The modded file definitely has the 374 byte Acer SLIC in it. Whether the BIOS is healthy and safe for flashing, I can't tell you. 0007BC70 00 00 53 4C 49 43 76 01 00 00 01 3E 41 43 52 53 ..SLICv....>ACRS 0007BC80 59 53 41 43 52 50 52 44 43 54 01 00 00 00 41 4E YSACRPRDCT....AN 0007BC90 4E 49 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9C 00 00 00 06 02 NI........œ..... 0007BCA0 00 00 00 24 00 00 52 53 41 31 00 04 00 00 01 00 ...$..RSA1...... 0007BCB0 01 00 B3 6D 83 60 8D 83 65 6E E6 4B A7 6F 38 04 ..³mƒ`ƒenæK§o8. 0007BCC0 31 C1 E2 45 BF 34 66 1F 17 91 7F 5C 15 12 B7 01 1ÁâE¿4f..‘\..·. 0007BCD0 4D 57 6D 8E AE 6B E4 CC F8 A0 E1 BB 79 FF 08 53 MWmŽ®käÌø*á»yÿ.S 0007BCE0 E3 77 E7 D4 70 5E 5C EF 6F 81 DD 1B 5F 30 E2 99 ãwçÔp^\ïoÝ._0â™ 0007BCF0 9B B9 D0 93 46 AB D8 17 7A E0 F0 A7 4C 32 D4 91 ›¹Ð“F«Ø.zàð§L2Ô‘ 0007BD00 86 BA A1 6C A2 3C 73 CF 86 2D 95 9A 06 50 F3 F7 †º¡l¢<sφ-•š.Pó÷ 0007BD10 7E 06 5B 5E 27 66 01 3A 31 9F 0C B1 91 96 49 5C ~.[^'f.:1Ÿ.±‘–I\ 0007BD20 CC 81 BA 77 32 52 B2 10 5D 5B CA DE 9D 25 90 95 ̺w2R².][ÊÞ%• 0007BD30 F7 97 01 00 00 00 B6 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 41 43 ÷—....¶.......AC 0007BD40 52 53 59 53 41 43 52 50 52 44 43 54 57 49 4E 44 RSYSACRPRDCTWIND 0007BD50 4F 57 53 20 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OWS ............ 0007BD60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 90 AC 34 3B 98 88 52 ........I¬4;˜ˆR 0007BD70 62 2C FB 25 A8 A9 A0 7D 2D 12 70 EE D5 9A 7C CF b,û%¨©*}-.pîÕš|Ï 0007BD80 0C 83 B4 29 1B 55 3B 88 A5 F7 E6 29 A9 2C E7 17 .ƒ´).U;ˆ¥÷æ)©,ç. 0007BD90 5D 7A EE 38 4D 27 E0 A9 69 7C FC 20 4A 68 0B 5D ]zî8M'à©i|ü Jh.] 0007BDA0 83 AD E5 D6 6E 49 C1 66 28 E4 D4 CE 72 64 A1 7C ƒ*åÖnIÁf(äÔÎrd¡| 0007BDB0 BE 93 AD 64 32 DA CC 72 24 47 FE B4 97 87 01 55 ¾“*d2ÚÌr$Gþ´—‡.U 0007BDC0 A0 5D 2F EF 06 93 E8 87 84 59 D3 9B 25 53 27 E7 *]/ï.“臄YÓ›%S'ç 0007BDD0 CA 75 65 CF 0E 40 C9 3B AA 03 F2 83 7E 27 E7 CA ÊueÏ.@;ª.òƒ~'çÊ 0007BDE0 47 A4 4B 1F C5 77 DF 8C F8 00 7D A6 81 00 00 02 G¤K.Åwߌø.}¦...
Original Module Looks like this Code: Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00000000 00 00 00 00 9C 00 00 00 06 02 00 00 00 24 00 00 ....œ........$.. 00000010 52 53 41 31 00 04 00 00 01 00 01 00 1D A3 8F F3 RSA1.........£.ó 00000020 A1 9D F1 F2 31 B4 B5 17 6C CE 4D 17 64 6A F9 79 ¡.ñò1´µ.lÎM.djùy 00000030 29 50 CE 0A B2 13 70 71 6E 28 AD DB 55 1C A6 23 )PÎ.².pqn(*ÛU.¦# 00000040 3E 0C 8A 4F 02 49 C9 DF 6D AB CB E7 C0 2C 18 7D >.ŠO.IÉßm«ËçÀ,.} 00000050 43 5C 45 82 3D FC 32 B0 92 F8 C2 00 65 0D B9 A0 C\E‚=ü2°’øÂ.e.¹* 00000060 CD 16 EA 40 13 CE 9D 3B 39 ED 87 34 98 C4 D9 C7 Í.ê@.Î.;9í‡4˜ÄÙÇ 00000070 98 49 11 77 03 D4 A7 6A D6 3B 88 71 DB 1A D3 AA ˜I.w.Ô§jÖ;ˆqÛ.Óª 00000080 56 42 2E AD 32 91 29 59 9D 4D 27 AD 95 DF 53 90 VB.*2‘)Y.M'*•ßS. 00000090 83 82 21 52 92 2F 9D 33 EF CB C3 AE ƒ‚!R’/.3ïËî New Binary Code: Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00000000 53 4C 49 43 76 01 00 00 01 3E 41 43 52 53 59 53 SLICv....>ACRSYS 00000010 41 43 52 50 52 44 43 54 01 00 00 00 41 4E 4E 49 ACRPRDCT....ANNI 00000020 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9C 00 00 00 06 02 00 00 ........œ....... 00000030 00 24 00 00 52 53 41 31 00 04 00 00 01 00 01 00 .$..RSA1........ 00000040 B3 6D 83 60 8D 83 65 6E E6 4B A7 6F 38 04 31 C1 ³mƒ`.ƒenæK§o8.1Á 00000050 E2 45 BF 34 66 1F 17 91 7F 5C 15 12 B7 01 4D 57 âE¿4f..‘.\..·.MW 00000060 6D 8E AE 6B E4 CC F8 A0 E1 BB 79 FF 08 53 E3 77 mŽ®käÌø*á»yÿ.Sãw 00000070 E7 D4 70 5E 5C EF 6F 81 DD 1B 5F 30 E2 99 9B B9 çÔp^\ïo.Ý._0â™›¹ 00000080 D0 93 46 AB D8 17 7A E0 F0 A7 4C 32 D4 91 86 BA ГF«Ø.zàð§L2Ô‘†º 00000090 A1 6C A2 3C 73 CF 86 2D 95 9A 06 50 F3 F7 7E 06 ¡l¢<sφ-•š.Pó÷~. 