[BIOS UNLOCK REQUEST] Clevo P970EF (PCSpecialist Defiance V) H2O BIOS Hidden settings unlock



I´m sorry, yesterday was not my day and that is why I was jumping around so much and not focused.

I would like to know, what the: https://www.ebay.es/itm/202743647036?has…utorefresh=true is for.

Also I will now do what you told me and I hope to upload them all today, thank you.




When I export I do not get that option…

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Done

I can read and write the bios without any problem

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I attach my BIOS, I confirm I can read and write with FPTw

biosreg.zip (4.72 MB)

Only found 1 invalid pair from 1 of the tools, attached. I cant get the Setup from any of the tools.

pair1.zip (22 KB)

In the "File" option in this figure, there are "Export" and "Import" options.
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biosreg.rar (4.54 MB)


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I hope these are correct

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Is this the modified BIOS I must flash? Thank you.

setup.txt (7.24 KB)

vars.txt (122 KB)

modified BIOS

You guys both need to edit your posts to add more info, rew replies/comments/thoughts etc, when no one else has replied yet, that was a huge mess when I got here - Thank you

@Brask - I can’t help you in the middle of someone else trying to help too, you were already not following what I mentioned, now that will be doubled and we’re both trying to help you do this in different ways.
So for now, I will step back and let zr1971jp help you out.

Good you can read and write BIOS region with FPT, that makes it much easier to put in MOD BIOS if need be, sometimes certain settings can only be changed with a multi-method edited BIOS.
The flash programmer is so you can make a complete BIOS backup first, have someone confirm that is a good valid backup, then proceed. This is in case something goes wrong, in case BIOS bricks, etc, this way you can recover BIOS easily.

You still did not follow what I requested with H20UVE, but for now as I mentioned I’ll let zr1971jp help you out. In case you want to ask, I didn’t need you to tell me what worked or what didn’t, I wanted them all ran as mentioned, and uploaded as a complete set back to me just as I gave to you.
That way I could give you clear directions when I gave you modified files back to insert the changes. I do this all day every day, there is a method to everything I mention/ask to be done and a reason I ask for certain things in certain ways, mainly to do my best to keep your system running and accomplish your goal.

@Lost_N_BIOS I did the homework but I forgot to upload it!

https://gofile.io/?c=6QjA6N

That is all I was able to get with the provided tools



I have flashed it and it is the same, nothing unlocked, thank you.

Please edit your post to add more info, no need to make multiple posts in a row - merged, again

If you two don’t get it by tonight I will fix for you

@zr1971jp - not sure what you meant to do there, I see in setup you changed the default “hide” to Default Manufacture, but still left it on hide
Those need switched, Default can be left as it was value-wise (30), 20 is not required, but you do have to make the “visible” default or default MFG (pick one of those, on other/“Hide” use nothing/00).
As it is now you have Default MFG for “Hide” and Default “Visible”, that may work in some instances, in some BIOS, but that is two defaults there, so confusing to a BIOS I’m sure and I would imagine that would invoke setting to be pulled from NVRAM instead
Normal thing to do would be leave the control variables as is and switch where “Default” is located (ie swap 00 on Show and 30 on Hide, to be reverse of that, hope you get what I mean.)

This may not be the only edit required too, not sure if you did other edit at NVRAM, I didn’t have time to check fully, but that is often required as well, but not always (This is what UVE changes).
Anyway, just wanted to give you heads up on why your edit possibly didn’t help. Make “Show” default (30) (or 20 if you want to try, maybe make two BIOS, one with each), make “Hide” 00 only = nothing there

So ideal goal
One Of Option: Hide, Value (8 bit): 0x0 {09 07 68 16 00 00 00}
One Of Option: Show, Value (8 bit): 0x1 (default) {09 07 69 16 30 00 01}

or
One Of Option: Hide, Value (8 bit): 0x0 {09 07 68 16 00 00 00}
One Of Option: Show, Value (8 bit): 0x1 (default MFG) {09 07 69 16 20 00 01}

If this is on a menu section he can already see, then you can also do the following directly above this setting, and make the setting itself visible

Suppress If {0A 82}
64 Bit Unsigned Int: 0x1 {45 0A 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00} << target

Change to
64 Bit Unsigned Int: 0x1 {45 0A FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00} << FF’d = now setting will be visible to user, if this in an already visible menu (I’ve not seen BIOS images yet, so do not know if “Advanced Chipset Control” is visible to him, if not this wont help until it is)

Lock:[[File:??.JPG]] [[File:??2.JPG]]

unlock:[[File:??1.JPG]] [[File:??3.JPG]]


Setup-Lock.txt (534 KB)

Setup-unlock.txt (534 KB)

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@zr1971jp what to do with this txt files? Thank you.
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@ Lost_N_BIOS STATUS: UNRESOLVED.
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I cant follow, any help? Thank you.

