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

[TONETIME]

Hi how are you , i was just wondering if you could mod a bios for me, i have an acer travelmate 6592g. if possible i would like you to take a look adn see if its possible to mod the bios as follows- but please rad below and let me know.

hi i have an acer 6592g, i flashed the bios to the latest, becuase of fan and heat issues, but after the update , the keyboard and mouse aren't working properly, i downgraded to the original bios, but problem is the same.

i have been poking around the bios files, and i have noticed that after a certain version number- the bios has support to flash SST25VF080B, now i also noticed in later bios releases there is an update called KBBIOS and its updated to version ver .50. and also the EC bios with the same version number.

Now i suspect that the information i want to flash, so that the keyboard and trackpad return to their original state, is contained in that part SST25VF080B, which earlier version of the bios dont support for flashing, and later verision have the KBBIOS update already on it.

here is a section for the log for bios version 1.52- version after 1.32 have the ability to flash SST25VF080B.


Device name : W25X80 (001300EF)
Version label: ALPHA
Block info : 16X64K
Looking for Text descriptor...
Device name : MX25l800 (001300C2)
Version label: ALPHA
Block info : 16X64K
Looking for Text descriptor...
Device name : SST25VF080B (008E00BF)
Version label: ALPHA
Block info : 32X32K
Looking for the platform descriptor ...
Looking for the keyboard table ...
Looking for the IBM table...
Looking for the nic descriptor ...


where as versions before 1.32 do not have support for flashing part SST25VF080B

Looking for the part table structure...
Part table contains 2 device(s)...
Looking for part descriptor...
Looking for part descriptor...
Looking for the text descriptor table structure...
Looking for Text descriptor...
Device name : W25X80 (001300EF)
Version label: ALPHA
Block info : 16X64K
Looking for Text descriptor...
Device name : MX25l800 (001300C2)
Version label: ALPHA
Block info : 16X64K
Looking for the platform descriptor ...
Looking for the keyboard table ...
Looking for the IBM table...
Looking for the nic descriptor



so i guess the easiest way is to get a bios version between 1.32 and 1.32.02- all have support for SST25VF080B (008E00BF) but critically dont have the KBBIOS. So if any one with an acer travelmat 6592g and have the bios 1.32, 1.32.01 or 1.32.02 please let me know

And the other option, is can i edit the bios version after 1.32 to remove the KBBIOS update or can i downgrade the KBBIOS. I beleive this is all part of the EC BIOS - so if its possible to downgrade the EC bios section that would be great. Now if you are able to even mod version 1.52 by changing the ECBios or KBBBIOS to a lower version, i beleive i will get the keyboard and trackpad functionality back.

http://rapidshare.com/files/134344486/v1.52.zip.html (bios v1.52)

http://rapidshare.com/files/134345765/bios.rar.html (all other bios version)

thanks



thanks in advance, i hope this all made sense.

[D@vi]

Maybe somebody can help me!!

I am new with hackintosh and I have a TOSHIBA laptop working with Leo4All v3, but with only 1 core working...
The only way to get my 2 cores working is with a modified bios???

Thanks for any help!

[trexchard]

will this work for a thinkpad t40?

[ricker59]

Please can you do this fore my ASUS F7SE bios?

specs Asus F7se / Pro71SE-7S033C, C2D-T5500, 250GB,3GB,17"
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&...amp;modelmenu=2

BIOS 307 http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F7SE/F7se307AS.zip

thanks in advance

[dillweed22]

I can see that you're inundated with requests for modded bios' but I would also like one corrected.

*HP nc8430 (see attached CPUz file for specs)
*the bios can be found here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS...Item=ob-57210-1
*same issue as everyone else... unable to boot unless the cpus=1 command is used.

Thank you so much!

Just wanted to give this another bump. Thanx for all your hard work!

[FrankOS_Scripting]

Hey Kabyl, can you give a try for me ? I had an Acer Aspire 5620Z-4636 with Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 1.6 Ghz. With Intel 960 Chipset and Intel GMA X3100 Integrated graphics. I run on one core. That's possible with your bin to flash my bios and take it back to two core and fix those shitty ACPI errors when I install it... Appreciated your answer and keep on working hehe!

[Elnorel]

Well someone modified bios for my board allready, but it still doesnt work.
Cant get past "waiting for root device".

Cause of the fact this OS distribution doesnt support my ICH10r chipset thus failing to recognize the very same DVD drive it was booted from (LMAO).

I have 2 SATA drives and 1 EIDE drive. I want to install to this IDE like I have in the past on my AMD platform.

I thought buying Intel is gonna be easier than AMD. I guess I was mistaken.

My board: P5Q PRO.

[limini]

Well someone modified bios for my board allready, but it still doesnt work.
Cant get past "waiting for root device".

Cause of the fact this OS distribution doesnt support my ICH10r chipset thus failing to recognize the very same DVD drive it was booted from (LMAO).

I have 2 SATA drives and 1 EIDE drive. I want to install to this IDE like I have in the past on my AMD platform.

I thought buying Intel is gonna be easier than AMD. I guess I was mistaken.

My board: P5Q PRO.

I believe the "waiting for root device" message has nothing to do with your BIOS: it just means that your OS X install can't find the "root device" and as you've noticed has to do with your chipset. If you have a SATA DVD try plugging it into SATA 0 or SATA 1 on your motherboard and try the install from there. If that doesn't work try using "IDE" instead of "AHCI" in the BIOS.

I'm starting to find this entire thread a bit ludicrous as many people funnel all their problems down to the BIOS. The fundamental problem with this solution is that everyone who subscribes to it are locking themselves down to the hacked BIOS and if anything of value gets revised for their motherboard they con't upgrade unless the BIOS is modified again.

