But here is the thing: Before using the Dell cert (I copy them on my C:\ and run the commands) there was indeed a Asus cert there which I used to activate it when I installed it the first time this summer. Something really WTF is going on...
And, while I think the topic on WHY this happened of of a sudden and the Asus cert/Dell SLIC is important, Im not sure if any want to talk about it.
The Only thing I can think of is that you first Flashed a Bios Mod with ASUS SLIC 2.1 and later Flashed an Updated Bios Mod with Dell SLIC 2.1. What MB do you have ? An ASUS P5B Deluxe or P5B Deluxe/Wifi-AP ???
What i wonder is, what computer is this? Make? Model? All the BIOS tables seem to be DELL, so wouldnt that suggest that it is a DELL machine?
His MGADiag Reports shows: <BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>1238</Version> And the Only Bios I see with that Version Number is for the MBs I listed above.
A friend had the same issue. He used WATfix and followed the steps from post 18 and the OS was validated again.
RE: 6-pages... I noticed the thread title says "Solved"... I also noticed the opening post has not been edited to reflect how the issue was solved, nor does the OP state what MB is being used (till the end of the thread-post #66) Just a suggestion- In this thread it took till page 6 to find out MB ID. About about a rule that the opening post: A: Contains MB model ID /PC model ID info (In body of text of opening post, so problem, and fix are *permanently* tied to that ID string) B: Is edited with the "fix" info once a working solution is confirmed. I think the above would save everyone alot of time, help those searching also. *********** Regarding "A" with system info in BODY of opening post.. Besides greatly reducing confusion, and providing much needed info for those trying to help, and helping those searching via ID strings.... It does away with problems created on some boards in which the thread is greatly devalued in worth when the OP relies upon their signature to convey system info- when sig is changed. (EG: Net result is "fixes" no longer match up with hardware being talked about) .
Guys, I have the same problem with Asus, the cert (asus.XRM-MS) is wrong, I'm trying to find the correct one, so far, no luck! Bad one is (desktop?): File: ASUS.XRM-MS CRC-32: 4e12df85 MD4: db063e011ce1df31942e76573870b854 MD5: 1554e3a58b4d344db7f864d8612ec385 SHA-1: c26597bfa66605b28ccf13638530c185cd52ff93 Bin used: File: ASUS.BIN <- notebook! CRC-32: af40cf7a MD4: 0fe7126111aac14c8e79cb525a509c07 MD5: 4d2ff85772164180814cf1a46a7ec906 SHA-1: 1540c211aea9b66e338e37d75c75cb52d002a4a1 Edit: Solved! I managed to find the correct cert (notebook): File: ASUS-_ASUS_-2.1.XRM-MS CRC-32: e1948081 MD4: 3e2deb87b934ad7d230efea50f186e81 MD5: 195ba525f938bd06ce2f4844a16ddced SHA-1: 5d3ae3e7f3d8a705678cb1c5830c55e995db332b