Hello all, I’m trying to mod the bios on my Aorus laptop with an 11th gen Intel processor. just so I can do some undervolting to cool it down and tinker with the ram speeds. I did some research on this forum and came across this cool little script:
I decided to give it a shot and I was able to walk through the steps and it seems like its really close to working but ends in an error message that I’m not quite sure what to do with. (Photos are at the bottom, I’m a newbie so I can only imbed one, hopefully it’s clear enough to read)
I started by going through the Disable BIOSLock option, upper left pic. It created a bootable flash drive and ended with displaying these instructions, the lower left pic.
I booted from the drive and followed everything exactly how is says and got to the grub command line and ended by entering the command and displaying this, the upper right pic.
This is where my first question comes up, after this I just typed the command reboot and went back into windows. Was I supposed to type a different command to actually apply this? Seems like it worked like it should but there was never instructions beyond this.
I came back into windows and started the script back up and ran the second option Unlock Bios. It looks like it created a backup of the bios and a new modded bios, but then when I believe it’s trying to apply, this is the error message that comes up, the lower right pic.
It looks like to me the first step didn’t actually work but I’m not sure. Is there anything obvious here I missed? Any help will be appreciated.
Hiya!
Actually, error 167 - it is about bios lock. It seems your bios variable is still locked.
Where did you buy your laptop? What is your OS\bios version?
not recommend any autoscript ,.,.your file + your offset
.,now looks incompatible “for older bios version”
RU.EFI or GRUB “and OFFSET map from your bios file”
and you working only on variable offsets “not FLASH !!!”
or find HOTKEY for advanced access “don’t risk brick” .)
//edit
similar like posted sub-forum bios lock / XTU inference / oc feature this items try re-enable “not more”
and try XTU under windows “easy way for repair under-volt lock” or latest Throttle stop not works ?
XTU/TS - uv doesn’t work. That’s why @kev1 asks an advice.
Actually, I do not recommend any autoscript too, but this zip-achive looks really good.
Bios lock variables are correct 0x1c = 0x683, GUID id’s with hex terms from patches.txt are correct too for this platform intel 11th gen Aorus 15p laptops, but how is it works, how this script injects hex terms in the right hex address? Perheps this script works fine, but who knows… @kev1 As I know just one persone check this script and author of the script gets positive feedback from that persone. The string in a grub shell looks different as I saw before (…_cv ?)
@kev1
I’ve checked your bios file. Yep, your bios lock variable is 0x1c(0x683), but I’ve found one new additional string(Default: DefaultId: 0x0, Value (8 bit): 0x1 {5B 06 00 00 00 01}) below bios lock string. I didn’t see before that string in another original or modified bios files.
So, ok. Don’t worry about bios lock, as wrote @NeXt3R you have two ways for bios unlocking before flashing: u can try GRUB or RU manually.
But now you need to modify your bios(save the clear copy of your bios in safety place).
I can help you, but first read this: https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/overpowered-tongfang-cyberpower-machrevo-machenike-unlocked-bios-guide-w-files/33133
then you will choose which kind of bios menu you want. I know two variants with unlocked hidden menus: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/1573fc34-ea2b-4371-bcc8-69210e31b254
So, where did you buy your laptop? What is your preinstalled OS\bios version? It is can be important… e.g. bios ver. fe02 can’t be re-flash again… etc.
Thanks again. The bios version is FE02, I just checked through cmd:
The model is a Gigabyte Aorus 15p XD. I bought it through Best Buy and it came with Windows 11, but I ended up doing a fresh install of Windows 10 because it’s what I’m used to and I wanted to get rid of all of the bloat programs. I’ve also done some tinkering with the graphics card voltage to undervolt via MSI Afterburner and have windows limiting the clock speed/turbo of the processor to keep it from getting too hot. Both of these can easily be reverted. It has an i7-11800H and mobile RTX 3070 if that info is of any help.
I think either of those bios menu’s look fine, I’ve read through the guide you posted, I’m going to read it a few more times. I’ve saved the copy of the bios I sent in my last post on my machine and on an external flash drive.
@kev1
Got it!
Well, you neet to update/get another latest bios version. Download and install FB07 ver. from Laptops｜AORUS - GIGABYTE Global, then check bios version again.
During this time I’ll make a bios mod for you if you want.
Quick update, trying to install FB07 but each time it goes through the automatic installer program, it looks like it works but still has FE02 installed after. I’m trying to figure out what’s going on. FB07 is the latest for windows 10 and FE02 is the latest for 11 from what I’m finding. I will respond back if I figure anything out.
Whoa…!
Try older versions, then try to update to FB07 again.
In case of success make a new bios dump via fptw, .rom or .bin (fptw64.exe -d yourbiosversionfb07.bin -bios).
