Hello, I am new to BIOS Modding. I have dell vostro 1000 laptop which have Phoenix BIOS. Latest version is A06 v2.6.3 downloads(dot)dell(dot)com/bios/WinVost263.EXE (Sorry Can't Post Links) It came with a DOS CD so there is no SLIC (I hope I got that right ) It's BIOS is very basic , with so little to tweak , not like the one I have seen in DELL Latitude D630 which had lots of options. I needed to have An auto Power ON feature to face power outage problem , to make it power on after power is restored. Also a wake on LAN , WAKE UP timer with an option of hourly wake up will be helpful. I downloaded PhoenixBiosEditor2.2.13. Manged to extract ROM file from exe file above. (WinVost263.EXE /writeromfile) then opened it . There was a lot of tables with DATA which I had no clue how to edit safely to get what I wanted . Now I have a question , is what I am asking for is possible ?! If the answer was yes , Then how to do it ?! Thank you
wakeup timer has to rely on RTC.. i believe if RTC doesnt have that feature (ACPI x.x?).. then it cant be enabled. check it in Phoenix Bios editor.
Thank you for your response. I looked up RTC "Real-time clock" , I think I have that with a button cell battery. I do not know what to look for in Phoenix Bios editor , there was no RTC mentioned as skimmed through it. That's ACPI screen from Phoenix Bios editor, could not read it's version though. what about "auto Power ON feature" ? does that have a perquisite ?
Thank you for your response. I looked up RTC "Real Time Clock" , I think I have that . I Skimmed through phoenix BIOS Editor , but I do not Know what to look for, I could not find ACPI version. What about "auto Power ON" feature does that have a perquisite ?