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    ROCK Pi X >  BIOS >  Update

This article will tell you how to update the BIOS on RockpiX. First of all, we need to know that the BIOS exists in RockpiX's SPI Flash. Secondly, the BIOS update can be done in windowsn or uefi shell.

Requirements

• A USB disk
  
• Download the BIOS update tool. BIOS_FLASH_TOOL.zip
• Download the BIOS Image. ROCKPI_V12_X64_20200726.bin

Upgrade BIOS

Before using the update tool to update, we need to complete the following tasks:

• Unzip the downloaded Bios update tool to the root directory of the U disk.
• Unzip the downloaded Bios Image, find the .bin file in the unzipped folder, and copy it to the BIOS_FLASH_TOOL\BIOS_TOOL\ directory of the Bios update tool.

The following will separately explain how to update the BIOS using the update tool in windows and uefi shell.

Windowns

1. Power on RockpiX
2. After entering the system, plug in the U disk, right-click to run the update tool with administrator privileges. PATH: BIOS_FLASH_TOOL\BIOS_TOOL\FLASHWin64.BAT

RockpiX will restart automatically after the update is complete. update complete

UEFI shell

1. RockpiX plugs in the keyboard, and keeps pressing the del button on the keyboard until it enters the BIOS.
2. After entering the BIOS, use the left and right arrow keys to switch to the "Save & Exit" interface, and then use the up and down arrow keys to select UEFI SHELL and hit enter to enter.

3. The interface after entering UEFI SHELL is as follows:

4. When you first enter the UEFI shell interface, it will output the drive letter of the storage device on RockpiX to the uefi shell interface, enter the corresponding drive letter, and you will be able to access the contents of the storage device. Now you can try to enter disk symbol + colon":" to access disk, like this "fs0:"
Note that whenever the command line reaches the bottom, you need to enter "cls" to clear the screen, otherwise it will be difficult to see the commands you enter in the messy interface.

Shell> cls
Shell> fs0:
fs0:\>

5. After entering the drive letter where the update tool is located, follow below to run the update tool

# The drive letter of my U disk is fs3
fs3:\> cd BIOS_FLASH_TOOL\BIOS_TOOL
fs3:\BIOS_FLASH_TOOL\BIOS_TOOL> FLASHEFIX64.NSH

It will shutdown after running. update complete

Verify BIOS

1. RockpiX plugs in the keyboard, and keeps pressing the del button on the keyboard until it enters the BIOS.
2. After entering the BIOS, use the left and right arrow keys to switch to the "Main" interface.

Check the version of "Build Data and Time".