Can new motherboards be modded to hold SLIC 2.1 as easily as older ones ?

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by tnx, Mar 2, 2011.

  1. tnx

    tnx MDL Expert

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    Hi all.
    I have just been thinking about what would happen if my motherboard went south. It was second hand when I bought nearly five years ago.And without spending silly money on a Quad Core Extreme cpu I recon it's just about at it's peak,baring RAM.
    It has 4gig in but can hold 8,only DDR2 though.
    Then I thought what is the next generation of motherboards so I looked at ones which would take the new Intel i7 cpu's.
    Had a look at Micro Direct and quickly picked the "Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3". Not saying I would actually buy this one,just an example. On the Gigabyte site there is always good support with downloads,manuals etc for their stuff and sure enough, there to download is a BIOS file.
    Well my question is the modding of these BIOS files to hold SLIC 2.1 info,It's not dependant on how old a mobo is,is it ?
    Can a brand new mobo be modded just as easily ?
    Has anybody done a brand new mobo ? If so which one and how did it go ?

    Cheers...

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  2. NoJuan999

    NoJuan999 Experienced SLIC Tool Operator

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    tnx MDL Expert

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    Bugger....I just tried to download that file....Just get "Access Restricted"

    No matter though. The info was good enough.
     
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    NoJuan999 Experienced SLIC Tool Operator

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  5. ambregu

    ambregu MDL Novice

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    For mobo that's too new, you may also try NIC option ROM method.