Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 (Phoenix Bios)

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  1. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    #41 LatinMcG, Jul 14, 2015
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  2. Viper2k4

    Viper2k4 MDL Junior Member

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    #43 Viper2k4, Jul 16, 2015
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    @andyp

    Im not sure (tryed it some days ago). But i would try it later next days.

    So with default Settings and only change "Only alter tables in the main ACPI module" or something else to?

    @LatinMcG

    Yes the BIOS is under the sticker. Now i have to wait for the USB-Flasher :)

    It's a "SST25VF080"
     

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  3. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    ohh wow first time i see easy replace bios board in a laptop.
    SST reads in a special mode in programmer.

    time to try the settings andyp mentioned and flas**t.. make backup of eeprom first with programmer.(flash original bios first)
     
  4. Viper2k4

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    #45 Viper2k4, Jul 18, 2015
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    Code:
    Please select the 'Courier' font format to read !
    
    Table NameOEMID&TableIDAddress  LenthDescription Table  (ACPI 2.0)
    
    RSD PTR MATBIO        000F7770    36Root System Desc.Pointer
     |
     |- RSDTMATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C4D47    84Root System Desc.Table
     |     |
     |  00 |- FACP  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDA66   132
     |  01 |- HPET  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDBDE    56
     |* 02 |- SLIC  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDC16   374Software Licensing Desc.Table
     |  03 |- SLAC  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDD8C   374
     |  04 |- APIC  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDF02   104
     |  05 |- MCFG  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDF6A    60
     |  06 |- BOOT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDFA6    40
     |  07 |- TCPA  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDFCE    50
     |  08 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C5E50   763
     |  09 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C53AB   607
     |  10 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C5305   166
     |  11 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C4E1F  1254
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     |- XSDTMATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C4D9B   132Extended System Desc.Table
           |
        00 |- FACP  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDAEA   244
        01 |- HPET  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDBDE    56
      * 02 |- SLIC  MATBIOCF52-3  7F6CDC16   374Software Licensing Desc.Table
        03 |- SLAC  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDD8C   374
        04 |- APIC  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDF02   104
        05 |- MCFG  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDF6A    60
        06 |- BOOT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDFA6    40
        07 |- TCPA  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6CDFCE    50
        08 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C5E50   763
        09 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C53AB   607
        10 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C5305   166
        11 |- SSDT  MATBIOCF52-1LA7F6C4E1F  1254
    
          --- Scan  Finished ---
    Thats the result.

    (Atm. i have to wait for the postman. Because my programmer comes from the UK to me)
     
  5. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    #46 andyp, Jul 19, 2015
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    Thanks

    I think either the bootblock is not being flashed normally and therefore contains the table ID or there is code that copies it from somewhere else that isn't flashed.
    I do wonder if flashing with a programmer will fix it. I will also look for a lock in the code (although I'm pretty rusty as I haven't looked for one for a couple of years!)

    A

     
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  7. Viper2k4

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  8. LatinMcG

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    nice. 1 mb dump? id tought it was 4 or 8 mb. my bad 8mbit= 1mbyte

    AndyP thank you!. what was trick for slic ??
     
  9. andyp

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    #50 andyp, Jul 20, 2015
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    Hi
    Normally this sort of lock is in BIOSCOD1.
    We know that the OEM ID is 6 bytes, the Table ID is 8 bytes and they start at Ah in the ACPI header, so I normally just disassemble in IDA and have an eyeball.
    I found:

