CPU Microcode BIOS modding questions/problems

Hi Fernando. You know since my german try here that i’m looking for a manual for my Issue.



He didn’t extract it the TOOL did, and if you saw the picture attached it clearly said EXTRAXTED W/ PYTHON. That’s the reason why he didn’t answer you post because the answer is there over reading the thread

@ AIO, answering your question from what I have read, I can provide you a link, for you to read in it entirely content, so you can get an idea of MODDING the speed of the XEON cpu only HAZWELLS, because a bug on its form or microcode base, so this is possible again only the HAZWELL Xeons (NOT) Broadwells for brodwells there is not hack yet as far as I know I could wrong. I’m active looking and searching for this info as well cause I own a Broadwell Xeon 2696v4 and as far as I read on the article or thread, it not possible for the V4 version, so here is the thread and w/ the permission of Fernando’s he can deleted if he likes, but its upto him to leave it here.

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/wha…-xeons.2496647/

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded part of the fully quoted post removed and put the quoted big sized images into a "spoiler" (to save space)


@LORDKAG,

Judging from the picture you posted and I ask, if Windows 10 Pro microcode.dll file has the micocodes for the type of CPU I use (Xeon 2696v4) in which I think it is 0040671 and you can correct me if I’m wrong. in my case that I’m running Windows 10 Pro (14393.693) at least that’s what AIDA64 reports.

@ Fernando,

Can I upload a bios file so I can have someone like LORDKAG look at it and see if there is any errors on the modding side, Thanks

@Camp_Anaconda :
You can upload and attach any BIOS file (as *.ZIP or *.RAR archive).

I just want to ask a question, to either LORDKAG or SONYX.

Judging from the picture shown does my Bios has the most recent microcode for Broadwell-EP CPU?, Thanks and sorry for any inconvenient that this question could cause.

microcodepic.PNG

maybe is should have posted it here…

hello, i want to mod the bios on this board http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P45XE-WiFiN/

i download the latest (1.40) dos bios and rename it adding the “.ROM” at the end… ( i have even tried doing it without renaming it but the same thing still happens).
i open it with MMTool and when i delete or add a microcode the mmtool changes the type to “amd” from intel and everything is screwed…

before and after image (after i press apply):

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what can i do to make it work?

ok i made it!

the problem was with the tool. the latest version (2.26) had that bug it seems… i used this older one here http://www.delidded.com/how-to-update-cp…de-in-ami-bios/ and worked perfect.

@iakoboss7 :
Thanks for your report. It is fine, that you succeeded.
By the way: The latest version of the AMI non-UEFI MMTool is 3.26.
It is good to know, that it may have a CPU Microcode update bug.

By the way: I have removed your similar posts from the other thread.

yeah that was a speed typo, i used 3.26 before (as you can see in my photo) and had that weird bug. the one from the link i posted worked fine.

you did good to remove the other posts :slight_smile:

Hey there! IDK where is correct place to ask is it possible to add a ES QDE8 CPU to the asus Z97-A bios? Now PC cant boot with this CPU… no monitor signal
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1…0193.1491667335 this is the last ver for this mobo.

My cpu microcode is 0x00000FFFF0006

Maximus vi hero support this cpu. http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1…0193.1491667335

Did it use to boot in the past? What CPUID are we talking about?

This CPU boot with Maximus hero vi witch have bricked bios chip and shutdown at 30min. I have new mobo Z97-A but he cant boot with this cpu. Cpu is “ES qde8” or here its the same cpu model http://valid.canardpc.com/0hnrh6
Im new with this forum. I was used a UBU tool, updated the z97-a microcodes and after that i was extract them as with MMTool… successfully flashed trough DOS but after CPU slap QDE8 still not working

The CPUID is 306C2 based on that validation picture. Both motherboards have microcodes for that CPUID so it should work. If it doesn’t at Z97-A then the OEM might have implemented a measure to block ES/QS processors at the BIOS level. In that case, I doubt you can do anything to bypass it. Maybe google searching.



Is there a link you can share that will shed more light on what exactly needed to be fixed on the Westmere microcode please? Curious to find out if anyone is having any Overclocking issues using this newer Intel Xeon Microcode. Thanks

Also, has anyone tried using this microcode within their Rampage III Extreme board using a Xeon X5650, or any other Westmere-EP for that matter? Curious what your results were. Thanks again.

asus p6t bios 1408 with last microcode version 1D (06c2) for xeon x5600 tested with my computer view screen with xeon x5650


DOWNLOAD
https://www.4shared.com/file/0-oReNFkei/…crocode_1d.html

p6t rev1d.rar (849 KB)

Yeah, I’ve been using the 1D microcode for my X5650 as well for a while. But I wonder if we will get even a newer one soon which will mitigate the Intel security flaw which made the news yesterday. :wink: By the way, the just released Windows 10 fix does not use the PCID optimization on my Westmere CPU even though Westmere introduced this feature. :frowning: Let’s hope that Intel will deal with older systems als well, but this all makes me more likely to switch back to AMD for my next build.

Unfortunately no microcode update will fix that fiasco… only a software fix… and AMD isn’t in the clear either.

From what I’ve read so far on different mailing lists and articles, for some attack vectors a microcode update is even a prerequisite to be safe (but of course won’t fix it by itself, it needs further OS fixes and in some cases even new software). There is even hectic development in GCC and LLVM going on, Firefox and Chrome as well. The official statement from AMD implied that only one Spectre attack vector could be used (Bounds Check Bypass) which can be resolved by software / OS updates to be made available by system vendors and manufacturers. Hence I think they are far better off from this than Intel. Only a negligible performance impact is expected. Intel on the other hand is exposed on a wider front. And only new unreleased CPUs can solve it adequatly…

… which is not a concern for me as a home user, but I guess AMD will claim some market share in business and enterprise systems this year.