The first thing I get when running version 1.30 is "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application..." you can then see the "Details", "Continue", or "Quit".
Version 1.30 works fine here. Tested re-modding some of the BIOSes I have laying around, and these give exactly the same result as v1.29. So it seems to work fine.
I tried using the Award tool for a Hp bios (P5BW-LA) it did it successfully using 0+2 and ISA method but it fails on the others. with SSV3 it tells me their is no space for SLIC, with OEM7 it fails to match ACPI size with OEM7 module offset ad with dynamic it is unable to shrink main module, I tired flashing my bios with the modded one i made with the tool (method ISA), it boots and all but the OS never loads, neither do the Win7 or Vista disc, but linux and BartPE do boot >?< any help would be appreciate
Dear andyp, could you please help me in my bios modding work. I'm experiencing problems with bios modding of the latest gigabyte mobos like GA-MA790FXT-UD5P. I've already tried all versions of cbrom, but the main bios module always has a checksum error after modding. I've noticed such a very nice feature in your awardtool as dumping. But I'm unable to build bioses from that dumps. Could you add some buttons or instruments for that or something like that? The thing I need is to replace such modules as agesa or raidrom with the new ones, but I can't interrupt the compiling process of your awardtool to replace them when they are repacked. Please, I badly need your help. Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Michael
I'm afraid the tool isn't as clever as the phoenix tool to handle this. It would be quite a re-write I'm afraid. I will look when I can but it probably won't be soon. Sorry, Andy
thank you for the reply. well, the exact thing i need is to pause the repacking process when i need to replace the unpacked module with my own one and then to continue packing. i'm not asking to build some special tools for choosing separate modules, editing or rplacing them automatically. of cource, that would be fantastic, but they are not so urgent. thanks againg. hope for your help.
The tool only repacks the modules it is hard coded to do. I can add in a pause if you like. Let me look at the code. Why can't you add your modules at the end (or is it checksum issues??) Andy
please do so if you can. some kind of indicator of module being processed at the moment would be nice to know when to pause the process. yes, checksum errors with all versions of cbrom (even 1.98). something's wrong, but i don't know what. when i mod a clean bios with your tool, the verification tool says there may be a checksum error. bios works fine. when i mod a clean bios with cbrom, the verification tool says there is a checksum error. boot record is spoiled, bios doesn't work. when i mod an awardtool modded bios with cbrom, the verification tool says there is a checksum error. boot record is spoiled, bios doesn't work. when i mod a cbrom modded bios with awardtool, the verification tool says there may be a checksum error. boot record is not spoiled, bios doesn't work.
Try 1.32 Select the option to allow manual modification in advanced. Don't use CBROM - do it in a hex editor. The tool will correct module/bios checksums. Andy
I dont know why the OEM7 doesnt work sometimes...It should be the same basic mod...You have the correct assumption though..it should work and this would be the tool way of doing it..
thanks, works pretty well with uncompressed modules like ncpucode.bin. but i'm unable to replace compressed modules like agesacpu.rom, i don't even know the adresses of its end and beginnig in hex. is it possible to dump the bios into a hidden folder with your tool, mod the modules manually and then compress back? the pause feature will be the best for that, i suppose.