Wow, this app is very mind boggling. I may be in way over my head here, I did however found the code that you showed me in previous post. I was wanting to modify a piece of ASM code with another one, but realized that IDA Pro Advance does not overwrite the original file or create another one like it and can only make its own formatted file. I am wondering if I am going to need a compiler of some sort to create a modded file? Thanks again .
Sorry, I forgot to mention I did set the memory settings. I tried again for good measure and got the same "Not Phoenix/Dell/Insyde/EFI BIOS" error. Is this because the compression isn't supported yet? If it'd be possible to open the HDR directly putting it back into the EXE or Linux update would be a snap. Anyhow, thank you (from everyone here I'm sure) for an excellent utility and taking the time to answer all the questions! Update: I've been playing with the compression tool and the HDR file. After decompressing it using the old method (do) I opened up the file in WinHex. I found a number of strings referencing the 2800 (which I also have and was going to try to mod next) and 2850. I remebered the posts from TophrHwk and thought I'd try playing with the 2850 BIOS. I first noticed that the latest BIOS for the 1800, 2800, and 2850 is A07. I extracted the 2850 HDR file and did a binary compare with the 1800. They were identical. I tried using the 2850 exe with v1.23 (after setting the memory properties) and could not reproduce TophrHwk's results. I received the "Not Phoenix/Dell/Insyde/EFI BIOS" error. I haven't tried comparing the 2800 BIOS to the others, but I'm willing to bet it will also be the same.
Thanks for new version. In version 1.24 error 'RSDT header not found' appears when we try to attempt SSV2 modification on Dell D430 A09 bios (problem not observed in version 1.20). rasa
It will. SSV2 needs to modify the RSDT table, and I can't find it either. It may be completely generated in code; am looking. D430 has existing SLIC so dynamic should be fine, I wouldn't do SSV2 here. ANdy
andyp, Just an update. I tried 1.24 with the DOS exe for the Dell PowerEdge 1850. Now I get "Error 9 - Index was outside the bounds of the array" before the "Not Phoenix/Dell/Insyde/EFI BIOS". I have 5 of these 1850's so I'd be more than happy to do any necessary testing.