Modified BIOS to get all cores working, For ASUS/MSI (and some other) laptops.. Options

[Sarmas]

do i need a biosmod for mine to work?

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0#entry994846

[Stray Cat]

Kabyl, could you modify BIOS for Asus R1E



http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/R1E/R1E304AS.zip



Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 2.4 GHz

Chipset Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset 

Main Memory 2GB DDR2 667Mhz

Display Video Graphics & Memory Embedded Intel® GM965 ( DX10) 

[acidd23]

Kabyl, could you modify BIOS for Asus R1E
http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/R1E/R1E304AS.zip
Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 2.4 GHz

Chipset Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset 

Main Memory 2GB DDR2 667Mhz

Display Video Graphics & Memory Embedded Intel® GM965 ( DX10) 

Does anyone know if any requests are being fulfilled??

[thigos]

hey Kabyl, can you help me please?
I have a MSI notebook, VR420 with GL960+ICH8+GMA X3100, it only boot up with the cpus=1 flag, and in monitor show one core...
here the bios file http://download1.msi.com.tw/files/download...xe/1422_102.zip
thanks...

[PsyHoschi]

Hello Kabyl,

first of all, you make a great work!!! thank you and good energies for it.

I have a new Laptop Asus M50VM with the Specs:

CPU: Intel Core™2 Duo T9400 2x 2,53 GHz

Chipset: ASUS PM45 Mobile Controller Hub

Mainboard: M50VM

ASUS ICH 9M LPC Interface Controller

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 1280 MB TurboCache (512MB Video RAM + up tol 768 MB TurboCache)


There are 2 posible Versions of the Bios:

http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M50/M50V207AS.zip

http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M50V/M50V209AS.zip


Issues:

I installed iDeneb perfectly in different variations.

After reboot, the system hangs at: MAC Framework succesfully initialized
using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers

ACPI Fix is not working.

It would be great if you could make modded Bios for all the people who have the same Laptop.

Thank you very much for you help

[j o e l]

hey, can you tell us how do you modify the bios so that i can do it on my own?

[Jogib]

Could i get a modifiet bios for my Asrock 4Core1333-FullHD motherboard please?

Link to bios flash file:
Global - http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/4Core1...ullHD(1.70).zip
Europe - ftp://europe.asrock.com/bios/775/4Core1333-FullHD(1.70).zip

[inertia_djs]

hi everyone,

been following david tsu's method for bios modding my asrock p45r2000 (link: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Mode...2000&s=775)

it has Intel P45 + ICH10R Chipsets. Installs kalyway 10.5.2 no problem but first boot after that hangs at the "using... buffer... 4096" stage so trying to mod the revision 1.80 of the bios. I've got as far as these steps:

4. We are now going to extract the DSDT from the ROM. Click on "Extract" tab. Then on the list box on the bottom half of the MMTOOL, select "1B" named "Single Link Arch BIOS".
5. Make sure "In uncompressed form" is selected. Enter a filename in the "Module File" textbox and then click on the "Extract" button (For example "SingleLink.dat")

6. Using WinHex and open up the file you extract ("SingleLink.dat"). We are going to look for the case sensitive string "DSDT". There should be two instance of this in the file. We are only interested in the second instance. So search for "DSDT" twice.

7. Right click on "D" of the "DSDT" and choose "Beginning of block".

8. From this position, search for the hex string 57 41 4B 68 2E (WAKh.)

9. Right click "h" of the "WAKh" and choose "End of block".

I have extracted the single link arch bios (module 1b) and searched in winhex for dsdt but it only finds one instance (line 49616) and no cases of WAKh (or even WAK) in this module. It is 397 thousand lines long.

I have also extracted the ACPI aml (module 10) and searched that which starts immediately with "DSDT" (line 0) and ends with two cases of "WAKh" on lines 22896 and 22912. Could not find any cases of "WAKh." though. The module is 22912 lines long.


Really not sure where to go next (obviously want to get this right first time!)

If anyone can help me out with this one that would be awesome.

Here are the links for my Single Link Arch BIOS module (sarch1b) and ACPI AML module (acpi10) respectively:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1sb2jtwcitz - Single Arch

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bnjzzcu1kp9 - ACPI

Extracted using MMTools 3.19.

my setup: Asrock P45R2000, Intel E1200 dual, 2gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 one stick, XFX 7900gt, 300gb Maxtor SATA, Kalyway 10.5.2, IDE LG Dvd Drive


P.S. On a side note would changing my DVD drive to an SATA one be a necessary for Kalyway?

Cheers!

[tea_love]

I need a bios mod of ASUS P5Q-VN

main: ASUS P5Q-VM
chip : intel e8500

thanks

[DuBmastah]

KAbyl !!

you KICK ASS !!!!



you saved me hours struggling whith my asus A7SN whith that modded A7 bios.

now i'm into leopard 1.5.5

GREAT JOB and THX SO MUCH !!!!

[HydrasunGQ]

Kabyl,
I know you've already modified a older BIOS for the P5Q Deluxe motherboard but can you modify this latest version?

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket...DELUXE-1406.zip

Thanks a million

[acidd23]

hi everyone,

been following david tsu's method for bios modding my asrock p45r2000 (link: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Mode...2000&s=775)

it has Intel P45 + ICH10R Chipsets. Installs kalyway 10.5.2 no problem but first boot after that hangs at the "using... buffer... 4096" stage so trying to mod the revision 1.80 of the bios. I've got as far as these steps:
I have extracted the single link arch bios (module 1b) and searched in winhex for dsdt but it only finds one instance (line 49616) and no cases of WAKh (or even WAK) in this module. It is 397 thousand lines long.

