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

[slavic77]

Hello, 

could anyone please make the mod to the folowing BIOS:

http://rapidshare.com/files/140269285/P5Q-ASUS-1306.rar.html

(or attached to the message)

I've actually tried to mod it myself, but ended up with a dead MoBo (Asus P5Q). Fortunately, $10 was enough to reflash the BIOS chip ising a hardware programmer. Please pay attention that the BIOS file in the link above has already been modified (to have the famous SLIC extension for Vista OEM activation). 



BTW, is it possible to use the modified part of BIOS .ROM file (located at 1B "Single Link ArchBIOS", as described in tutorial by david tsu), extracting it with MMtool and then merging into a newer .ROM file (with a newer, i.e latest BIOS version)? The point is, I've got a BIOS modified by Kabyl (v.0703), and a newer one (v.1306) with a SLIC modification, and I really would like to have BOTH mods in one BIOS file :-)



Thanks in advance!

P.S. sorry for my bad English, as i come from Russia :-)

Attached File(s)

 P5Q_ASUS_1306_SLIC.rar ( 659.25K ) Number of downloads: 2

 

[Beniboy]

does modifing the bios effect my other OS?

heres a link to my bios..thanks to who ever find it.. =]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...product=3439671

[digiko]

Hi, my laptop is asus w7sg

the firmware version is v307

any chance of getting a mod version ?

download link
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W7E/W7ES307AS.zip

thank you very much

[mwk_soul]

Sorry if I'm being off-topic! Beniboy, did you already try if mac worked with both cores AFTER updating with that BIOS? Because, as this version is relatively new it may work. If you didn't, try it. About the other OS(es) you have in your computer there will be no problem.

[hys17]

I extracted the DSDT inf from BIOS file(P5Q-ASUS-1306.ROM).
But something went wrong when I was compiling the DSL file.There are 7 errors which I dont know exactly what's going on.
I wish someone could help me with this.1st time do this,no idea~
Here r the compiling log:

CODE

Intel ACPI Component Architecture
ASL Optimizing Compiler version 20080829 [Aug 29 2008]
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2008 Intel Corporation
Supports ACPI Specification Revision 3.0a

1.dsl  2764:                             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -      Use of compiler reserved name ^  (_T_0)

1.dsl  2846:                             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -      Use of compiler reserved name ^  (_T_0)

1.dsl  2894:                             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -      Use of compiler reserved name ^  (_T_0)

1.dsl  2960:                             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -      Use of compiler reserved name ^  (_T_0)

1.dsl  3030:                             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -      Use of compiler reserved name ^  (_T_0)

1.dsl  5775:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  5791:                 Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                        ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  5883:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  5982:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6478:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6521:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6605:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6619:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6738:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6808:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6899:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  6913:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7040:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7110:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7114:                 Name (_T_1, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                        ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_1)

1.dsl  7352:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7415:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7583:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7616:                     Name (_T_1, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                            ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_1
)

1.dsl  7657:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7713:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7883:             Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                    ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7911:                 Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                        ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl  7964:                     Name (_T_1, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                            ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_1
)

1.dsl  8289:                 Return (PRSB)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSB)

1.dsl  8332:                 Return (PRSC)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSC)

1.dsl  8375:                 Return (PRSD)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSD)

1.dsl  8418:                 Return (PRSE)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSE)

1.dsl  8461:                 Return (PRSF)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSF)

1.dsl  8504:                 Return (PRSG)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSG)

1.dsl  8547:                 Return (PRSH)
Error    4063 -    Object does not exist ^  (PRSH)

1.dsl  8590:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8604:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8619:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8634:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x0FFF)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8648:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8663:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  8678:             Acquire (MUTE, 0x03E8)
Warning  1104 -                               ^ Possible operator timeout is ign
ored

1.dsl  9613:         Method (VGET, 1, NotSerialized)
Warning  1087 -                  ^ Not all control paths return a value (VGET)

1.dsl  9658:         Method (TGET, 1, NotSerialized)
Warning  1087 -                  ^ Not all control paths return a value (TGET)

1.dsl  9711:         Method (FGET, 1, NotSerialized)
Warning  1087 -                  ^ Not all control paths return a value (FGET)

1.dsl  9742:             Store (VGET (Local0), Local1)
Warning  1092 -                     ^ Called method may not always return a valu
e

1.dsl  9784:             Store (TGET (Local0), Local1)
Warning  1092 -                     ^ Called method may not always return a valu
e

1.dsl  9817:             Store (FGET (Local0), Local1)
Warning  1092 -                     ^ Called method may not always return a valu
e

1.dsl 10052:                 Name (_T_0, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                        ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_0)

1.dsl 10120:                                         ShiftRight (BUF2, 0x04)
Warning  1105 -           Result is not used, operator has no effect ^

1.dsl 10188:                     Name (_T_1, Zero)
Remark   5110 -                            ^ Use of compiler reserved name (_T_1
)

ASL Input:  1.dsl - 10292 lines, 332637 bytes, 4820 keywords
Compilation complete. 7 Errors, 14 Warnings, 31 Remarks, 67 Optimizations

and the BIOS file:
 P5Q_ASUS_1306.zip ( 689.67K ) Number of downloads: 3


Thanks!

