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

[GLXOZ]

Hi Kabyl, could you help me with editing bios, battling here, because the site is accessible only BIOS manufacturers through online updates. Here is my configuration:
C2D E6320
GMA950 (Integrated)
MSI 945GCM5 V2

or with XFX GF7300GT to.

Thank you for your work!

Attached File(s)

 A7267IMS.zip ( 387.6K ) Number of downloads: 7

 

[lzhengzh]

I have a new notepad,it's asus z99sc. could you please modify it?
here is the link:http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/A8E/A8SEAS205.zip

[jpabferreira]

Hello Kabyl, first of all let me thank you in advance for your work. This can lead me to almost 100% Leopard functionality on my laptop, which means having both cores working and passing through the famous "using ... buffer headers and ... cluster IO buffer headers" error.

I was wondering if you could patch the latest bios update for my machine Download Here

My Specs are:
Chipset - GM965 ICH8-ME
Processor - Intel Mobile Dual-Core T2310)
Graphics - Intel GMA X3100

I'd also like to know about the chances of failure after flashing my machine with your patched bios. Is it too risky?

I can't really wait to hear from you. Thanks a lot!

[Duvel300]

Hi Kabyl,

Thanks for you great work, it's really appriciated! I have a different question though and I might be completly off track.
I have Gigabyte P35-DS3R board, for some reason I think the HPET is not properly exposed through the DSDT. What you are doing with updating the processor aliases would be it possible to update the DSDT table to properly expose the HPET?
This would take care of a lot of issue's people are having (AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement etc).
Sorry if this a bit off topic, I don't mean to hi-jack this thread.

Thanks!

[nelit]

Hi. Is there any hope for MSI G31M2 V2?

BIOS at:
http://downloadx.msi.com.tw/files/download...exe/7383v52.zip

Thanks

[Kabyl]

Hi Kabyl,

Thanks for you great work, it's really appriciated! I have a different question though and I might be completly off track.
I have Gigabyte P35-DS3R board, for some reason I think the HPET is not properly exposed through the DSDT. What you are doing with updating the processor aliases would be it possible to update the DSDT table to properly expose the HPET?
This would take care of a lot of issue's people are having (AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement etc).
Sorry if this a bit off topic, I don't mean to hi-jack this thread.

Thanks!

Yes, it can be done in the DSDT, but it will not make the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext work, some boards already have the HPET populated in the DeviceTree, and still panic when the kext is not removed.

[zhta1972]

Hi Kabyl , thank you for all this ...

I have ASROCK Conroe 1333 R 1

The links for the bios download is :
http://www.asrock.com/mb/from.asp?Model=Co...T=B&ID=1460 , for DOS version
and
http://www.asrock.com/mb/from.asp?Model=Co...T=B&ID=1461 for the Windows one .

I think you need the dos one , but i posted the other too ...
I have a 8200 processor but i cant use it , i would love it , if you can help ....

Thank you again ,
Dimitris .

[StoneCut]

Hi Kabyl,

you do great work, congratulations ! I realize you have already done F3Jc BIOS' in the past but my BIOS is already modified. It contains a modified SLIC table which I don't want to lose. Would you be willing to modify a premodified BIOS, too ?

It can be downloaded here:
http://www.box.net/shared/ae4n6chjuq

Many thanks for your consideration !

[GLXOZ]

Kabyl, please forgive me for my impatience, but i steel waiting for your reply about modifying my BIOS.

[DarkNeZz]

try a different kernel (respectively different kernel/ ACPI-kexts combination). Also sometimes simply a different version of AppleSMBIOS.kext will do the job ..

Thanks, but I've tried nearly every combination.
Maybe somebody has a hint what combination I should try next?

Greets Dark

[GreenGoblin]

Hi Kabyl
I have the same problem of zhta1972 =( new cpus dont work =(
My pc is in the signature (asrock ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0)
The problem is: when use bios < 1,30 or = 1,50 osx works great but when i install the other bios dont work, the installation doesnt start and the system reboot.

The last released bios 2.10
DOS: http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/ConRoe...R2.0)(2.10).zip
Windows: http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/ConRoe...0)(2.10)Win.zip

Thanks =D

[allene]

Could you please do it for A8Jr laptop:

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/A8J/A8J211AS.zip

Thanks in advance.

[tiennemannes]

Kabyl,

thanks so much for your efforts!!!

I successfully got 10.5.2.1 installed on my tablet-pc, HP TC4400. This baby is (hardware) technically very similar to the HP nc4400. Disabling one core in the BIOS did the trick, but lamed the performance somewhat. You can understand my enthusiasm when i came across your work on BIOS moddding to get around this problem.

It's HP so maybe their BIOS setup maybe a bit more proprietary than some the rest, but i keep my fingers crossed you succeed in cracking this baby too!

Don't rush into this one, i can wait until you find the time to look into it...

