MSI MS7504 MB in Fujitsu PC Wonder if there is some advice available on the following. I have a Fujitsi PC which contains a motherboard by MSI but OEM to Fujitsu (so only Fujitsu site has BIOS). The BIOS is AMI (v8) The current BIOS is version 3.0U dated July 2009. It contains a SLIC 2.0 entry which is active (Vista OEM:SLP is working on the PC). Latest version of the BIOS on the Fujitsi web site is 3.0S. I have extracted 3.0U from the PC using the Ami flash tool with the /O option. I have used the AmiTool v1.42 to modify the BIOS file to insert a SLIC 2.1 table. I started by selecting MSI as the motherboard and the tool automatically selected SSV2 (and does not allow any other option). Tool gave 'Success'. On doing a hex compre between the original and new BIOS there are lots of replacements and the occassional insertion. This looked much more complicated than a Phoenix BIOS I modded recently (forums mydigitallife info/showpost.php?p=204271&postcount=219 put the dots back in - this is only my 2nd post so no live links yet). So I tried using the AmiTool using 'other' as the motherboard type and tried both SSV3 and Dynamic - the tool gives 'Success' in each case. A hex compare of the orginal BIOS and the modded SSV3 and Dynamic show fewer differences than SSV2 - but still quite a good number. Question is, will any of these 'Success' versions work, or is one likely to be better than the others? Here is SLIC log for the Dynamic mod: Version 1.42 Manufacturer - Other Original BIOS size 1048576 bytes (1024K) 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188564 (Actual size 188564 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct No extended boot block Main BIOS checksum is correct 1B module size is 372057 bytes AMIBIOS string found at F794 Dynamic method SLIC module size is 374 bytes SLIC module checksum is 0 OEM Activation 2.1 SLIC No split OEM/Table ID strings found RSDT table found at 45AA8 RSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC XSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC FACP table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC FACP table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC APIC table OEM ID patched to FSC WDRT table OEM ID patched to FSC HPET table OEM ID patched to FSC MCFG table OEM ID patched to FSC SLIC table OEM ID patched to FSC OEM table OEM ID patched to FSC Patch string not found SLIC inserted at 45EF8 Module 1B written 372057 bytes 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188844 (Actual size 188842 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Pubkey/marker at 90000 updated Boot block preserved Unlinked bytes preserved Main BIOS checksum is correct Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188844 (Actual size 188842 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct No extended boot block Main BIOS checksum is correct SLIC performed successfully. BIOS file is Here is the SLIC log for the MSI and SSV2 mod: Version 1.42 Manufacturer - MSI Original BIOS size 1048576 bytes (1024K) 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188564 (Actual size 188564 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct No extended boot block Main BIOS checksum is correct 1B module size is 372057 bytes AMIBIOS string found at F794 SSV2 method SLIC module size is 374 bytes SLIC module checksum is 0 OEM Activation 2.1 SLIC No split OEM/Table ID strings found Scanning for space to insert SLIC There is space to insert SLIC in ROM image at 40000 RSDT table found at 45AA8 RSDT table can be extended XSDT table found at 45BA8 XSDT table can be extended RSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC XSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC FACP table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC FACP table OEM and Table ID patched to FSC PC APIC table OEM ID patched to FSC WDRT table OEM ID patched to FSC HPET table OEM ID patched to FSC MCFG table OEM ID patched to FSC Existing SLIC in 1B deleted SLIC table OEM ID patched to FSC OEM table OEM ID patched to FSC Module 1B written New 1B Module is 8 bytes too big Zero area 1 Module 1B written New 1B Module is 52 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 32 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 20 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 16 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 8 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 12 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 8 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 4 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is 4 bytes too small Module 1B written New 1B Module is correct size 1B copied to original BIOS SLIC inserted at 40000 New BIOS written 1048576 bytes 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188564 (Actual size 188561 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Pubkey/marker at 90000 updated Main BIOS checksum is correct Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct 