great idea... a BIOS database is absolutely splendid... and of course... everyone's contributing... so it looks great... I've added my modded GF8100 M2+ TE BIOS with HPQOEM SLIC 2.1 and the certificate...
I didn't include a cert field on purpose, I figured people may package it with the ROM if they want to. That way, the Wiki itself stays clean and the questionable content is hosted elsewhere. Thanks again to everyone contributing! @Oxygen: I corrected the link to your bios, it is now Also, I gave anonymous users the right to rename pages. I now made it more clear that you should enter the product name (without company) in the Add-Field so we won't have to rename pages frequently.
Your concern was addressed before. No need to use big letters and lots of question marks. Its the same as the quality here, you'll have to trust the one that uploads the file. If anything a wiki allows us to quickly remove bad entries. Besides you can always come here to search for the original post if the wiki entry contains a nickname - as it should. The alternative would be to allow registred user posts only which would greatly decrease the number of contributions. We can think about that if someone really starts uploading bad bios files which I don't see any motivation for.
Great Idea! I added Asrock A780GXH/128M SLIC HP 2.1/SLP HP and Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P SLIC HP 2.1. Asrock tested by myself, Gigabyte tested by a friend of me yesterday.
There really ought to at least be a clearly visible disclaimer that the BIOS's posted there are USER MODIFIED and NOT offical releases from the manufacturers, along with a warning that there is some risk in using them.
Very good idea, and for desktop's there is no need to worry about bad bios mods, you can restore, for laptops however I'd prefer a trusted member here to provide it. And yes you have to trust the uploader, but on a wiki anyone can change the link of a trusted modder to point to something dodgy.
I'm open to suggestions on how to avoid the trust issue. How about a link back to the original post of the modded bios here? Of course we cannot enforce it (it's a wiki after all) but it would allow some level of assurance to the downlo*der. I'm still not convinced that a big disaster will happen: - How many people here actually check if the guy who modded their bios is made by a trusted modder? - Why don't the jackasses you're so afraid of come here and post bad bios files? - How would they benefit from it or at least hear about the pain they cause? - It is not that trivial to create a faulty bios that is valid enough to be flashable but broken enough to permanently brick a machine - IMHO that people retarded enough to poison the wiki would most likely not be capable of those modifications.
Ok i haven't followed or read all posts but i agree with johnnie83. ONLY tested and verified working SLIC 2.1 BIOS should be in the wiki. Since SLIC 2.1 is backward compatible there is no reason to make SLIC 2.0. Just my thoughts
at least, on that wiki, give us as downloader a link to original post in these forum.. n, below bios slic (on that wiki) link, give a "comment" place, so if the bios is bad, someone can warn someone else.. or, to give comment, that it works on his/her computer.. n even though that happen, i'm really not comfort, if the bios was modded NOT by someone senior in these forum.. i mean, someone i really trust (we can tell from his/her threads, helps, mods, etc.) as we know, even it's a working modded-bios, the flashing procedures sometimes so hard to remember. like i am right now.. i want to re-flash, but still has trauma, got my mobo bricked last time i did it. the problem is, now i want to reflash my notebook (aspire 4520). n if it's dead, i'm not sure i can afford to fix it to supplier.. pls, make these idea solid, n trusted.. thx..
@bibia: Well its a wiki so anybody is free to add a link back to the forum thread to their submissions. Besides, you can search by reporter or modifier name or simply skip the wiki and search here directly if you are so paranoid. But the reality is that most people here will jump on any "Request a bios mod here" thread and will flash the first answer they get. Have you ever seen someone going "nah, I won't flash that because the modder only has 15 posts"? Of course flashing any bios file is always a risk. However with modern recovery procedures, it is really not a big deal on a desktop. And again, the chances that somebody uploads a bad file are pretty slim IMHO (see above). As for commenting: I don't think you understand the concept of a wiki. It means anybody can comment on any page, add warning or comments or even flashing instructions. And if we find a bad apple (IP or user intentionally uploading bad bios files) we'll have a good way to track the changes he made. If all this is too risky for you and you don't trust anyone, why don't you mod your bios yourself? It is piss easy (for Award and AMI, soon for Phoenix).