I have also extracted the ACPI aml (module 10) and searched that which starts immediately with "DSDT" (line 0) and ends with two cases of "WAKh" on lines 22896 and 22912. Could not find any cases of "WAKh." though. The module is 22912 lines long.
Really not sure where to go next (obviously want to get this right first time!)

If anyone can help me out with this one that would be awesome.

Here are the links for my Single Link Arch BIOS module (sarch1b) and ACPI AML module (acpi10) respectively:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1sb2jtwcitz - Single Arch

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bnjzzcu1kp9 - ACPI

Extracted using MMTools 3.19.

my setup: Asrock P45R2000, Intel E1200 dual, 2gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 one stick, XFX 7900gt, 300gb Maxtor SATA, Kalyway 10.5.2, IDE LG Dvd Drive
P.S. On a side note would changing my DVD drive to an SATA one be a necessary for Kalyway?

Cheers!

Where did you find these instructions? I was able to find everything in the instructions, and clicked Begin Block and End Block. Not sure what to do after this.

[inertia_djs]

Where did you find these instructions? I was able to find everything in the instructions, and clicked Begin Block and End Block. Not sure what to do after this.

@ acidd23 The instructions are from david tsu's, on page 25 of this thread, post number 487.

were you following the instructions through on the modules i uploaded?

i have a feeling my bios has the dsdt table in the acpi module rather than the single arch as with david tsu's walkthrough

[clairebear]

Hey Kabyl can I get one for my Abit AB9 pro here is the link to the bios file:

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk/download/do...KET_TYPE=LGA775

I too would also like the abit ab9 if possible >_>

[igyo]

Kabyl, mayby you can enable or add option enable/disable XD - eXecute Disable in Phoenix FirstBIOS (Compal IFL90), this option is hidden or not exist in bios option for change. I can't use vanilla kernel on notebook :-( . Link to spec. http://www.compal.com/Product/Html/notebook/IFL90.htm and bios http://www.compal.com/asp/driver_dnd/index.htm http://www.compal.com/Download/NB/IFL90_91/BIOS/JFL92118.zip.

I understand. I need to change the following settings in the BIOS:
Execute Disable Function - ENABLE
ACPI 2 Support - Yes
and Speed step - Disable

Help me. Pleeeeeease!!!

[acidd23]

@ acidd23 The instructions are from david tsu's, on page 25 of this thread, post number 487.

were you following the instructions through on the modules i uploaded?

i have a feeling my bios has the dsdt table in the acpi module rather than the single arch as with david tsu's walkthrough

thanks. i got through the instructions and everything worked according to the instructions... except i couldn't boot... i killed my bios... i'm trying to recover now....

[tea_love]

Hi Kabyl!
Could i get a modifiet bios for my ASUS P5Q-VM motherboard please?

Link BIOS file (2008/12/10 update )

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket...M-ASUS-1602.zip

Thank you so much!
======================
Motherboard Name Asus P5Q-VM
Chip Intel E8500
VGA and Sound onboard
HDD and DVD-RW (SATA)

[inertia_djs]

just tried my own mod following david tsu's walkthrough and flashed and it seems to be working well, booted straight into osx by accident afterwards because i had installed it previously (when it would previously hang at the 4096..buffers.. point) but forgot that the flash cleared bios settings so usb legacy was disabled, sitting there smashing the keyboard to no avail. was quite suprised to see it boot straight in though. going to reinstall anyway just to be sure.

i think one of the main issues with doing your own mod is ensuring the modified module is exactly the same length as the original, i found it easier to compare the original and modified side by side in decimal rather than hex, changed by clicking on the address line column in Winhex. my original module length was 22924 and following the walkthrough precisely gave me a modified module which was 22923, one short. Easy to correct but if un-noticed i imagine would have caused a fair nuisance.

also the location of the dsdt table varies between motherboards, the walkthrough says search the Single Link Arch bios module but mine was in the ACPI AML module, which began with DSDT (only 1 occurrence) and i used the very last character of the last line as the end point (happened to be ....WhPHPWh) although there were 2 cases of WAKh in the last few lines.

if anyone needs a modded bios for an ASRock P45R2000 feel free to PM me. dual gigabit worked OOTB with iAtkos 10.5.5 but sound will need a little more persuasion.

immense thanks goes to everyone in the community, this forum contains a colossal amount of information and although it's not exactly a thrilling read, it's most definitely worth it

[Marcus4Aspern]

Hi Kabyl,

could you please modify the following BIOS:

http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket...DELUXE-1406.zip

My specs:

Motherboard: P5q Deluxe
Chip: Intel Core 2 Duo 8500
Grafic Card: NVidia 8600 GTS
4 GIG Ram (DDR 2 800)

My problem:

MAC OS X (IDeneb 1.3) stops after some seconds while booting after message that xy buffers are used.

Thanks in advance
Marcus4Aspern

[acidd23]

just tried my own mod following david tsu's walkthrough and flashed and it seems to be working well, booted straight into osx by accident afterwards because i had installed it previously (when it would previously hang at the 4096..buffers.. point) but forgot that the flash cleared bios settings so usb legacy was disabled, sitting there smashing the keyboard to no avail. was quite suprised to see it boot straight in though. going to reinstall anyway just to be sure.

I followed the instructions, and everything went as he described. He said the compiled code would be smaller, and to zero out the block before pasting it. The length of my block was nearly what his was, and i didn't expect it to be exactly the same, but along the same lines... The SingleLink module added back into the bios w/o problem (not sure if it is checked) and the DTST code started in the same place. The BIOS was the same size when flashed.

I think i may just get a MB that is compatible