Hi I'm new in forum I have problem i must change in Dell Latitude D630 bios system info from "Latitude D630" to my own name xxxxxxx Can you help me ?? Regards, Simon
Funnily enough I have been trying for the last two days to change the string in my D620. I also wish to change the splash screen. I suspect splash screen will be easy, but I really need to change the reported make/model name first. I require the bios to report a different name when queried by the os. Here is what I have found out: It looks like windows queries via wmi. Any attempts to set values via wmi won't work as the bios is read only as far as wmi is concerned. I believe wmi queries the dmi info in the bios. If I download the dell bios d620_a10.exe, I can add the following switches to extract the relevant files -writehdrfile or -writeromfile If I try to hex edit the strings found then flash using winphlash, winphlash moans about checksum (I don't know how to generate crc). However if I try to use winphlash to flash an untouched file I also get errors. Even if I backup bios using winphlash and try to restore this backup it still doesn't work. I've also realised I can change dmi info via winphlash in theory, but at it doesn't like my flash files, this doesn't work. The closest I've got is using winphlash 1.6.5.6 rather than 1.7.16.0, I can almost restore the backup flash but then it complains error 144 the bios is not flashable. I have also found Apokrif's tools and split the bios file but I have no idea what to do from there, and if that is even relevant. I also have noted, prior to attempting to modify the bios, I thought it would be good practise to rehearse the recovery routine. If I unplug batt/power and hold power button for 30 secs then release, hold end button and plug power, then press power button, I don't get a red power led and it doesn't change the boot up routine. However if I look at the led - it only has two solder connections. The only led with more is the battery led with 4 connections so I do not believe it is even possible for my power led to light up red. I would like to learn how to do this myself but I don't even know where to begin to start - any help would be very gratefully appreciated.
Well, I face some problems while re-modding the bios for XPS/Dimension 630i. I have copied offset 28670h-11866Fh and save to a new file. CBROM output is as follows: Code: D:\Softwares\BIOS Modding & DMI Editing\awardtool153>cbrom32 bios.bin /d CBROM32 V1.15 [Oct 3 2007 Release] (C)ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 2007 ******** bios.bin BIOS component ******** No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name =============================================================================== 0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K) 13DAAh(79.42K) A13.BIN 1. XGROUP 0FFA0h(63.91K) 0A7B2h(41.92K) awardext.rom 2. ACPI Table 04C1Fh(19.03K) 01F86h(7.88K) ACPITBL.BIN 3. EPA 0168Ch(5.64K) 002AAh(0.67K) AwardBmp.bmp 4. YGROUP 0C640h(49.56K) 06D01h(27.25K) awardeyt.rom 5. GROUP ROM[ 0] 06820h(26.03K) 02D17h(11.27K) _EN_CODE.BIN 6. SETUP0 01D30h(7.30K) 00D04h(3.25K) _ITEM.BIN 7. BIOSF0 01CB0h(7.17K) 013EEh(4.98K) _DMI.BIN 8. OEM0 0C400h(49.00K) 00B82h(2.88K) BSMICODE.ROM 9. PCI ROM[A] 0B600h(45.50K) 070DCh(28.21K) DruidOROM_9.87.rom 10. PCI ROM 0F000h(60.00K) 07D18h(31.27K) NVPXES.NIC 11. GV3 0267Dh(9.62K) 00D83h(3.38K) PPMINIT.ROM 12. GROUP ROM[ 1] 02DD0h(11.45K) 01044h(4.07K) oemcode.rom 13. OEM5 01000h(4.00K) 004D3h(1.21K) bmpshow.rom 14. OEM4 091F6h(36.49K) 01FB1h(7.92K) TEDPG4.bmp 15. OEM6 00656h(1.58K) 0034Ah(0.82K) XPS4.bmp 16. OEM7 00EE6h(3.72K) 00295h(0.65K) Border4.bmp 17. GROUP ROM[ 2] 005B6h(1.43K) 00296h(0.65K) Bar4.bmp 18. GROUP ROM[ 3] 0AB76h(42.87K) 01F62h(7.85K) TEDPG3.bmp 19. GROUP ROM[ 4] 00656h(1.58K) 00363h(0.85K) XPS3.bmp 20. GROUP ROM[ 5] 00EE6h(3.72K) 002A4h(0.66K) Border3.bmp 21. GROUP ROM[ 7] 005B6h(1.43K) 002A7h(0.66K) Bar3.bmp 22. OEM2 23AD0h(142.70K) 0C572h(49.36K) PSA4508.BIN (SP) NCPUCODE 2F400h(189.00K) 2F400h(189.00K) NCPUCODE.BIN Total compress code space = DE000h(888.00K) Total compressed code size = 7E84Eh(506.08K) Remain compress code space = 5F7B2h(381.92K) *** NVMM 4.081.4806/03/08 * Start Offset => 0, End Offset => 8f00 *** ** Micro Code Information ** Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID ------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------------ PGA478 2B 0F25 | PGA423 2C 0F25 | PGA478 37 0F27 | PGA478 2E 0F29 PGA478 09 0F65 | SLOT1 04 0F64 | PGA478 0F 0F62 | PGA478 07 0F61 SLOT1 05 0F60 | SLOT1 04 0F4A | SLOT1 03 0F49 | SLOT1 03 0F47 SLOT1 06 0F44 | SLOT1 05 0F43 | SLOT1 03 0F42 | SLOT1 17 0F41 SLOT1 02 0F37 | SLOT1 17 0F34 | SLOT1 0C 0F33 | SLOT1 0A 0F32 SLOT1 0B 0F31 | PGA478 12 0F30 | SLOT1 A1 06FD | SLOT1 B6 06FB SLOT1 82 06F9 | SLOT1 C6 06F6 | SLOT1 33 06F5 | SLOT1 33 06F5 SLOT1 25 06F4 | SLOT1 26 06F4 | SLOT1 11 06F1 | SLOT1 56 06F2 SLOT1 05 06F0 | SLOT2 05 06F0 | SLOT1 05 06F0 | SLOT1 32 0661 SLOT1 04 0660 | PPGA B6 06FB | PPGA 68 06F7 | SLOT1 33 06F5 SLOT1 26 06F4 | SLOT2 06 0671 | SLOT1 06 0671 | PPGA 06 0671 PPGA 04 0674 | SLOT2 04 0674 | SLOT1 04 0674 | PPGA 0C 0676 SLOT2 0B 0676 | SLOT1 0B 0676 | PPGA 05 0677 | SLOT1 07 067A D:\Softwares\BIOS Modding & DMI Editing\awardtool153> But I can't mod it using Dynamic method by Award Tool v1.53 as I always get 'Error 6 - Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.' Am I doing something wrong??
THANK YOU conghoaxa1 ！I will try to modify this bios with phoenixtool 1.98,but would you please teach me, why not phoenixtool2.14?Thanks again
I have searched the forum and all the links for the XPS 400 modded bios that I have found are dead. If anyone has a copy of it I would greatly appreciate getting it. Thanks.