Trying to mod my bios but "unable to shrink module 1B"

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by BeemerBiker, Dec 29, 2012.

  1. BeemerBiker

    BeemerBiker MDL Novice

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    #1 BeemerBiker, Dec 29, 2012
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    The bios is for my K8N-DRE that used to runs old ubuntu. I had 3 of them all running boinc on ubuntu 24x7. I wish to use win7x64 pro as I have problem configureing boinc tools on latest ubuntu with nvidia boards and they are not running now.


    picture of 1 of my boards hxxp://no_short_urls_allowed/cm7lsmj with GTS-250 co-processor (scroll down near end of thread)


    location of bios after I got it from asus server hxxp://stateson.net/images/I8019A00.500


    I have been using AMI tools 1.63 after trying others that failed to load that I8019A00.500 image


    Problem#1 = "Unable to extract 1b". After reading thru this site I found the suggestion to
    Untick 'Replace 1B module' and tick 'Always Shrink 1B' This didnt work nor did the "use extra space" nor the "dont change ACPI".
    hxxp://stateson.net/images/failed1b.png

    Problem#2 = It seems my 1B module is too big.


    Error Image from running that 1.63 app is here
    hxxp://stateson.net/images/shrink1b.png


    I am not using any of the SCSI or RAID stuff so about 1/2 of the bios is probably not needed.


    I donate my computers (and electricity) to help solve various distributed programming problems using BOINC and it would be nice to get these up on win7x64. I dont mind trying stuff on these systems as I have 3 identical and have hot-swapped bios before when I screwed up.


    Any help appreciated, and ... THANKS FOR LOOKING!
     
  2. LatinMcG

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  3. Tito

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  4. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    hmm 1.63 work for me too in win7 x86 .. so tito must be right .. or its windows 8 and u need to unblock all the .exe's
     
  5. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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    Well, I have this problem before with AMI Tool v1.61 & v1.62. At last found that the culprit is MSE's real time protection. Its scanning routine interferes in MMTool's automation.

    :Lighten: