Award & AMI Bios mod requests. Previous requests

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by ancestor, Oct 26, 2007.

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  1. zort

    zort MDL Expert

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    I probably won't have time myself (have to work), but maybe someone else will. Most CPU's are multiplier locked, so even if you were able to change the setting in the BIOS it wouldn't have an effect.
     
  2. 911medic

    911medic MDL Guru

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    Correct me if I'm wrong..one was made with the auto tool...

    I think the bios may fail regardless who mods it..The Ami for ASUS are not very picky. Usually they work or they dont, very rarely do they brick. I think the posters attitude was unnecessary. If you are going to learn on some, ASUS is the one:D:D
     
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  3. 911medic

    911medic MDL Guru

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    I had a look and it seems that this bios has very few options, locked or otherwise..I think it is not worth the risk, but later maybe I will adjust it. Mostly memory timings, and not many of them from what I saw :rolleyes:;)
     
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  4. johnalvin

    johnalvin MDL Bios Modder

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  5. zort

    zort MDL Expert

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    I like it Andy. Thanks!
     
  6. zort

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    Thanks for letting us know, MasterMax. :)
     
  7. johnalvin

    johnalvin MDL Bios Modder

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  8. 911medic

    911medic MDL Guru

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    As far as the FC module...no It will not do the work..I guess it could be fitted to it, but you would have to extract the 1b and the FC modules..Not saving any work.

    I think the 80h module will still be affected. The modifiy time and date will change, as well as byte in various places. I am not proficient in my knowledge of the changes here in the 80h mod as some, but I think the difference will still be noticed.

    I will strengthen my knowledge in the coming month, as my educating job is on break...

    This is a handy tool, but I dont think it shortens my time any..Strong work though!!:D:D

    Some will find it handy, and that is success in and of itself.

    As far as bothering us..I enjoy the change and will help as I can. Bother away, some out there are a pleasure to assist...others, well..............:eek::eek:
     
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  9. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    #15595 andyp, Dec 16, 2008
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    Hi

    Not that sophisticated I'm afraid. The likes of yen, 911medic and zort have probably forgotten more about BIOS modding than I will ever know!!! It very simply modifies a binary image of the (extracted) 1B module by finding and inserting the SLIC at 200h before 'AMIBIOS', and finding and modding the RSDT and XSDT tables size, OEM table string and SLIC pointer. I have 2 asus boards that only need the above hence the tool. It does not manipulate the BIOS directly. I need to look (out of own interest) further at FC methods, v2 methods etc... although I don't have any of these boards to test personally. I certainly don't intend to compete with tools like yen's.

    Take care,
    Andy
     
  10. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    No problems at all my friend. :)
    Take care,
    Andy
     
  11. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    This is an interesting point... what, if anything, is there to choose between amimmwin and mmtool... has anyone ever found cases where a bios generated with one doesn't work whereas the other does...

    Andy
     
  12. zort

    zort MDL Expert

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    My understanding is MMTool is the safer one to use. Amimmwin is over 3 years old so I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't handle some newer bioses correctly. Also in the case of Asus BIOS, amimmwin overwrites "ASUSTEK" signature which has to be fixed afterward. I do use it sometimes for this:
    amimmwin xxx.rom /info xxx.txt.

    I'd recommend looking into SSV2 next. It can be used with any AMI BIOS, and is the safest way since no offsets change for any modules. (It takes longer and isn't always needed though.)
     
  13. bad_girl

    bad_girl MDL Novice

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