It seems to me that a real solution to the problems mentioned in the original post would be better handled at a low level layer like netkas' EFI, leaving the BIOS out of the solution.

[Alucard69]

Could you mod my bios?

Motherboard: ASUS M2N32SLI Deluxe
CPU: Phenom 9500+
Shows 1 core in System Profiler, but it does show 4 cores in Activity Monitor.
It just doesn't seem to be as quick as my P4 setup I used to have with Leopard.

Anyways here is the link to my bios:
http://rapidshare.com/files/134659307/MYBIOS.BIN.html

It needs to be that bios, its actually Asus Bios 2001 for my motherboard but with some SLIC information


I appreciate any and all help with this.

[Elnorel]

Well I know it cant be the bios fault. Im only seeing people who managed to install Leo on their machines with same motherboard etc. the only difference was they were using SATA or USB DVD drive while I use EIDE.

Is there any distro out there that supports Marvell controller? So I can use my DVD. Or do I reall have to go out and buy a SATA one?
If I buy SATA DVD and I still dont manage to setup Leo I will be pissed as hell. :*/

[limini]

If I buy SATA DVD and I still dont manage to setup Leo I will be pissed as hell. :*/

Hey buddy: this is strictly an "at your own risk" enterprise. If you don't want to be "pissed as hell", then I suggest you just go out and buy a real mac. It just works.

[Elnorel]

Problem is the thing worked on my amd, now I got Intel and it doesnt. Its weird to say the least.
And yes I can pe pissed as hell all I want.
Its my own fristration and it is not directed towards developers or this comunity at all.

[jasx]

I have an evga e175 nforce 750i motherboard.. can't utilize more than 1 cpu (core 2 quad q6600), think you can hook me up with modded bios plz?

bios is attached

thanks

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[Alucard69]

Problem is the thing worked on my amd, now I got Intel and it doesnt. Its weird to say the least.
And yes I can pe pissed as hell all I want.
Its my own fristration and it is not directed towards developers or this comunity at all.

I understand what you mean. You won't be mad at the developers or community but you will be frustrated with the fact you got a DVD drive already but yours don't work and you have to get another one. I would just go down to your local retail outlet that has Sata DVD burners/drives and buy one and make sure you can return it if it doesn't work for a full refund. If it works then your problem is solved and it should work as you have said that other people have used the same motherboard same distro and it worked only difference is the DVD drive. I am sure if you get any kind of information like the exact error, when it happens so on so forth then someone in the OSX86 Installation sub forum will be able to help you and maybe there is some kinda of fix out or something you can try.

[limini]

And yes I can pe pissed as hell all I want. Its my own fristration and it is not directed towards developers or this comunity at all.

Oops! Sorry! Piss away

[Elnorel]

Bought SAMSUNG SATA S223Q. Hope this works, else I give up on Leo on my comp untill some prooven solution is found.

I would love to have Vanilla on but....

[MarcusXXI]

I've tried to install 6 different patched Leopard versions in my new Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Pi 2662 and I always get ACPI errors (and if I try to disable ACPI from BIOS the DVD doesn't boot). After trying a lot of methods of fixing the problem, I think that it's imposible to boot a DVD distro with my BIOS. Could anybody help me?

I'm very surprised because the features of the computer seem to be Leopard friendly:

Processors Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h)
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T

Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northbridge Intel P35/G33/G31 rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev. A1

Monitoring
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mainboard Model MS-7379VP (0x24D - 0x2F8ECB8)

LPCIO
-----------------------------------------------------
Vendor Winbond
Model W83627DHG

I think my Motherboard is a custom version of MSI G31M but with paralel port and Firewire (like G31M3) and without graphic card integrated (comes with an nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS). Fujitsu Siemens provides a ISO with a BIOS update (view attachment) but I don't know what should I do with that.
Any idea?

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[dillweed22]

I believe the "waiting for root device" message has nothing to do with your BIOS: it just means that your OS X install can't find the "root device" and as you've noticed has to do with your chipset. If you have a SATA DVD try plugging it into SATA 0 or SATA 1 on your motherboard and try the install from there. If that doesn't work try using "IDE" instead of "AHCI" in the BIOS.

I'm starting to find this entire thread a bit ludicrous as many people funnel all their problems down to the BIOS. The fundamental problem with this solution is that everyone who subscribes to it are locking themselves down to the hacked BIOS and if anything of value gets revised for their motherboard they con't upgrade unless the BIOS is modified again.

It seems to me that a real solution to the problems mentioned in the original post would be better handled at a low level layer like netkas' EFI, leaving the BIOS out of the solution.

I concur. I think the abundance of knowledge on the subject has caused n00b mac enthusiasts to not look on their own. I on the other hand have the OS working near-perfectly (power schemes on my lappy won't work and the wireless doesnt' have a driver) but can only get it running if I use the "cpus=1" switch at bootup. This is deffinatly a bios issue, confirmed by Pere at uphuck's site. he suggested I come here for a resolution... but the lack of activity leads me to believe that Kabyl isn't modding bios' anymore.

[Reefa]

Any chance of modding this BIOS to get both cores working Please:

Motherboard: Foxconn 945 7MD Series
Processor Name: Intel Pentium D 925
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number of cores: 2

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/down...ID=en-us0000003

Cheers

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[kteljenkins]

so is there a way to extract a bios rom from a model of computer to flash on another same model of that brand? I have read thorough here, and saw the universal extractor but that appears to only extract elements from .exe files, I wan to grab the rom info off the chip, I still haven't gotten anywhere with getting a mod rom, but someone here has a earlier working rom on their machine. Thanks for any info,
kenny