[Solved] Extraction of Dell's BIOS Installer named *.EXE

Yes, no worries, I had experienced the same issue in the past as well with UEFIExtract, so I thought it might be the same. :wink:

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I followed your instructions, but it didn’t work on the Dell Latitude 5550 laptop with a 13th gen CPU. Can you provide guidance to help me?"
In this case, what parts do I need to replace?


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And that example was a XPS bios, model from 2017…
What are you trying to achieve here? PSFextractor will work on this bios releases

thank you somuch. i will. check it!

Good morning dears. A pleasure to meet those masterminds.

I am contacting you to solve an issue that I have been working on with perseverance and dedication for a month, and it is a DELL .EXE to .HDR decompression that I managed to edit and add a GPU that I bought.
Can I extract the .HDR file into files “Extracted/Intel/(cpu206A0_plat12_ver00000029_2009-11-02_PRD_D6930586.bin
cpu206A1_plat12_ver00000007_2009-12-23_PRD_8F1081F2.bin
cpu206A2_plat12_ver00000027_2010-05-02_PRD_EB510B0E.bin
cpu206A3_plat12_ver00000008_2010-05-26_PRD_D42FD75E.bin
cpu206A4_plat12_ver00000022_2010-04-14_PRD_8A6F7F91.bin
cpu206A5_plat12_ver00000007_2010-07-22_PRD_20B7FDE6.bin
cpu206A6_plat12_ver00000028_2010-09-15_PRD_2B9BECC8.bin
cpu206A7_plat12_ver00000028_2012-04-24_PRD_F3E9935D.bin)
section_0_A.10.data
section_0_A.10.meta
section_0_A.10.mtsg
section_0_A.10.sign
section_1_2120.1F.17.data
section_1_2120.1F.17.sign
section_2_2120.1F.17.data
section_2_2120.1F.17.sign
section_3_2120.1F.17.data
section_3_2120.1F.17.sign
section_4_7.1.70.1198.data
section_4_7.1.70.1198.sign
section_5_0.0.0.1.data
section_6_1.0.0.0.data
section_7_1.0.0.0.data” with PFSExtractor, I also obtained the GPU IDs and even from experience I have managed to learn that only versions 4.5 of aptio can read the .HDR file and that the file can only be executed in .BAT or .EXE according to the DELL manual (I’m not aware if it is possible in other formats). Yes, I have come very far but how do I add the GPU ID which would be “67df Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X /590]
1002 0b37 Radeon RX 480
1028 1722 Radeon RX 570X
1028 1723 Radeon RX 580X
103c 840e Radeon RX 580 4GB
1043 04a8 Radeon RX 480
1043 04b0 Radeon RX 470
1043 04fb Radeon RX 480
1043 04fd Radeon RX 480 8GB
1043 056a Radeon RX 590
106b 0161 Radeon Pro 580
106b 0162 Radeon Pro 575
106b 0163 Radeon Pro 570
1458 22f0 Radeon RX 570
1458 22f7 Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G
1462 3411 Radeon RX 470
1462 3413 Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 8GB
1462 3416 Radeon RX 570
1462 3418 Radeon RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC
1462 341b Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC
1462 341e Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC
1462 809e Radeon RX 480 4GB
1462 8a92 Radeon RX 580
148c 2372 Radeon RX 480 [Red Dragon]
148c 2373 Radeon RX 470
148c 2377 Red Devil RX 580 8G Golden
148c 2378 Radeon RX 580
148c 2379 Radeon RX 570 4G [Red Dragon]
148c 2391 Radeon RX 590 [Red Devil]
1682 9470 Radeon RX 470
1682 9480 Radeon RX 480
1682 9587 Radeon RX 590 FATBOY 8GB
1682 9588 Radeon RX 580 XTR
1682 c570 Radeon RX 570
1682 c580 Radeon RX 580
174b e347 Radeon RX 470/480
174b e349 Radeon RX 470
1787 a470 Radeon RX 470
1787 a480 Radeon RX 480
1849 5001 Phantom Gaming X RX 580 OC
1849 5030 Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX580 8G OC
1da2 e343 Radeon RX 570 Pulse ITX 4GB
1da2 e353 Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB
1da2 e366 Nitro+ Radeon RX 570/580/590
1da2 e387 Radeon RX 580 Pulse 4GB” or to be more exact, how can I make my Sapphire Puse RX 580 2048SP GPU handle it? Would it be for my BIOS chipset Intel H61 Express Chipset “Intel H61 Express Chipset
Non-volatile memory on chipset
BIOS Configuration SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) 32Mbit (4MB) located at SPI_FLASH on chipset
NIC EEPROM LOM configuration contained within SPI_FLASH – no dedicated
LOM EEPROM” and how do I compress the file to .EXE or .BAT or is it executed with .HDR? which belongs to the Dell 390 Optiplex SSF model. If you need more information, I remain at your immediate disposal and I thank you in advance and wish you success. and blessings.

@Chambasaurio
Welcome to the Win-Raid Forum!
Since your request has not much to do with the thread where you posted it, I have moved it into this already existing thread about Dell BIOSes andd hope, that you will get a reply from a Dell expert.
Unfortunately I cannot help you myself (never had a Dell device).
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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Thank you so much! Good luck to you too!

n-tech dell bios extractor need this software

@kksaleem
Welcome to the Win-Raid Forum!

Which software is needed?

thanks for replay i got that software

Which one?

I was wondering if anyone knows how to show me how to enable all the hidden settings on my motherboard bios?

Where is the connection to extracting contents of a Dell BIOS package (The Thread title is “How to extract contents of this Dell BIOS package”

And do you think it’s wise to ask this question without giving any kind of information which motherboard we’re talking about?

Maybe you want to ask this question in “Bios modding requests” together with a little bit more information:

Oh ok il do that

Please forgive me, I am a newbie trying to mod my Dell Optiplex 3090 to enable Resizable Bar, it says no volumes detected, and exe is not in the file types it reads by default. I am not requesting I am trying to do it myself, just need some guidance on how to open it

Wow this is such a blast from the past, haha. Since mid 2019, the way to extract Dell PFS is via BIOSUtilities (i.e. Dell PFS Update Extractor).

The problem with Dells is that there is no, to very little, direct padding space to work with under the driver Volume (assuming it’s not locked - colored bios regions are a killer).

There’s plenty of space for ME firmware and microcode upgrades, but very little for all other bios drivers. Adding a new feature seems impossible.

If that computer has a mobo blue pin service mode, you’ll want to move the physical pin into service mode, and backup the full bios. Once in service mode, use the applicable ME CSME System Tools. Go into Flash Programming Tool, and admin open up WIN64 and run FPTW64.exe -d backup.bin. If you’re runing the right ME CSME System Tools and you’re blue pin in service mode, you should be able to backup your full bios.

Then you can mess around. Doing this is above my current skill-set. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but adding this option (if not hidden) is a tall order.

@AyieD , if you haven’t already done so, check out Kuri0’s topic, and then her github page.

Her ReBarDxe.ffs seems to be small enough to add, but I would think that you’d have to reduce the underlying Volume free space size by the size of the addition to make room for it. People with Dells have made it work, so it may be more do-able than I thought.

It’s not (present, but) hidden, so it would have to be added.

If you go for it and it works, let us know. Good luck, but don’t push it if you’re not comfortable.