9953C Module 11 Padded size 96264 90160 Module 8 Padded size 2080 90994 Module C Padded size 8 8 Module 1B Padded size 188564 (Actual size 188561 Original size 372057) 83010 Module 20 Padded size 41076 (Actual size 41076 Original size 57344) 909B0 Module 20 Padded size 33480 (Actual size 33477 Original size 54272) B0D58 Module 20 Padded size 31900 (Actual size 31898 Original size 61440) B8A08 Module 4 Padded size 22872 (Actual size 22871 Original size 37513) 8D098 Module 21 Padded size 11172 (Actual size 11170 Original size 23209) BE374 Module E Padded size 6504 (Actual size 6503 Original size 240118) BFCF0 Module 18 Padded size 6144 (Actual size 6141 Original size 16965) C1504 Module 19 Padded size 1436 (Actual size 1435 Original size 4868) C1AB4 Module 1A Padded size 1332 (Actual size 1330 Original size 9890) 98C8C Module 2B Padded size 840 (Actual size 839 Original size 1360) 8FC50 Module 6 Padded size 828 (Actual size 826 Original size 2560) C1FFC Module 80 Padded size 188 NVRAM at E0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 99000 length 530 ROM Hole at 90000 length 160 ROM Hole at D0000 length 10000 ROM Hole at 83000 length 10 There are unlinked blocks in module 80h Bootblock at F0000 length 10000 Boot block checksum is correct No extended boot block Main BIOS checksum is correct Unreferenced bytes are present SLIC performed successfully. BIOS file is If it would help I can upload the original and modified BIOSes or the other SLIC logs and the RW Everything report for the current BIOS in the PC
Thanks for the AMI BIOS tool and the write up. Just got a new computer with no OS so no SLIC 2.1 in BIOS. Used your tool and inserted the require part of BIOS with SLIC 2.1. No issues and activation works a treat. Many Thanks
I used AMI bios tool v1.42 to perform slic insertion for my asus P5LD2 bios. SLIC Tool v3.0 says: "SLIC Status: invalidated". Why? Can you help me? How I can perform a valid slic insertion using AMI bios tool?
Request Hi Andy, fantastic tool, but i have a request. I have see the option for mod dsdt and this is great for my hackintosh, but here there is the request. It's possible make a option for insert in DSDT important fix like the mod for device HPET: IRQNoFlags () {0} IRQNoFlags () {8} and fix for device RTC (in DSDTSE there other fixes) but these two are important for osx installation and it shoul be AMAZING put in them in dsdt but in bios and not only simply in Extra of Chameleon (only these 2 options) Another thing: or it's possible an option for insert a DSDT table optimized with dsdtpatcher or dsdtse, an option for put in this table optimized directly in bios (Not dsdt table with ALL fixes, but only optimized and with addition of fix alias, hpet and rtc, not all fixes obviously ) THIS on same asus is simple, i have do it with mmtool, but on my p5q deluxe i don't know, you have understand, i don't know how re-insert the dsdt optimized in bios.. If the last option it's not possible, you could tell me how to do it manually, how re-insert the dsdt optimized in bios of p5q deluxe? Anyway, you think that at least the first request (option like alias for fix hpet and rtc) can be satisfied? Thanks so much, you are great. Sorry for my english, but i'm italian ..I'd like to understand how re-insert the dsdt optimized from dsdtpatcher directly in bios, or my bios that i have see in mmtools to be different
The tool includes both the intel ASL and microsoft ASL. It chooses on the basis of the DSDT creator ID. iasl -d dsdt.aml (Intel) -> results in dsdt.dsl asl /u dsdt.aml (Microsoft) -> results in dsdt.asl Andy
Just to share my expirience with the tool. I have a Asus X52S laptop. This uses the same motherboard as F3Sa and the same BIOS. So i downloaded the BIOS from ASUS and apllied with the tool the SLIC. Using SSV modifications worked fine. After flashing the laptop worked OK. THEN I decided to try also the Dynamic mode. This bricked my laptop. I tried everything to recover, but without sucess. SO BE CAREFUL. With best regards, Boyan
Oops. I don't think I've come accross a dynamic brick before, but I can't be sure. It could have just been a bad flash also. Andy
Can anybody explain to me why if you open 1B module of mod bios with Hex Editor you can see both RSDT and XSDT with correct OEMID / TableID but after having flashed the bios when you read the memory with RW1.4 the OEMID / TableID are not correct? Why this happends?
some time ago on page 50 i killed an Asrock K7VT4A-Pro board used tool v1.20 and ssv mod slic2.0 you said its a Core 7 bios, how does the updated tool work with Core 7 bios now im getting a willem programmer this week, so just wandering how much better will the tool perform updating this Core 7 bios, has it got better support for Core 7 now ive got a couple of motherboards to repair bios, so at least with the progger i can experiment a bit that asrock board used to run vista surprisingly well, so i wanna try Window7 on it any suggestions on this thanks