@zr1971jp - yes, just as I said, move the default, that is all that is needed here, unless other NVRAM edit is also needed, but that we can only know after the proper setup edit is tested.
I do see what you mean, your edit changes it as shown in your images, but this is not how it works in BIOS sometimes, as you can see from his report of no changes.
It’s best done the way I mentioned + NVRAM edit usually needed (Or only NVRAM edit (x9 instances in this case), either way OK, but I always test setup edit alone first) - May need a combo of your edit and mine? Hard to say, I hate Insyde BIOS

@Brask - yes, sorry, I assumed you wouldn’t be able to follow that, it was meant for zr1971jp, this is manual editing info I was discussing with him. Sorry, I assumed he take that, and send you new BIOS right away, unsure why he didn’t?

Here is mod BIOS, setup edit only first. If this still fails, then we edit vars/NVRAM via the H20UVE stuff I had you do earlier, or via BIOS mod to same area (NVRAM)
Please zip up images for me of your stock BIOS (All pages) before you test this, and then if this changes things, make a new set of all BIOS images too, this way I can further unlock once this is done.
I assume this edit is not all that’s required, normally for Insyde BIOS it goes by what’s in the NVRAM in default or custom profiles. Once this setting change works it will unlock some settings, but I bet there will still be some hidden settings (many), so I need to see these images or we can’t continue properly.
Please put them all in a zip or 7zip preferably. Also, if you can, set your camera to small images, I don’t need 3-5MB images of each BIOS page, I only need quick glance, no need for high rez images.

Flash via >> FPTw.exe -bios -f biosregM1.bin

If that fails to show menu items, then test this one (has NVRAM edited) >> FPTw.exe -bios -f biosregM2.bin

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil…189796983214047

There is no problem with this modification, and it has been successfully implemented on many similar machines. He didn’t succeed. Maybe he didn’t brush my modified BIOS at all (maybe he brushed the original BIOS file).
Your modification will not succeed.
You modified the BIOS screen:
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There is no change; once the modification is successful, the choice will change.

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Do not make a mistake when you rewrite my modified BIOS file. The name of this BIOS file is the same as the name of the BIOS file you backed up. It is recommended that you modify the name of this BIOS file and rewrite it.
After the brush is complete, restart loading the BIOS default settings

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@zr1971jp - OK, thanks! I’ve done before, and it didn’t show in UVE. Sometimes success that way, sometimes not. I did check and see what you mean in UVE, but it’s changed, maybe success this time like others in past too.
It’s good to know your mod BIOS is tested, you did mean this exact model you have already unlocked and tested correct? Or did you just mean this method is tested?
Yes, it is possible he didn’t flash the correct BIOS you sent him, mistakes happen He should try again to be sure, before testing my BIOS!

@Brask - be sure you test flash the BIOS at post #17, and do not mix it up with your original biosreg.bin file (rename it to whatever you want, so you know it’s mod from zr1971jp) then flash it via FPTw.exe -bios -f filename.bin

@Lost_N_BIOS what to do if it goes wrong?

@Lost_N_BIOS biosregM1.bin or biosregM2.bin or both?!

I flashed and for some reason @zr1971jp didnt work, requires nvram reset? What is a "brush"?

@Brask - first, please start editing your posts when you want to reply more!

Second, read post #26-27 and do that first, it sounds like the BIOS zr1971jp sent you is already tested and confirmed working, and you possibly reflashed your original FPT dump instead of the mod one he sent you.

"Brush" means flash BIOS. I think you maybe mixed up the files, since it has same name. Download it again from his post, save to new folder, and rename it, so you know which is his mod, then flash it again

Yes, it may require NVRAM reset, this can be normal, you want to enter BIOS and load optimal defaults again anyway (restore defaults, load optimized, whatever your BIOS calls this)

@Lost_N_BIOS flashed again, confirmed working when loading defaults. Thank you.

Nice! So all is unlocked now and visible to you? If yes, thanks for confirmation and thanks again to @zr1971jp



Last question, memories I have are 2667mhz, they are shown in bios and windows as 2400, how to change the multiplier to 2667? Thank you.

If I select XMP profile, they are blank and PC wont boot.