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

[mr-white]

Hi, Kabyl!

Please Help Modified BIOS for Asus M50Sa

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M50Sa/M50SA203AS.zip

Thanks.

[jumpyfrog]

Hi please could you mod this bios for me its for ASUS P5K-VM link to bios is
http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket...M-ASUS-0803.zip



Thanks for your help!

[mitch_de]

My MSI P965 NEO-F crashes , means logout, if i run "About this Mac.".
System Profiler runs with no problem !
And i have no major other problems. (Sure, About this Mac crash isnt really bad, but maybe some other things can get worst)

Do you know anything about that problem.
MSI (7235) has an BIOS Option : LIMIT CPUID MaxVal to 3 / OFF )
I set it to OFF (somewere i read to do that)

IORegistry Explorer shows that there are 2 CPUs with values and 2 without - may that be an BIOS Problem ?

MSI P965 NEO-F (7235) , Chipset Intel 965 , Intel CPU E2160
BIOS: 7235v1A.zip
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=do...9&type=bios

Screenshoot of IORegistryExplorer below:

[ujen]

any news for dell guys??

[alexandros7]

gigabyte p35 ds3.. is there a modded bios? thanks

[raf111]

Here is the modified AMI bios for ECS G31T-M. Unfortunally, the newer version of the bios do not work correctly and will get "unable to load driver" for "ACPI". So I have to stick with the older version of the bios. This has been tested on a quad core. But USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! I AM NOT RESPOSIBLE AGAINST ANY DAMAGE! PLEASE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR BOARD I REALLY CAN NOT HELP YOU.

Thanks
-DTsu

Thank you so much for your work! The flash went OK but unfortunately my system got very unstable and would freeze in random places during the installation. The instability, however, also appeared under Linux and Windows, so it's probably a BIOS bug, and I had to revert back to the newer BIOS.

Actually it seems ECS has released an even newer version here:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/...=44&LanID=0

Do you think it might be worth patching too?

[Hugh1981]

Hi there,

I've been having a lot of trouble finding any references to the F3L model, specifically F3L-AP016P. Is this a rare model?

Can this BIOS please be modded?

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3L/F3L206AS.zip

Thanks in advance!

[david tsu]

Thank you so much for your work! The flash went OK but unfortunately my system got very unstable and would freeze in random places during the installation. The instability, however, also appeared under Linux and Windows, so it's probably a BIOS bug, and I had to revert back to the newer BIOS.

Actually it seems ECS has released an even newer version here:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/...=44&LanID=0

Do you think it might be worth patching too?

I think the the Quad core run better with the older version. But here is the patched version of the newer bios. Hope it works better for you.
Let me know how it goes.

*DISCLAIMER*USE AT OWN RISK

Attached File(s)

 080425s_mod.zip ( 384.77K ) Number of downloads: 20

 

[david tsu]

Hi there,

I've been having a lot of trouble finding any references to the F3L model, specifically F3L-AP016P. Is this a rare model?

Can this BIOS please be modded?

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3L/F3L206AS.zip

Thanks in advance!

It is an AMIBIOS, but since I don't have that much time to debug the problem with DSDT compiliation errors, you might have to do some research yourself. I spend about total of 30 minutes on yours so far with no luck. If you intend to debug it yourself, you need the iasl.exe from Intel and do a iasl.exe -d dsdt.dsl and you will see what I mean. I am not an expert on DSDT compilation errors either, so I guess google might be our best friend.

I have attached your compiled dsdt. If you have figured out how to compile the dsdt without errors, attach the files here and I will make a rom for you.

Attached File(s)

 dsdt.rar ( 13.14K ) Number of downloads: 8

 

[raf111]

I think the the Quad core run better with the older version. But here is the patched version of the newer bios. Hope it works better for you.
Let me know how it goes.

*DISCLAIMER*USE AT OWN RISK

Didn't go too well. MacOS gets a kernel panic, Vista automatically reboots and Linux somehow boots, but without ACPI. These are some dmesg messages, if you can figure out something useful from them:

CODE

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cffa0000 - 00000000cffae000 (ACPI data)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cffae000 - 00000000cfff0000 (ACPI NVS)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP signature @ 0xFFFF8100000F9C10 checksum 0
[ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F9C10, 0014 (r0 ACPIAM)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDT CFFA0000, 003C (r1 042508 RSDT1012 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP CFFA0200, 0084 (r1 042508 FACP1012 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT CFFA0440, 5ACD (r1 1AAAA 1AAAA000 0 INTL 20050930)
[ 0.000000] ACPI Error (tbutils-0294): Invalid signature 0x0 for ACPI table [FACS] [20070126]
[ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC CFFA0390, 006C (r1 042508 APIC1012 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG CFFA0400, 003C (r1 042508 OEMMCFG 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: OEMB CFFAE040, 0071 (r1 042508 OEMB1012 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET CFFA5F40, 0038 (r1 042508 OEMHPET 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: GSCI CFFAE0C0, 2024 (r1 042508 GMCHSCI 20080425 MSFT 97)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
[ 0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0xffffffff base: 0xfed00000
[ 0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[ 10.834783] ACPI: Core revision 20070126
[ 10.834818] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[ 11.247548] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[ 11.248375] ACPI Exception (evevent-0169): AE_NO_MEMORY, Unable to initialize Global Lock handler [20070126]
[ 11.248378] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter
[ 14.816033] ACPI Error (hwregs-0778): Unsupported address space: 80 [20070126]
[ 14.816046] ACPI Error (hwregs-0778): Unsupported address space: 80 [20070126]
[ 14.816094] pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
[ 14.816682] PCI quirk: region 0800-087f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO

