RU 5.20.0328 beta released

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 ~ hucktech ~ Leave a comment

RU is closed-source freeware for MS-DOS and UEFI. Some UI changes and bugfixes. Changes include:

* Add PCI Express Capabilities Register.bit8 Slot implemented information to info block
* Fix device name was not cleared while changing PCI device
* F6 PCI list changes (PCI Express) to PCIe
* RU /D ACPI: Display the saving file information more clearly
* ALT-6 ACPI table list now list OEM ID, OEM Table ID and Creator ID.
* Fix wrong ACPI table checksum bad information if the length > 0xffff

Important notes: Every version of RU has it own bugs simply because I did not test it fully. Please leave comments here if you find any bug. RU.EXE are not tested at all.

Password: 174105371023

http://ruexe.blogspot.com/2017/12/ru-5200328-beta.html

https://github.com/JamesAmiTw/ru-uefi/

William reviews ru.efi/ru.exe

September 19, 2017 ~ hucktech ~ Leave a comment

Basic Input/Output: RU! https://t.co/Zb6gdlS3B9 #uefi

— williamleara.eth (@WilliamLeara) September 19, 2017

http://www.basicinputoutput.com/2017/09/ru.html

https://github.com/JamesAmiTw/ru-uefi

http://ruexe.blogspot.com/

RU.efi updated

February 18, 2017 ~ hucktech ~ Leave a comment

The latest version of the RU has been released. RU is a firmware utility by James Wang, built as a UEFI (ru.efi) or a MS-DOS (ru.exe) binary. It is closed-source freeware, see the blog post for the password to the password-protected ZIP, as well as list of new features.

http://ruexe.blogspot.tw/2017/02/ru-5190295.html

https://github.com/JamesAmiTw/ru-uefi

tool mini-review: Read Universal utility (RUEXE)

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 ~ hucktech ~ Leave a comment

[Correction: the .EXE is for MS-DOS, not for Windows.]

Feedback from a very smart reader:

“The Read Universal utility is a Swiss-Army-Knife for BIOS debugging, the tools that provides direct access to almost all resources like memory, IO space, PCI, SMBIOS data, UEFI variables and so on. The tool is written by AMI’s UEFI engineer James Wang.”

James site say: “I wrote RU.EXE for debugging BIOS problems in 1993. It was a simple tool but it turns out to be too complex now. And yes, I am still working for a BIOS company.”

The release includes MS-DOS-based ru.exe and UEFI-based ru.efi binaries. AFAICT, there are no sources on Google Code, it looks like this is a closed-source freeware tool. The release page for each release includes a password. Read the blog for multiple articles that describe new features.
[I’m just learning about this tool, obviously. I’ve been using open source tools for so long that I’m a bit nervous about using closed-source freeware binaries, but recommendation is from someone smart, so I’m setting up a safe environment to learn to use this tool. 🙂 ]

http://ruexe.blogspot.de/
https://code.google.com/p/ru-uefi/