ASUS M80TA (Vivotab Note 8), Inaccessible UEFI, rescue attempt, SPI dump available

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by ciralea, Dec 14, 2021.

  1. ciralea

    ciralea MDL Novice

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    #1 ciralea, Dec 14, 2021
    Last edited: Dec 15, 2021
  2. ciralea

    ciralea MDL Novice

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    #2 ciralea, Dec 14, 2021
    Last edited: Dec 15, 2021
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    Keeping this comment for PS and Progress:
    • FD44 Editor seems not to work with this image.
    • I found out i need Aptio tools version 4 instead of V.
      • I was able to back up the BIOS with afuefi32 (EFI Shell needed) from an other Asus m80ta tablet .
      • Currently trying to combine the non-bios part of original spi dump with bios part of other-tablet dump. Using `(dd if=spidump ibs=1 count=$((0x300000)) && dd if=other_tablet) > combined.bin`
      • It worked!!
    • FreeDOS solution did not work for me/this tablet, since I don't know how to switch from UEFI boot to BIOS boot. Could the USB mode influence this? (XHCI, EHCI)
    • Watch out, you cannot use AFUWIN/LNX/DOS/EFI on a non AMI Aptio machine... Why does the BIOS Verification in AFUEFI somebios /D expect to be on a machine that actually has an accessible aptio chip?! Why should I not be able to verify a bios on my working non-ami computer?!