Hardware specs link: http://www.mcnix.de/files/lspci_HP.txt
BIOS link: ftp://ftp.itc.nl/pub/venus/Rom.zip

Btw, i've tried some tools from BIOSmods.com without success so far (http://www.biosmods.com/download.php). Maybe the BIOS file is encrypted....

CHeers, Tyn

[QMax]

Hello Kabyl,

new BIOS 304 update for Asus F9S, see the attached original BIOS.

Any news about your kext ?
It will simplify your job ;-)

Many thanks,

Max

Attached File(s)

 F9S304AS.zip ( 491.29K ) Number of downloads: 8

 

[tiennemannes]

Kabyl,

thanks so much for your efforts!!!

I successfully got 10.5.2.1 installed on my tablet-pc, HP TC4400. This baby is (hardware) technically very similar to the HP nc4400. Disabling one core in the BIOS did the trick, but lamed the performance somewhat. You can understand my enthusiasm when i came across your work on BIOS moddding to get around this problem.

It's HP so maybe their BIOS setup maybe a bit more proprietary than some the rest, but i keep my fingers crossed you succeed in cracking this baby too!

Don't rush into this one, i can wait until you find the time to look into it...

Hardware specs link: http://www.mcnix.de/files/lspci_HP.txt
BIOS link: ftp://ftp.itc.nl/pub/venus/Rom.zip

Btw, i've tried some tools from BIOSmods.com without success so far (http://www.biosmods.com/download.php). Maybe the BIOS file is encrypted....

CHeers, Tyn

UPDATE:

I just found this section in the BIOS ROM (using Cygnus Hexeditor) which might be useful:

00065C20 00 1F 00 1F 00 1F 00 1F-00 FE 4B 00 53 53 44 54 ..........K.SSDT
00065C30 4D 04 00 BF 00 01 A6 48-50 20 10 00 43 FF 70 75 M......HP ..C.pu
00065C40 30 49 73 74 00 00 FF 30-00 00 49 4E 54 4C 17 FF 0Ist...0..INTL..
00065C50 03 06 20 10 48 42 5C 2E-FF 5F 50 52 5F 43 50 55 .. .HB\.._PR_CPU
00065C60 30 FF 14 0B 5F 50 50 43-00 A4 FE 50 00 5F 14 47 0..._PPC...P._.G
00065C70 07 5F 50 43 FF 54 00 A0-41 04 90 7B 43 FF 46 47 ._PC.T..A..{C.FG
00065C80 44 0A 01 00 7B 50 F7 44-43 30 80 00 A4 12 2C 02 D...{P.DC0....,.
00065C90 FF 11 14 0A 11 82 0C 00-7F C6 78 07 79 00 5F 01 ..........x.y._.
00065CA0 50 01 E8 02 01 10 F7 00-00 B2 ED 02 01 08 00 00 P...............
00065CB0 FD B3 36 04 14 1A 5F 50-53 53 D7 00 A0 0E D6 06 ..6..._PSS......

And the DSDT section:

0005D5B0 2F 00 2F 00 00 A5 00 01-00 14 01 5A 06 01 00 C9 /./........Z....
0005D5C0 8D 00 00 00 50 06 00 44-53 44 54 FF 44 53 44 54 ....P..DSDT.DSDT
0005D5D0 30 01 01 00 DF 01 46 48-50 20 10 00 6E 63 DF 36 0.....FHP ..nc.6
0005D5E0 34 32 30 00 10 00 01 00-DF 4D 53 46 54 0E 90 00 420......MSFT...
0005D5F0 08 43 FF 30 30 30 0A 00-5B 83 42 FF 0A 5C 2E 5F .C.000..[.B..\._
0005D600 50 52 5F 43 FF 50 55 30-01 10 10 00 00 FD 06 B1 PR_C.PU0........
0005D610 01 31 0A 00 14 48 04 FF-43 53 54 48 00 A0 25 93 .1...H..CSTH..%.

I hope this helps....

[Nisi]

How about one for my two Dell laptops D520 & D820. Here are the BIOS files. Thanks!!!


http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/D520_A06.EXE
http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/D820_A07.EXE

[josftx]

How about one for my two Dell laptops D520 & D820. Here are the BIOS files. Thanks!!!


http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/D520_A06.EXE
http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/D820_A07.EXE

for dell laptops kbyl??? any solution?

[TheGreatDeceiver]

for dell laptops kbyl??? any solution?

folks, remember he said "still trying". Dells are different. I am positive that he will be out with the news that he mastered the Dell bios as soon as he gets it. just need to be patient and do not put your hopes up too high. crossing fingers myself.

[mandingo]

Kabyl ,could you please fix an ACER aspire M5620?

ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/desktop/aspi...R01-A0(721).zip
There are two versions of bios (sized 1M and 2M inside zip),I managed to backup mine ,and is 1M.

[SkyRider]

Hi Kabyl,

could you please check this BIOS http://downloadx.msi.com.tw/files/download...xe/1719_319.zip ?

It's for MSI GX700 laptop

Intel® Core® 2 Duo Processor
Intel® PM965 Express Chipset
NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, 512MB VRAM

Thanks a lot.