[THe KiNG]

Well finally I manage to get BIOS.ROM from that damn .exe QBios file!
Was a PITA!
For those who have the same phoenix .exe installer i will write a short guide to save their time and pain...
1. To extract .exe file use Universal Extractor
2. To extract .cab file use ZipScan Evaluation, select overwrite all files on destination folder, the result will be a BIOS folder and a lot of nonimportant files, go to Bios folder (save Bios folder in a safe place) you will see a file named PQVF.VFD, that file is a virtual floppy image and contain the BIOS.ROM
3. Download Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD) for Windows, install it, then create a virtual floppy using maximum size 2.8 MB(same as VFD file) assing a letter for it and mount that PQVF.VFD file. Bang! Now you can see that BIOS.ROM in mounted image/floppy drive ex. A:
4. Copy that BIOS.ROM file in a safe place and you can start playng with Phoenix BIOS Editor 2.2.0.1 for Windows 98/NT/2K/XP/VISTA(latest one i can find ) @ your own risk of course, or make a request.
5. After you finish edit it (or someone for u) add/replace it back in that mounted floppy and eject/close that PQVF.VFD file, copy/replace it in Bios folder and launch/pray executable file, in my case BenQ.exe, your computer will restart and start flashing your moded bios.
I hope this miniguide will be useful b/c at least for me was a PITA to get that bios file, i have to install a lot of archive manager, hex editors, cab extractors, instalshield...etc. to figure out what to use...

For fun here is a screen shot of expensive app(~6000$) of Phoenix BIOS Editor to see what you can do:



The reason for editing bios is b/c i can't boot from any usb device...so i try to figure out what can be done in bios to enable this feature and other...
All I need now is master Kabyl to teach me what to do next and why in pheonix editor ACPI editor is greyed out...

So here is my proper request:
Laptop Model: BenQ JoyBook R55v
Bios ROM file: In attachement
Know issue: can't boot from any usb device, wrong fsb detection on os x(works/detected on boot with chameleon but still reported bad on system profiler, works with Superhai smbios) and if I can unhide some bios features will be great, also some powermanagement...

Thanks,

XyZ

Attached File(s)

 joybook_r55v_bios_v4a06.rar ( 517.36K ) Number of downloads: 5

 

[Flaviopiu]

I´m trying to connect to your site...
The site is showing " Error establishing a database connection "

Can you point me the link for ASUS G2S Bios ?
The original one is http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G2S/G2S300AS.zip

Thank you very much

I have found one working link
G2S moded Bios ver. 300
http://rapidshare.com/files/103965528/G2S300AS_mod.zip.html

thnx...

[roboguy]

If you could modify this bios please.
much appreciated.


link

rapidshare link

Cheers Roboguy

edit* issue is that cant boot vanilla without cpus=1 infinite reboots

[mitch_de]

A bit of topic but has to do with wrong CPU detection in OS X
Maybe its easier to mod the kernel for fixing that wrong BIOS informations ?

My MSI P965 NEO-F do NOT need CPU=1 for booting (vanilla, modded kernel). OK

But ABout this Mac crashes, were System Profiler and all other things run.

Maybe others have also informations for perhaps kernel professionals to get wrong BIOS fixed in the kernel (sure then its not vanilla).

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=108078

[Hacktrix2006]

hi Kabyl! please can you do my the 303 bios for the F3E as i have a pyrn core cpu on its way and i need the 303 bios to run it. Pretty please!!!!! Also if you tell me how you do it i can help out!

Link is http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3E/F3E303AS.zip.

The 301 bios worked lovely so i trust you.

[vladlen]

Hi, Kabyl!

Please Help Modified BIOS for Asus U1E
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/U1E/U1E204AS.zip


Thanks.

[Ruben.ru]

Kabyl, please help me with Samsung R20 laptop bios.

Bios can be downloaded here

CPU: Intel T2130 (@1.86 Ghz)
Chipset: ATI RS600ME + SB600
Graphics Controller ATI RS600ME Chipset Integrated Graphic Processor (IGP) (ATI® Radeon Xpress 1250)

Thanks

[EvolutionR]

Is my Gigabyte P965 DS3 motherboard REV 1 can detect all the 4 cores?
Any help on the hack bios?

I'm using Kalyway 10.5.2 clone PC

[motorhead6776]

i dono how the dell laptop issue is coming but i have a latitude d820, w/ c2d T7200 and nvidia quadro nvs120m.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/glo...amp;file=244622

thats the bios file and the problem im having is that it shows 0 processors w/ 1 core.

[acdcacdc]

Hi, Kabyl!

Please Help Modified BIOS for Supermicro X7DA8
CPU;Xeon E5320 *2
Graphics ; Nvdia 7300GT
Bios can be downloaded http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/bios_zip/7DA83208.zip
Thanks!