BIOS/UEFI Modding BIOS Modding Guides and Problems
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GOP Update and Extraction Tool (NVIDIA Only)
As many of us are aware, NVIDIA changed their firmware verification method starting from the Turing micro-architecture, rendering previous methods and update tools like GOP Updater ineffective. Through experience and ex… |
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24 | 8534 | August 28, 2023 |
[GUIDE] Legacy AMIBIOS8 make all compiled Settings available
Hi everyone, after month of Try and Error, and using the Internet Archive to build up a big library with AMD tech files and Guides from the New Rebel Heaven Forums I finally finished my guide which basically consists of… |
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15 | 3723 | December 19, 2022 |
[Guide] Enhanced BIOS Modding of Award BIOSes
Download Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7372…d5p_f8n_mod.zip The brief How-tos are for AWARD BIOSes and mainly specific to this mod, but i hope others will also find it useful in other scenarios. Note that … |
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121 | 5901 | July 24, 2023 |
BIOS Modding: Introduction and Preparations
@ all experienced and courageous users, who want to update a PCI ROM module of their mainboard BIOS: Preliminary notes: Since I have some experience regarding the extraction and replacement of PCI ROM modules, which are… |
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168 | 12865 | May 19, 2023 |
[GUIDE] Fixing HT for Coffee Lake CPUs on Skylake and Kaby Lake motherboards (Z170, Z270)
After successfully modding Z170, Z270 BIOS for Coffee Lake, following the guide: [GUIDE] Coffee Lake CPUs on Skylake and Kaby Lake motherboards The Hyper-threading (HT) might not work with 6-cores CPUs (i7-8700K). Th… |
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152 | 5402 | April 29, 2022 |
[Tool Guide+News] "UEFI BIOS Updater" (UBU)
@ all users, who are searching for an easy way to get any OROM or EFI module of their AMI UEFI BIOS updated: It was our member eierfrucht, who gave me in September 2013 the link to >this< very interesting thread at foru… |
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63 | 58167 | March 31, 2023 |
[Guide] AMI (non-UEFI) BIOS Modding
Preliminary Note: Before you start with the BIOS modding procedure, you should have read carefully the “General Preparations for BIOS Modding” (>Link<). How to update PCI ROM modules here: non-UEFI AMI BIOSes A. Open… |
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201 | 6515 | February 1, 2023 |
[Guide] Recover from failed BIOS flash using Raspberry PI
There is also a video version available further down this post made by “tpc010" An update regarding the JSPI1 header on MSI motherboards is available at the end of this guide. What is a Raspberry PI? http://www.raspbe… |
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168 | 5124 | April 29, 2022 |
[GUIDE] The Beginners Guide to Using a CH341A SPI Programmer/Flasher (With Pictures!)
If you’re worried about flashing your motherboard with an SPI Programmer, then this is the guide for you. Each step is explained in detail, with pictures. We’ll go over everything, from buying your Programmer to flashing… |
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322 | 33818 | September 26, 2023 |
[GUIDE] Grub Fix Intel FPT Error 280 or 368 - BIOS Lock Asus/Other Mod BIOS Flash
How to fix this specific Intel FPT Error 368 Write Protection @ BIOS region issue with Modified Asus BIOS, and other related locks Goal of this guide is specifically to change “Setup Variable” from BIOS setup module - (V… |
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178 | 12582 | April 29, 2022 |
[Guide] Manual AMI UEFI BIOS Modding
Preliminary Notes: Before you start with the BIOS modding procedure, you should have read carefully the “General Preparations for BIOS Modding” (>Link<) If you are searching for an easier method to get some Option ROM o… |
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498 | 20883 | May 5, 2023 |
[Tool Guide] AMI Setup - IFR Extractor AMISetupWriter
When using FTK (FPT) to flash the modified BIOS, we can face such a problem: [[File:_scr1.jpg|none|auto]] The solution of such problems have been described in different threads [GUIDE] Grub Fix Intel FPT Error 280 or… |
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28 | 13001 | September 23, 2023 |
[TOOL] Easy automated Mod tool for Coffee Lake bios
since our win-raid already have some thread about run CoffeeLake on 100 and 200 series MB [GUIDE] Coffee Lake CPUs on Skylake and Kaby Lake motherboards Fixing PCI-Express for Coffee Lake CPUs on Sky/Kaby Lake non-Asro… |
