{"id":1365,"date":"2017-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ami2025dev.wpenginepowered.com\/what-is-mmtool\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:55:14","slug":"what-is-mmtool","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/resource\/what-is-mmtool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is MMTool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re diving into one of BIOS utilities: MMTool. So what does MMTool stand for? MMtool stands for Module Management Tool. As one of AMI\u2019s BIOS\/UEFI utilities, MMTool allows users to manage firmware file modules within the Aptio ROM image. The utility is particularly useful in the case where modules and\/or Option ROMs need to be upgraded after the initial Aptio ROM image has already been built.<\/p>\n<p>With MMTool, users can insert, delete and extract modules or Option ROM images. MMTool can display all the file module information within the Aptio ROM image. 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