Depends on the Award Bios. It doesnt hurt, bad anyway, to try it first..There are a few that are a no-go these days, Gigabyte being the biggest culprit.. Post the Board specs and we could give you a fairly definitive answer.....
has anyone cracked the insyde h2o bios's as i am trying to enable virtualization technology in an acer aspire 7720g.
Modding a SLIC 2.0 BIOS to SLIC 2.1 ? Hey all, I'm going to attempt to mod my laptop's Phoenix BIOS, which came originally with a 2.0 SLIC to activate Windows Vista. I want to put a 2.1 SLIC on for Windows 7, using PBE. Two questions: #1 - Since I am going to use the same manufactures SLICs, do I have to do the "BIOSCOD1.ROM" step where I write the strings for "RSDT" and "XSDT"? Or can I leave that file untouched and just add the new SLIC as ACPIn.ROM, update ROM.SCR and save? #2 - Will this mean that I will have 2 SLIC's, one for 2.0 and one for 2.1? How will this work? Do I need to remove the old 2.0 SLIC? Thanks guys.
Are you sure you are using the correct bios file ? they come in different sizes 512k 1mb and 2mb for example i don't mean different sizes of the same bios.
yes i'm sure. it is the right bios. The curent bios is the very first version, so I'm thinking of flashing all the bioses in cronological order (10 of them). I've heard that this might be one of the reasons.
Sager Bios Hi all, I am a complete noob, using PBE I try to open bios and receive NO BCP's found, I am trying to change boot splash logo. Any help will be greatly appreciated
HP BIOS .WPH Phoenix what other mod tools can i use to decompress Phoenix bios' its a .wph from hewlette packard its been modded successfully for SLIC 2.1 but i am trying to learn so i can understand how things were done and can further expand my knowledge i have PBE 2.2.0.1 and 2.2.1.3 and notice that opening the same bios i get a differences of 2 files. all other files are the same 1 exception rom.scr in the 2.2.1.3 i get a file called ESCD.BIN 8K and in 2.2.0.1 i get a file called MOD_2400.ROM 4bytes in rom.scr from 2.2.0.1 BANKS -N:1 -S:1024 COMPRESS LZINT HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:57344 HOLE0.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10000 -SB:1024 HOLE1.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10400 -SB:1024 HOLE2.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF20000 -SB:24576 HOLE3.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF82000 -SB:57344 HOLE4.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF90000 -SB:65536 HOLE5.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFFA0000 -SB:65536 HOLE6.ROM BOOTBLOCK bb.bin -S:64 BIOSENTRY -A:0xFFFE0000 ACPI ACPI0.AML ACPI ACPI1.BIN ACPI ACPI2.BIN ACPI ACPI3.ROM ACPI ACPI4.ROM ACPI ACPI5.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD0.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD1.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD2.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD3.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD4.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD5.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD6.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD7.ROM DECOMPCODE DECOMPC0.ROM DISPLAY DISPLAY0.ROM LOGO LOGO0.BIN LOGO LOGO1.BIN LOGO LOGO2.BIN LOGO LOGO3.BIN LOGO LOGO4.BIN LOGO LOGO5.BIN MISER MISER0.ROM MODULE MOD_2400.ROM -C:0x00 -COMPRESS:no MODULE MOD_4800.ROM -C:H0 MODULE MOD_4A00.ROM -C:J0 -COMPRESS:no MODULE MOD_4B00.ROM -C:K0 MODULE MOD_5100.ROM -C:Q0 OPROM OPROM0.ROM OPROM OPROM1.ROM OPROM OPROM2.ROM OPROM OPROM3.ROM OPROM OPROM4.ROM ROMEXEC ROMEXEC0.ROM -SHADOW:no ROMEXEC ROMEXEC1.ROM -SHADOW:no SETUP SETUP0.ROM STRINGS STRINGS0.ROM TEMPLATE TEMPLAT0.ROM UPDATE UPDATE0.ROM -A:0xFFF30000 USER USER0.ROM -COMPRESS:no USER USER1.ROM in rom.scr from 2.2.1.3 BANKS -N:1 -S:1024 COMPRESS LZINT HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:57344 HOLE0.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10000 -SB:1024 HOLE1.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10400 -SB:1024 HOLE2.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF20000 -SB:24576 HOLE3.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF82000 -SB:57344 HOLE4.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF90000 -SB:65536 HOLE5.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFFA0000 -SB:65536 HOLE6.ROM BOOTBLOCK bb.bin -S:64 ACPI ACPI00.AML ACPI ACPI01.BIN ACPI ACPI02.BIN ACPI ACPI03.ROM ACPI ACPI04.ROM ACPI ACPI05.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD00.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD01.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD02.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD03.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD04.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD05.