[ARCHIVE] Outdated UBU Tool related Questions, Reports and Suggestions

SoniX · January 19, 2019, 12:46pm

@tistou77

The current version of UBU makes replacing an empty (Dummy) file with another empty (Dummy) file with a new GUID.The next version of the UBU will change the GUID immediately in the BIOS file, without replacing the file itself.
That is, the structure of the DXE volume will not rebuild.

But this solves old problems, but does not solve new ones.

tistou77 · January 19, 2019, 1:12pm

@SoniX

Ok thanks so much,
I’ll wait for the next version of UBU to test

Santa2017 · January 19, 2019, 1:47pm

Thank to all staffs here, For my opinion Shamino and his teams locked microcode revision by update RC (Revision Check). If we trying to update microcode that newier than 0200004D directly by UBUTool you’ll get “ 4F CPU Check “ error when ASUS Flash back finished. By Sylar76 method the RC will check sized of bios file. If we consider 1603 original bios file size and 1503 or older there were a bit different. This was the new trick they’d play with us all.

If we could remove RC code above by next UBU, It will be very easy to use our existing UBUTools to modded next BIOS.

SoniX · January 19, 2019, 2:21pm

@tistou77
Try.
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/2o5x/SLk7oZ9ZU

tistou77 · January 19, 2019, 3:52pm

@SoniX
Tried and it’s good

Sylar76 · January 19, 2019, 3:58pm

Does it work with latest cpu microcodes ? Which method has been used ? (MMTool I suppose).

tistou77 · January 19, 2019, 4:10pm

With microcode 57

SoniX · January 19, 2019, 4:12pm

@Sylar76
You will not believe. MMIT 5.0.0.7.

Sylar76 · January 19, 2019, 4:15pm

But could I use the hex editing method extracting the microcode GUID file, replacing all needed cpu microcodes, fixing the FIT problem, and then replacing it with MMIT 5.0.0.7 ?

tistou77 · January 19, 2019, 4:17pm

MMTool 5.0.0.7 work with this bios and microcode (for open the bios and update microcode, not tested fo flash)

SoniX · January 19, 2019, 4:29pm

@Sylar76
I do not know. I did in UBU 1.71, which is still being finalized, with MMT 5.0.0.7.

@tistou77
MMT 5.0.0.7 does not work with container OROM/EFI GUID A032…

Now we know what the problem is, we will look for a solution.

Sylar76 · January 19, 2019, 4:52pm

@tistou77

I’ve made 2 different mods using MMT 5.0.0.7

Could you try these please ?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1obnxY3…qvLBy3ICreLL4xV

tistou77 · January 19, 2019, 6:24pm

@Sylar76

It’s good with R6E.CAP (not tested other)
How did you do ?

Sylar76 · January 19, 2019, 7:04pm

@tistou77

I’ve extracted cpu microcodes from mmtool, updated the old ones, deleted all of them and reinserted in the same order mmtool shows.
Then I’ve fixed the FIT offsets in order to properly point to the exact memory address of each cpu microcode.

In the second file I’ve used a different technique. I’ve extracted the GUID with MMTool, replaced the old cpu microcodes with the new ones,
and replaced twice the GUID (always with MMTool), then fixed the FIT area in the same way as explained before.

It would be nice to flash both files to see if these methods work, so I can use them for further bios updates if needed.