Dell - Phoenix/EFI Manual Mod Thread

Discussion in 'BIOS Mod Requests. Post Requests Only' started by ssvetec, Jul 31, 2009.

  1. Serg008

    Serg008 MDL BIOS/EFI Guru

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  2. itwong

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    Thank you.

     
  3. tokafondo

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    Hi all and thanks for all modders. I'm asking for a SLIC 2.1 mod for a Dell PowedEdge T100 server BIOS. Please tell me if you only need the .bin file or extra things like asset tag or whatever. Thanks, again. I would also appreciate modding guide instead.
     
  4. Serg008

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    Thank you. I have to deal with the fact that I don't have floppy disks but I'll eventually get my way through this.
     
  6. The Mole

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    #5089 The Mole, Nov 1, 2020
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    I have a Dell Inspiron 620 which I've tweaked a bit.
    It has the MS-A10 BIOS on the board - which contains a SLIC 2.1 BIOS by default.
    I've tried to update it to v2.5 but when I do, SLIC Toolkit 3.2 SLIC status is invalidated and SLIC Dump gives an error: Dump OK! (But SLIC OEM ID or Digital Signature error!)
    Normally, I do not have problems on Dynamic and with/without AcpiTbls.rw
    Any solutions? :D

    What is: (But SLIC OEM ID or Digital Signature error!)
    - Can I change the IDs to use WN09? Hex edit and recalc the 2.5 SLIC I have?
    - Would Phoenix Tool fix the checksum?
    - Quite like to know what I am doing wrong here...
     

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  7. Serg008

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  8. The Mole

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    #5091 The Mole, Nov 1, 2020
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    Redundant now, see below:
     

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  9. The Mole

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    #5093 The Mole, Nov 1, 2020
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  10. The Mole

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    #5095 The Mole, Nov 1, 2020
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    I'm not a programmer but I can understand how things work, could you write the steps you took? At the moment I don't fully understand what tables do what bit...
    Or how you accessed each bit and what point. The steps in order would be helpful, so could try them, compare...
    I know a little basics self-taught...

    I think if the signature was correct - separate to the checksum? - this would likely work if all put together...
    I suspect the checksumfixer isn't calculating everything from experiments.
    I'm unsure if Phoenix also fixes the error or just reports it while building the BIOS...

    - Attached file is experiment. Not working...
     

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  11. tri199219

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    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  12. The Mole

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    Could you not borrow the tool from the R710 II? I flashed my R710 II with a 7 boot USBF x86 and x86 version of BIOS installer...
     
  13. Serg008

    Serg008 MDL BIOS/EFI Guru

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    CyberDe@th tried to flash the same BIOS mod using the SPI flash programmer but the results were negative
     
  14. The Mole

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    Well, that’s the most secure BIOS so far then...