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD06.ROM BIOSCODE BIOSCOD07.ROM DECOMPCODE DECOMPC00.ROM DISPLAY DISPLAY00.ROM LOGO LOGO00.BIN LOGO LOGO01.BIN LOGO LOGO02.BIN LOGO LOGO03.BIN LOGO LOGO04.BIN LOGO LOGO05.BIN MISER MISER00.ROM MODULE MOD_4800.ROM -C:H0 MODULE MOD_4A00.ROM -C:J0 -COMPRESS:no MODULE MOD_4B00.ROM -C:K0 MODULE MOD_5100.ROM -C:Q0 OPROM OPROM00.ROM OPROM OPROM01.ROM OPROM OPROM02.ROM OPROM OPROM03.ROM OPROM OPROM04.ROM ROMEXEC ROMEXEC00.ROM -SHADOW:no ROMEXEC ROMEXEC01.ROM -SHADOW:no SETUP SETUP00.ROM STRINGS STRINGS00.ROM TEMPLATE TEMPLAT00.ROM UPDATE UPDATE00.ROM -COMPRESS:no USER USER00.ROM -COMPRESS:no USER USER01.ROM BIOSENTRY -A:0xFFFE0000 as you can see there is no mention of the file ESCD.BIN in the later rom.scr file any help would be great
BIOS Feature from XPS M1730 to Precision M6300 possible? Hello, I have the Precision M6300 that has NO CPU overclock mode/feature like the 'very similar buit' XPS M1730. My question is now, if there is already a way to somehow 'unlock' that overclock feature on the M6300 (BIOS Version A12). Perhaps somebody did that??? Both motherboards seem identical and both feature the Extreme X9000 which allows overclocking. Dell made it a Standard Feature in the XPS to do this right in their own BIOS. But not with the Precision M6300. Would be great if that is somehow possible. Thanks
Not found my temp doesnt have a BIOSCOD1.ROM only HOLE0.ROM - HOLE24.ROM all of which do not have RSDT, XSDT.. and a list of the ROM.SCR file has no mention of them either.. Code: BANKS -N:1 -S:1024 COMPRESS LZINT HOLE -A:0xFFF05627 -SB:67174388 HOLE0.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10000 -SB:80 HOLE1.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF02800 -SB:33554432 HOLE2.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:256 HOLE3.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:16777472 HOLE4.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF08000 -SB:50331648 HOLE5.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00028 -SB:262144 HOLE6.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00AFC -SB:16774144 HOLE7.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:65537 HOLE8.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00F00 -SB:7858672 HOLE9.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00080 -SB:262144 HOLE10.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:1028 HOLE11.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF0000A -SB:65524 HOLE12.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:256 HOLE13.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF1000F -SB:30697 HOLE14.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF05000 -SB:1536 HOLE15.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:255 HOLE16.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00050 -SB:7 HOLE17.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:2621440 HOLE18.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:100663296 HOLE19.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00100 -SB:251658240 HOLE20.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF9F011 -SB:8388608 HOLE21.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF00000 -SB:10240 HOLE22.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFFFFF00 -SB:16777216 HOLE23.ROM HOLE -A:0xFFF10001 -SB:65536 HOLE24.ROM I found a new Phoenix BIOS Editor 2.2 This extracts the .ROM better and shows all the files..
Modding own laptop phoenix bios Yen and other knowledgable contributors thank you for sharing yur knowledge. I am trying to assemble and understand all I have read here. If you would be so kind, more explanation is needed. In another thread Yen mentions not necessary to use PBE to edit pheonix, do it in winhex instead - safer. Is this only for non compressed bios as I cant find the existing marker or pubkey using winhex (unless first decompressing with PBE) ? Yen describes manual mod process as "Copy new SLIC table into PBE temp and rename it ACPIn (when n is next highest ACPI number). The "RSDT" and "XSDT" string for OEM ID and Table ID in my existing SLI2.0 appear same as the new 2.1 SLIC version. Only difference between existing 2.0 SLIC and 2.1 SLIC is the digital signature (the block containing the 20 01 00 20 in SLIC 2.1 info). If digital signature is only difference could between ACPI containing SLIC2.0 (call it ACPI08.rom) then would it be ok to just rename the new SLIC table containing the 2.1 digital signature to ACPI08.rom? This would mean not having to add "ACPI ACPIn.ROM -X" line in ROM.SCR Finally Yen states in one post that most risk is in PBE recompressing files. Can file be flashed without recompressing bios? If so do all the files need to be reflashed or only the ACPI08.rom (or ACPIn.rom) whichever is containing new certificate? How to do this? Thanks