step instructions. Because this is the first part we can't move forwards. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ben

Custom BIOS Logo

Gabor Nagy — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:58:30 +0000

Hello All,

Do someone know how can I convert a PNG image into .bmt file?

I would like to order a custom logoed bios fw but I don't know nothing about .bmt files.

Thanks,

Bricking an UP Board

Bill Perkins — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:47:22 +0000

Did something wrong to my Up Board today. While digging through the bios settings in order to get the board to boot from a USB 16GB finger drive that had a copy of the new Fedora 26 beta install image on it, I encountered a problem. When I reboot, the boot process will not proceed past the AmeriTrends screen. I waited awhile before I noticed that the finger drive was getting awfully hot. I killed power and removed the finger drive. After a few minutes I reconnected power to see if the board would boot from the eMMC as it use to do. No joy. System boot stops at the Ameritrends screen and I cannot edit the bios. I need a few hints about what I should do at this point. The board had been working fine until today.

help cannot update Bios up board 2GB 16GB mmc

martin — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:36:09 +0000

i use bios version UP-CHT01 R0.6 (UPC1AM06) (12/08/2015)

when i try to install the new bios software i get the following error

4 - error: Rom file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID

can someone help me?

BIOS flashing in Legacy Mode

dhu — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:22:12 +0000

I know the UP Board BIOS comes default with UEFI support. This feature is to support Windows system.
https://up-community.org/forum/general-discussion/879-bios-changing-from-uefi-to-legacy-mode

Can the UP Board BIOS be flashed for Legacy Mode or Dual Mode (UEFI/Legacy Mode) and not only UEFI support?
I would not use using Windows with UP Board.

Up board "out of the box" booting directly to EFI Shell

Andre — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 23:56:16 +0000

I just received a brand new Intel RealSense Robotic Development Kit.

I took the up board out of the box, made sure the battery and the cooler were ok, connected the HDMI cable, keyboard, mouse and then the power adapter.

The Up logo was shown on the monitor and then it went directly to the EFI Shell. I tried everything I could: reset the bios settings, unplugged the battery, reset again, nothing.

Under BIOS -> Boot -> Boot Options Priorities is empty.
Under BIOS -> Chipset -> South Bridge: eMMC Unknown M52532 29626D14 (29.1 GB).
I changed the setting on BIOS -> Boot -> OS Image ID from Windows 8.1 to Android and tried both. Same behavior.

I tried to boot using a bootable USB with Windows 10 and it won't detect it. Same thing with Ubuntu bootable installation.

Am I missing something? Is this board broken?

See the output I'm getting attached.
Thanks in advance