[slavic77]

2 HYS17:

hi! Are you trying to modify the original 1306 bios from ASUS site? The one I was referring to 3 posts above was pre-modified (to have the SLIC extension). Actually, I've had the same trouble as you do, with the compiler talking about "reserved words" etc... 

I've decompiled 1B section of 0703 bios file modified by Kabyl; seems like he simply changed expressions like _T_0 and _T_1 to look like T_0 and T_1, respectively. I did the same thing, but my modified 1306 bios lead me to a dead motherboard (reflashed it with a hardware programmer, though). Perhaps, I made some more mistakes...

As no one else seems to be wiiling to help, would you mind sharing your thoughts, if any, with me?

I myself eventually has come to an idea to replace DSDT block in the new 1306 bios with the same block, but from the 0703 bios modded by Kabyl (which presumably works). I even made a new 1306 BIOS .rom file, which has both SLIC and DSDT extensions. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare 25L8005 serial flash chip to replace my MoBo BIOS in case I fail again... And I really dont't like the perspective to travel across the whole city again to visit the guys with the hardware programmer.

If anyone (with two P5Qs on hands or with a hardware programmer) risks to test it and report results, I'm  attaching the file. But please don't blame me if anything goes wrong...

Attached File(s)

 p5q_asus_1306_slic_dsdt.rar ( 659.19K ) Number of downloads: 10

 

[apfrost]

06CN29WW is suppose to be very buggy and the issue you are experiencing is related to those bugs. 06CN30WW is the new BIOS file which solves the bug with the wireless card and several others. If someone could mod it that would be great. Thanks.

bump

[hys17]

2 HYS17:

hi! Are you trying to modify the original 1306 bios from ASUS site? The one I was referring to 3 posts above was pre-modified (to have the SLIC extension). Actually, I've had the same trouble as you do, with the compiler talking about "reserved words" etc... 

I've decompiled 1B section of 0703 bios file modified by Kabyl; seems like he simply changed expressions like _T_0 and _T_1 to look like T_0 and T_1, respectively. I did the same thing, but my modified 1306 bios lead me to a dead motherboard (reflashed it with a hardware programmer, though). Perhaps, I made some more mistakes...

As no one else seems to be wiiling to help, would you mind sharing your thoughts, if any, with me?

I myself eventually has come to an idea to replace DSDT block in the new 1306 bios with the same block, but from the 0703 bios modded by Kabyl (which presumably works). I even made a new 1306 BIOS .rom file, which has both SLIC and DSDT extensions. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare 25L8005 serial flash chip to replace my MoBo BIOS in case I fail again... And I really dont't like the perspective to travel across the whole city again to visit the guys with the hardware programmer.

If anyone (with two P5Qs on hands or with a hardware programmer) risks to test it and report results, I'm  attaching the file. But please don't blame me if anything goes wrong...

Thanks so much and i'm so glad someone has checked my problem.
I'v tried the old 0703 BIOS file.Unfortunately,it caused my PC crashed several times when I was running on Vista 64-bit even though it was doing fine under Leopard 10.5.4.
That's y I wanna compile the newest 1306 by myself since nobody really care about this.
Yet I am a new 1 in this area and don't have any coding experiences.I just follow the steps that posted in here.So I really don't have any thoughts to share with u.So sorry
But if u r willing to test something I'd love to assist except the BIOS thing because I don't know anybody that could do the hardware programming thing in this town.
Mayb we could talk on MSN.I will send u mine.

[Jimmy Urine]

hey there can i please ask you to modify my bios file?
http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/U6Ep/U6SgEp304AS.zip - this is the direct link to it.

the general spec is as followed:
Intel T8300 - 2.4GHz
Mobile Intel® PM965 Express Chipset +ICH8M
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M G

can this be done?

[maslokm]

Hello, You can try to fix your bios yourself by editing DSDT table. You need to get your current DSDT table. It could be accomplished by booting Ubuntu livecd and installing 'iasl' package using Synaptic. This is needed to disassemble the DSDT table.

Needed steps:
sudo cat /proc/acpi/dsdt > DSDT.dat (extract the current ACPI DSDT)
iasl -d DSDT.dat (disassemble to create DSDT.dsl)

Next you can edit the DSDT.dsl file like author explained it in first post.
Last step is recompilation of DSDT.dsl using command:
iasl DSDT.dsl

[onibakushinka]

can someone please modify this bios to try and fix the hang up error "using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers"

my system specs are as follows

ECS EliteGroup 945GCT-M/1333 (V3.0) mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
2GB Corsair XMS 2 DHX RAM
Sapphire HD3650 PCI-E video card
500GB Sata HDD


here is a direct link to the unmodified bios
http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Downloads...d=2&LanID=9



this is an older version of the bios that will boot OS x but will not recognize the Processor properly
http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Downloads...d=2&LanID=9



thankyou

[hys17]

I checked the steps I have done and do the modification again.It seems about right now.
And here is the completed modified BIOS file.
But I'm afraid to test since it was my 1st time to do this and I don't know anyone who could fix this if I did it wrong.
So if there r anyone willing to try this,welcome to try and I am really appreciated.If it goes black,I will b very sorry.But there's nothing I can do.U just have to find someone who could do the hardware programming.

