There is no reason why you shouldnt be able to pull them out of efi bios. As it looks atm intel option roms up to 8.9x should work with all chips, but new ones 9.5.x+ are atm only for P55.
Terribly sorry - I've missed your response somehow... Is there any tool to to get option roms from EFI BIOSes? And/Or a description how to do it?
main issue is headers and what belongs to actual rom and what is garbage. For example take P5Q deluxe EFI rom. Throw it in to phenixtool (so you dont need to disassemble it manualy), then find correct module in DUMP it produces. But like i said, if i rememeber correctly there are some headers etc so that should be strippted.
Shouldn’t be a big deal to stripe headers – the beginning, size, and sum of the ROM are all known values. One more time, anywhere I can read a little bit more detailed step-by step instructions? Edit: I.e. instructions how to disassemble BIOS manually, without andyp tool?
there where some perl parsing tools and decompressors posted in EFI bios topic that you can use for this.
Guys, Anybody can share Intel(R) RAID for SATA full option ROM for ICH7, please? I got 5.0.0.1032 (RAID0, 1, 10) only looking for (RAID0, 1, 10, 5) one. I tried to flash 7.6.0.1011 full, but got hardware unsupported error during ROM loading. It didn’t brick mobo fortunately! I was wondering also, if ROM v6 exists? I guess, the one I need is too old. If nobody has is, will try to get it from some old Intel BIOS...
Well, phoenixtool manages .bio files from intel this days as well. So geting roms from intel mobos is easy.
Thanks for the info! Do you remember by a chance what intel mobo has ICH7? I guess, it should be anyone around 2005-2006, right?
SoLoR, I got full v5.6.2.1002 from D945GBO using Andy tool, flashed and it worked fine! Andy tool rocks! Thanks again for showing the right direction!
no problem! BTW you almost cant brick mobo if raid option rom is not working with your ICH chipset, because this option rom is not important for mobo to boot (thats why it is "option rom") worst case scenario is that raid/ahci wont work and will give "hardware failure", but that only means you need to flash old bios back, so if you want to experiment... Im not sure if i remember correctly but i think i saw certain dell laptop with ICH7M chip that where using 7.x option rom (i think it was 7.0.0.xxxx) so if you want to experiment, there is possible that certain 7.x series might work with ICH7.
While digging througt Intel site today, I think, I saw even 8.x version working with ICH7. IMO, it's possible to parse oROM and see all VEN/DEV it works with, but don't remeber for sure tho... It doesn't really matter, as it only needed to define RAID and let PC boot from it LET - older oROM still let you boot even if they don't support RAID level with connected HDs. Never v7 - post a message - not supported RAID level...
If you convice me, it's really useful - I can take a look. What we need is a program to identify all VEN_ DEV_ the oROM work with. Does it exist already?
P5K Premium Hello all. New to this bios modding thing and was wondering about updating the ICH9R to the new 8.x option rom. Would like to know what I need and maybe some steps on how to go about updating the rom. Thank you for your help in this matter.
Hi Everyone! I must have been the last person in the world to find out that ABIT went belly-up! Oh, and apparently Elvis has died(!) I've got the IP35 PRO XE and have just added a Crucial SSD to my system. I read elsewhere that for best compatability I need to be running a BIOS that includes an Intel Option ROM 8.7.0.1007 or higher. In December, Dweller kindly posted a BIOS that included 8.5.0.1030. Before I flash that one - it's definitely more recently than my current one - I'd much prefer to flash with a SSD-friendly newer Intel version. Too much to hope for? I'd really appreciate anyone's help.
My mistake for not being clearer but I need it working and supporting RAID - the 8.9.1.1002 I saw in post 234 was pulled by post 236. In answer to your other suggestion, I'm comfortable flashing a BIOS, but nowhere near comfortable enough to try and put one together myself.