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Need help with asus h170 pro gaming bios mod for resizable bar i have tried making one myself but keep failing tried multiple times just keep failing haven’t a clue where to start with this stuff.
Is possible to add resizebar to h170 pro gaming?
When i try flash it says. Selected file is not a proper BIOS
Hello, very new to the forum here, I happened to find that there was a spot to request bios stuff while I was looking for some kind of guide to get rebar working on my ASUS Dominus Board (ROG Dominus Extreme). I have tried to find if someone had done it before and have no luck, just lots of x99 motherboards. Thank you for your time reading this and I appreciate all comments on this forum.
Hi, sorry for late response. My rig is Ryzen 5 3600/EVGA RTX 2080. My problem; hopefully the only problem is getting the BIOS flashed as the onboard flash does not like the modded BIOS.
I only assume that the modded BIOS file is the same but with the DXE driver slotted in the appropriate section.
I’m yet to try Flash Programming Tool [FPT] or, the older; Flash Rom Tool.
Still not fully certain on using either of those atm.
Wanted to start from scratch again.
However, wanted some guidance from someone who’s managed this on an ASRock B450 specific board as, from my understanding the ASRock B450 Pro4 seems to be the hinderance to getting this Re-Bar mod on the get go.
I’m sure I’ve seen a confirmation that someone managed on this board and the similar M variant.
No idea the guide/route they took to efficiently get this activated though…
you could mod (insert as is on mmtool v5) the rebar dxe (both rebar dxe and nvstraps rebar dxe if you want), and try flash it using flashprog, as long as your bios is below agesa 1.2.x.x, if downgrade is possible, then try to downgrade to the minimum bios for your cpu, mod the latest one, then use flashprog to flash it, also remember to backup your current bios using flashprog before flashing the bios.
You could read about flashprog here.
maybe need a tiny bit of help.
followed all the guides relevant to what i want/need which is adding NVMe (small) and the ReBarDXE to my BIOS.
the board isn’t anything to show off about and perhaps therein lies the culprit but,
i can get everything to work with the exception of Above 4G Decoding.
it is a standard or module not present within the BIOS, never was and even with DSDT adjusting, having 0 errors, it still won’t budge…
Motherboard in question is a Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2
i’ve been using my trusty finger work to literally pull the BIOS chip from the board and update it in the CH341A, because every time i attempt to do it the normal ways, ASUS claims the bios im trying to update isn’t a legal file, whether this is a CAP file or .ROM file, it doesn’t matter.
the GPU im running it with is an A770 (intel arc) which requires ReBar to properly function. The CPU in question is a E3-1230 V2.
Maybe im shooting in the dark at this point… who knows.
i can get a bar size of 1GB and that’s about it. it works, and shows in GPU-Z doesn’t show inside the dedicated intel app, as it still mentions that ReBar is not enabled.
However,
i do see some performance benefits. so not all was for nothing, but was really hoping it could go beyond the 1GB BAR size…
Think it would make me very happy if anyone has an idea or could lend me some spare time or anything at all to perhaps tell me this is the maximum BAR size it can go.
proof of concept:
Greetings @1155peak ,
I can see the Above 4GB Decode option in the Main>Advanced>PCI Subsystem Settings section of the BIOS setup.
Are you not able to see the Advanced tab?
Thanks for the reply!
i can see the advance tab, and i can see 4G Decoding in there just like your picture.
also have enabled or unlocked it within bios so i can enable or disable 4G from bios.
but once i enable it, save (F10) the system doesn’t post, black screen.
if it’s disabled, it posts and boots fine.
did i do something wrong probably in the process following the guide(s) ?
PS: i also want to clarify, 4G decoding is hidden from the stock bios menu, the only way i was able to see it now was by changing Acces/Use to USER.
PPS: CSM is turned off, i can’t really change anything about secure boot however, its either UEFI or ‘other OS’ and 1 row above this setting it is mentioned that secure boot state is disabled (can’t change) and the platform key (PK) state is unloaded.
PPPS: the boot drive (windows 11) is in GPT format because ive read that MBR isn’t supported.
PPPPS: the only way i got it to 1GB BAR is via ReBarState.exe
stock it was 256mb if i remember correctly. setting a 2GB BAR results in the same black screen.
-i just tried enabling 4G decoding from bios, this time it gave me a short post with the ASUS logo and the little circle loading thing, and it froze again.
i do recognize that it boots into windows as i see drive activity(blinking light).
however the screen still remains frozen after 15 min. further confirmation, pressing the power button once, took a few seconds before it shut down.
- i also want you to note, the bios you have opened is from the board
“P8H61-M LX3 R2.0”
the board i have is “P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0” with most recent bios 1106 not 1107
edit, i see i did a board typo there, fixed it so this wasn’t your fault but mine. my bad.