    Code:
    seg000:C969 sub_C969        proc near               ; CODE XREF: seg000:C8B2p
    seg000:C969                                         ; sub_CE3D+16p ...
    seg000:C969                 push    ax
    seg000:C96A                 push    cx
    seg000:C96B                 push    esi
    seg000:C96D                 push    edi
    seg000:C96F                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C972                 add     edi, 0Ah
    seg000:C976                 mov     word ptr [edi], 'AM'
    seg000:C97B                 mov     word ptr [edi+2], 'BT'
    seg000:C981                 mov     word ptr [edi+4], 'OI'
    seg000:C987                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C98A                 add     edi, 1Ch
    seg000:C98E                 mov     word ptr [edi], 'EM'
    seg000:C993                 mov     word ptr [edi+2], ' I'
    seg000:C999                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C99C                 add     edi, 10h
    seg000:C9A0                 mov     esi, 0F000h
    seg000:C9A6                 shl     esi, 4
    seg000:C9AA                 add     esi, 0E604h
    seg000:C9B1                 mov     cx, 8
    seg000:C9B4
    seg000:C9B4 loc_C9B4:                               ; CODE XREF: sub_C969+5Cj
    seg000:C9B4                 mov     al, es:[esi]
    seg000:C9B8                 cmp     al, 0
    seg000:C9BA                 jnz     short loc_C9BE
    seg000:C9BC                 mov     al, 20h ; ' '
    seg000:C9BE
    seg000:C9BE loc_C9BE:                               ; CODE XREF: sub_C969+51j
    seg000:C9BE                 mov     [edi], al
    seg000:C9C1                 inc     esi
    seg000:C9C3                 inc     edi
    seg000:C9C5                 loop    loc_C9B4
    seg000:C9C7                 pop     edi
    seg000:C9C9                 pop     esi
    seg000:C9CB                 pop     cx
    seg000:C9CC                 pop     ax
    seg000:C9CD                 retn
    seg000:C9CD sub_C969        endp
    and patched it to (just nopped out the bits that actually write the OEM ID and the part of the loop that writes the Table ID:

    Code:
    seg000:C969                 push    ax
    seg000:C96A                 push    cx
    seg000:C96B                 push    esi
    seg000:C96D                 push    edi
    seg000:C96F                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C972                 add     edi, 0Ah
    seg000:C976                 nop
    seg000:C977                 nop
    seg000:C978                 nop
    seg000:C979                 nop
    seg000:C97A                 nop
    seg000:C97B                 nop
    seg000:C97C                 nop
    seg000:C97D                 nop
    seg000:C97E                 nop
    seg000:C97F                 nop
    seg000:C980                 nop
    seg000:C981                 nop
    seg000:C982                 nop
    seg000:C983                 nop
    seg000:C984                 nop
    seg000:C985                 nop
    seg000:C986                 nop
    seg000:C987                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C98A                 add     edi, 1Ch
    seg000:C98E                 mov     word ptr [edi], 454Dh
    seg000:C993                 mov     word ptr [edi+2], 2049h
    seg000:C999                 mov     edi, esi
    seg000:C99C                 add     edi, 10h
    seg000:C9A0                 mov     esi, 0F000h
    seg000:C9A6                 shl     esi, 4
    seg000:C9AA                 add     esi, 0E604h
    seg000:C9B1                 mov     cx, 8
    seg000:C9B4
    seg000:C9B4 loc_C9B4:                               ; CODE XREF: seg000:C9C5j
    seg000:C9B4                 mov     al, es:[esi]
    seg000:C9B8                 cmp     al, 0
    seg000:C9BA                 jnz     short loc_C9BE
    seg000:C9BC                 mov     al, 20h ; ' '
    seg000:C9BE
    seg000:C9BE loc_C9BE:                               ; CODE XREF: seg000:C9BAj
    seg000:C9BE                 nop
    seg000:C9BF                 nop
    seg000:C9C0                 nop
    seg000:C9C1                 inc     esi
    seg000:C9C3                 inc     edi
    seg000:C9C5                 loop    loc_C9B4
    seg000:C9C7                 pop     edi
    seg000:C9C9                 pop     esi
    seg000:C9CB                 pop     cx
    seg000:C9CC                 pop     ax
    seg000:C9CD                 retn
    
    I'll incorporate it into the tool.
    See v2.60 in other thread.
    A
     
  10. nick424

    nick424 MDL Novice

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    I have a Panasonic CF-30 Toughbook CF-30FTSAZAE Bios V200L14M22 it is not showing any wifi components in the bios,however they are all physically there including Bluetooth and tested working,do I need to update the bios in some way ??
     
  11. ChrisCGN

    ChrisCGN MDL Novice

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    Hi together im looking for a Bios Bin File for a CF-52 // DL3UP1912BCA

    Maybe someone can upload :)

    Thanks Chris