BTW,this is for Asus P5Q only.Based on the 1306 version.

 p5q_asus_1306_Mod.zip ( 689.7K ) Number of downloads: 13

[horseshit]

Kabyl, can you help fix this BIOS?

Shuttle K45

BIOS Image: http://image.shuttle.com/ResourceCenter/do...p?file_id=11276

Specs: Intel 945GC + ICH7, Marvell 88E8056, Realtek ALC662
I cannot boot OSX vanilla with multi-core enabled on E8500. (Side request would be to make CMOS clear default to multi-core disabled)
Also kernel panic when trying to boot X3210 with multicore disabled

[brainbone]

NOTE: About Dell laptops, I'm still trying to find the cause of the issues, so if anyone has any suggestions, you're welcome .

Kabyl,

Have you looked over this thread on Netkas.org?

Does it bring anything useful to light on what isn't working with the dell bios?

[hys17]

Can you help fix this BIOS?

Shuttle K45

BIOS Image: http://image.shuttle.com/ResourceCenter/do...p?file_id=11276

Specs: Intel 945GC + ICH7, Marvell 88E8056, Realtek ALC662
I cannot boot OSX vanilla with multi-core enabled on E8500. (Side request would be to make CMOS clear default to multi-core disabled)
Also kernel panic when trying to boot X3210 with multicore disabled

Were u talking to me?I hope not 'cause I'm not sure if I could do this since I'v never done this before yesterday.
A really brand new one.....

[slavic77]

I checked the steps I have done and do the modification again.It seems about right now.
And here is the completed modified BIOS file.
But I'm afraid to test since it was my 1st time to do this and I don't know anyone who could fix this if I did it wrong.
So if there r anyone willing to try this,welcome to try and I am really appreciated.If it goes black,I will b very sorry.But there's nothing I can do.U just have to find someone who could do the hardware programming.

BTW,this is for Asus P5Q only.Based on the 1306 version.

 p5q_asus_1306_Mod.zip ( 689.7K ) Number of downloads: 13

Hi!


I've checked your file. It's a no-go. This is for bad news.

For good news: mine one is working OK! iDeneb 10.5.4 v.1.1 installed and working fine! (except for the audio and ethernet)

So, you may download my version and flash your BIOS (I flashed mine using Asus Update from Windows Vista, all went OK). As a bonus, besides a working DSDT table for flawless OSX install, with my BIOS file you'll get a working SLIC extension for Vista OEM activation :-)) Sounds like a TV commercial :-)))



2 HYS17:



http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Fl...tepaper_v10.pdf

in case anything goes wrong, use the BIOS recovery techniques from the link above. As for me, I had even printed out the file before I dared to flash my own BIOS, but luckily never used it  :-)) Wish I had this paper before my first attempt to mod my BIOS (leading to the dead MoBo); perhaps, I could have saved 10 bucks on hardware re-programming :-))

Attached File(s)

 p5q_asus_1306_slic_dsdt.rar ( 659.18K ) Number of downloads: 13

 

[Beniboy]

Sorry if I'm being off-topic! Beniboy, did you already try if mac worked with both cores AFTER updating with that BIOS? Because, as this version is relatively new it may work. If you didn't, try it. About the other OS(es) you have in your computer there will be no problem.

i have done the latest bios update and i only see one core..thanks and leopard works fine, expect from time to time when i have many apps open it lags a bit, but no worries

[peninha]

Hi all,

Following HSU tutorial I tried to fix the latest eee pc 901 bios (as Kabil did for the first revision). I bricked my eee :-(

I went through the process again and got a different binary now but don't want to just flash it like crazy as I did... Is there any sanity check I can make just to check it so not to end up with two nice white bricks?

Thx
Peninha

Attached File(s)

 1301_eeepc_901_fixed_or_not.rom.zip ( 373.54K ) Number of downloads: 1

 

[AmriiBacchus]

q9450
asus p5q-pro
8400 gs

need all 4 cores!!!
thanks

Attached File(s)

 P5Q_ASUS_PRO_0703.ROM.zip ( 685.3K ) Number of downloads: 4

 

[chris206]

Thanks for your Bios Slavic77, i flashed your 1306 SLIC DSDT with success on my P5Q.

But... I cannot boot any DVD of OSX86 (ideneb 1.1, iAtkos 4i, Kalyway 10.5.2...), i've got a kernel panic when loading ACPI.

What's wrong with my config ?