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1580 | 28160 | October 3, 2023 |
[Guide] How to extract/insert/replace EFI BIOS modules by using the UEFITool
@ all users, who want to manually optimize the UEFI BIOS of their manboard/system: Since the company American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) doesn’t allow to offer their AMI Aptio UEFI MMTools for the public, you may have to use… |
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111 | 13854 | June 6, 2023 |
[Guide] Award/Phoenix BIOS Modding
Preliminary Notes: Before you start with the BIOS modding procedure, it is strongle recommended to read carefully the separately published chapter “BIOS Modding: Introduction and Preparations” (>Link<). For users of a G… |
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121 | 6055 | May 5, 2023 |
[TOOL] H20EZE - Insyde "Easy BIOS Editor"
I intend to share this useful tool which has low publicity so far. It’s a tool made by Insyde, citing from their pages: H2OEZE™: Easy BIOS Editor that helps edit binaries in the BIOS, including Option ROMs, driver binar… |
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129 | 21971 | September 6, 2023 |
[Guide] How to flash a modded AMI UEFI BIOS
Since SoniX has presented his wonderful UBU tool (look >here<) it has become very easy to modify any UEFI mode mainboard BIOS regarding their included Option ROM and EFI modules. Unfortunately the real risky part of the … |
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1114 | 48574 | September 20, 2023 |
[GUIDE] Coffee Lake CPUs on Skylake and Kaby Lake motherboards
Premise: the guide below is NOT a transaction without risk and success can not be guaranteed. Therefore, I do not assume any responsibility for problems or damages resulting from the use of this guide. Those who do not… |
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1549 | 29626 | September 7, 2023 |
[Guide] Using CH341A-based programmer to flash SPI EEPROM
There are many different SPI programmers on the market right now and almost any microcontroller-based board can be used as one, but this time I will speak about one of the cheapest programmers to date - CH341A-based. The… |
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767 | 29956 | August 26, 2023 |
Flashing Gigabyte while avoiding "Invalid BIOS image"
I decided to investigate the error “Invalid BIOS image” that plagued some Gigabyte users. It turns out Gigabyte is using a structure called BiosDataRecord to perform an integrity check. It seems Gigabyte specific and it … |
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351 | 24014 | September 2, 2023 |
AMD and Nvidia GOP update (No requests, DIY)
I’m not really the guy to run on unlimited supply of patience, so this will be more a mix of tutorial, tool to do the job for you, assistance (“as long as you don’t insist with unlimited/unrelated questions” kind) and AB… |
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1726 | 53592 | September 28, 2023 |
[Discussion] UBU Tool related Questions, Reports and Suggestions
@all: The original UBU Discussion thread, which had been started in September 2013, has become very voluminous. That is why I took the opportunity of SoniX’s release of his new v1.71 UBU development platform to start a n… |
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1855 | 17567 | July 30, 2023 |
[GUIDE] Flash BIOS with CH341A programmer
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Special thanks to Lost_N_BIOS for your help. PART 1 (CH341A details) This guide is based on the winbond 25Q64 bios chip. CH341A programmer: If you need an external 3.3v adapter you… |
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41 | 37840 | July 26, 2023 |
[Request] BIOS extract and flash by EFI Shell Acer SF315-52
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25 | 661 | October 3, 2023 |
[TOOL] Lenovo (H20) Bios Unlocker and Locker
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419 | 43429 | October 2, 2023 |
Can I unlock CPU voltage control and BCLK in MSI H81m-E33 by bios modding?
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9 | 79 | October 2, 2023 |
Asus tuf a15 Setup Variables locked
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0 | 20 | September 30, 2023 |
Change Dell logo on splash screen - Dell 5414 Rugged
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13 | 1106 | September 29, 2023 |
[REQUEST] Gigabyte G7 GE Laptop BIOS – Unlock Advanced Settings
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2 | 45 | September 27, 2023 |
After BIOS Programming LAN is gone
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17 | 116 | September 27, 2023 |