000000A0 5B 5E 27 66 01 3A 31 9F 0C B1 91 96 49 5C CC 81 [^'f.:1Ÿ.±‘–I\Ì. 000000B0 BA 77 32 52 B2 10 5D 5B CA DE 9D 25 90 95 F7 97 ºw2R².][ÊÞ.%.•÷— 000000C0 01 00 00 00 B6 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 41 43 52 53 ....¶.......ACRS 000000D0 59 53 41 43 52 50 52 44 43 54 57 49 4E 44 4F 57 YSACRPRDCTWINDOW 000000E0 53 20 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 S .............. 000000F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 90 AC 34 3B 98 88 52 62 2C ......I.¬4;˜ˆRb, 00000100 FB 25 A8 A9 A0 7D 2D 12 70 EE D5 9A 7C CF 0C 83 û%¨©*}-.pîÕš|Ï.ƒ 00000110 B4 29 1B 55 3B 88 A5 F7 E6 29 A9 2C E7 17 5D 7A ´).U;ˆ¥÷æ)©,ç.]z 00000120 EE 38 4D 27 E0 A9 69 7C FC 20 4A 68 0B 5D 83 AD î8M'à©i|ü Jh.]ƒ* 00000130 E5 D6 6E 49 C1 66 28 E4 D4 CE 72 64 A1 7C BE 93 åÖnIÁf(äÔÎrd¡|¾“ 00000140 AD 64 32 DA CC 72 24 47 FE B4 97 87 01 55 A0 5D *d2ÚÌr$Gþ´—‡.U*] 00000150 2F EF 06 93 E8 87 84 59 D3 9B 25 53 27 E7 CA 75 /ï.“臄YÓ›%S'çÊu 00000160 65 CF 0E 40 C9 3B AA 03 F2 83 7E 27 E7 CA 47 A4 eÏ.@É;ª.òƒ~'çÊG¤ 00000170 4B 1F C5 77 DF 8C K.Åwߌ The problem is the original module as shown above is a cut off from the module I originally inserted which I don't know why. I mean that the original SLIC module is not a fully form binary when I sub it there are extra parts. It is not even half the length of the module I substituted! Can someone enlighten me why the difference?
Its called the pubKey..its supposed to be like that. The Marker is elsewhere... I wouldn't flash it..
Thanks, how do you find the marker? I ran a search through all the modules but could find a marker. I always thought the entire table was in one single module.
I have Acer TM 5600 and have original BIOS without SLIC, moded BIOS with add SLIC 2.0 (ACER) and try make BIOS with 2.1 SLIC (ACER). In firs step I try unpack BIOS with 2.0 PBE 2.2.0.1 and subsequently compile this BIOS without any change. I expect bit identical ROM, but PBE complile ROM, which is very different from original?!?!. My intention -decomplile BIOS with PBE, - delete ACPI05.ROM withSLIC 2.0 ACER - insert new ACPI05.ROM withSLIC 2.1 ACER - compile but now I have fear of bricked notebook.
It was two files, I cannot post anything right now, because I installed Win7 and lost my PBE, the link for download is under maintenance, can you send me (PBE) please? Thanks, Gradius Edit: managed to get the thing
Acer Aspire 4530 BIOS version 1.3334. I already made the mod but the original pub key seems malformed you should take a look at it. Code: Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00000000 53 4C 49 43 76 01 00 00 01 3E 41 43 52 53 59 53 SLICv....>ACRSYS 00000010 41 43 52 50 52 44 43 54 01 00 00 00 41 4E 4E 49 ACRPRDCT....ANNI 00000020 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9C 00 00 00 06 02 00 00 .... This part was missing from MOD_4B1.ROM Else everything is ok. Vista activate fine without the part above. I am not sure if I do the same leaving out the above few hex on the Win 7 Tables it will work as well.
I had the same problem, I was able to find the entire part (rsa) except for "slic" part above, it was spread on 2 files. Without that part, I cannot (for example) mod to Dell, and the manual method works better on Lenovo, not Acer. It would be great if a similar way (and simpler) where possible for us with Acer (Phoenix BIOS). Gradius
Hi can I ask have you tried just replacing hex for hex using the new SLIC binaries while ignoring the above lines? Does it work? Reason I don't want add a new SLIC is because I prefer a "clean" and straight forward mod without adding new modules and leaving unused SLIC.