Tool to Insert/Replace SLIC in Phoenix / Insyde / Dell / EFI BIOSes

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  1. Serg008

    Serg008 MDL BIOS/EFI Guru

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  2. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    Hi all,
    Been away for a while!!
    I've just looked at the Dell R510 issue - it was wrongly identifying headers. Fixed in 2.67.
    Any other persistent/repeatable issues??
    Cheers,
    A
     
  3. netsplits

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  4. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    Hi
    I've added PFS header support in v2.70. It can extract the ROM image from the PFS sections.
    I don't know how to flash the resultant image though.
    Cheers
    A
     
  5. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    New version 2.70.
    Note this requires .NET 4.7 now for the high DPI support.
    Cheers
    A
     
  6. pantagruel

    pantagruel MDL Addicted

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    Hi. Since version 2.67 the application interface has been truncated. I'm running 10x64 with .Net 4.71 installed. No such problem with 2.66.

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    Thanks for continuing to support this great application.
     
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  7. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    Hmm... That's what happened here and I thought I fixed it in 2.70 with the High DPI support.
    What resolution monitor??
    I think it may be because it was recompiled in VS2017 - but not really sure why - haven't changed UI stuff at all.
    Will look again
    Thanks
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  8. walkman8196

    walkman8196 MDL Novice

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    #4090 walkman8196, Oct 1, 2017
    Last edited: Oct 1, 2017
    Hey. I have the following bug with dimensions.
    my resolution is 1920 * 1080 w10x64
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    I conducted an experiment w7 x32 - 1280x1024 - the same thing
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    At me insyde2O bios. I have a great wish.
    Return the function when the decoded BIOS appears next to the opened one.
     

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  9. mxman2k

    mxman2k MDL Developer

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    sadly same, bottom area under log/display, no Go, Advanced etc buttons.

    My screen res: 1920 x 1080 (100% scale)
     
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  10. pantagruel

    pantagruel MDL Addicted

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    The resolution is 1920x1080.

    Sorry, the new EXE didn't make any difference.
     
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  11. netsplits

    netsplits MDL Novice

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    Hi andyp,

    Thanks for the bugfix. Great tool!

    BIOS open perfectly now, but resize didn't work in my case (using DELL 2.3 on ASUS BIOS).

    I must say it wasn't easy and took sometime to do the manual resize...

    I know it's kinda offtopic, but has anyone any info on how to add a MSDM table to this kind of BIOS? (Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3).

    Thanks.
     
  12. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    Hi
    Changed the code a bit more. Here 2.70 worked 2/4 times - now it works 4/4 times.
    MSDM - isn't that the 'new module' method??
    A
     
  13. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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    Nope, MSDM is another ACPI table used for OA 3.0 activation scheme. On the other hand, New Module method is used to permanently add SLIC by spoofing OEM signature(s).
     
  14. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    I've amended the resizing code again in 2.71 - it now makes more attempts.
    It worked repeatedly here - but if it did fail just run it again.
    Cheers
    A
     
  16. andyp

    andyp SLIC Tools Author

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    Could you try 2.71.
    See the first post.
    Cheers
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  17. mxman2k

    mxman2k MDL Developer

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    nice :)

    all buttons shown and works perfectly, used a test bios that failed with index out of bounds before and created the SLIC'd bios with no errors.

    Hopefully others will have a good reports back for you too.
     
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