Nice!. The PLL bandwith setting isnt the end of the world.
Do you want pictures?
No, images not needed now, just let me know if you spot anything still missing and then I can get one by one.
Shouldn’t be much if anything left, especially ones that I didn’t purposefully leave as-is, such as onboard GFX related, laptop related, or ones I thought/knew only show if something above them is enabled
What is a few higher tier models above this model, and I will check their BIOS for this PLL bandwidth, and I’ll also check older BIOS from this model, maybe it was never here or maybe they removed after certain BIOS etc
Ok! For now this is looking amazing! Enhanced cstates and some others were enabled even though i had c states disabled. I disabled them all
Some of that may be visible due to I forced it visible, when it really would be hidden/disabled anyway due to C-States as a whole being disabled.
I suppose it’s possible it was maybe enabled, while C-States as a whole was disabled, but I doubt it would function that way
Would you be so kind to help me out in flashing these bioses, on a identical board? I strugge wth (as well as a early revsion of the bios ofcourse) with FMTPor whatever when flashing, even after setting the bios straight in grub.
I am also not allowed to downgrade from 1401 to 0905, non-modded. A equalily modded driver with the latest oproms for raid/ahci/intel etc would be an awesome birthday gift for me
OK so I got the 0905 flashed. Do you happen to have the time to make the exact same mod, for the latest 1401? With latest oproms, gop, vbios and nvme drivers? Maybe newest CPU Microcodes as well?
EDIT:
Worth noting is i run M2 pcie ssds in raid0.
Nomatter what I cannot get tue oprom to show…
You shouldn’t flash stock files with FPT, you will loose your serial, UUID etc (hopefully you made a FPT backup first!)
NVME RAID through RAID Management I don’t think is possible, or maybe you need certain RAID Module version, I am not sure @Fernando may know.
Why did you downgrade BIOS, then request all updates? Sounds kinda backwards there?
Since you didn’t sign in either time above, I can’t tag you (unless this works @Petterk which I doubt)
I am not willing to spend my free time for users, who are too lazy to get registered.
Ok, I will start over.
So I downgraded from a stock Asus 1401, tok this modified 0905, because of the possibilities it opens in options. I have now gotten a better grip on modifying these bioses, but still, I would love to get a actual 1401, modified (that is, with all the options opened like in this 0905 release).
And no I was not lazy - I apparently have registered here before, so I could not manage to register with the mail I use for forums and such.
Anyway, running 0905 with all kinds of options opened is great - I updated the OROMs, VBIOS, CPU uCodes and ME version to the latest.
I run 2x M2 NVMe 512GBs in RAID0 - which I configure through the RAID menu opton under "Advanced" - But they dont appear in Linux. I hear that if configuring them through the actual CTRL+I ORom, aka using the legacy mode for RAID, would make them accessible under Linux, although I believe maybe the main reason for this is that the latest version is incompatible because of the Optane support.
Works fine - But as I said, would love to have the options + the enhancements that are in 1401 and some tips on if it all is possible to get the legacy oprom to show. I have tried every option there is in the bios. And no I did not loose anything - I did a backup, then checked with F44Editor and then flashed with FPTw.exe through the EFI shell.
Best regards,
I do believe that the OPROM is not available for configuration outside of the UEFI/BIOS settings, or maybe there has to be a much older version. However, Intel says RST in CSM mode should display the banner and CTRL+I shall launch the oprom configuration.
So, @Fernando , I take it that’'s a no?
I seriously doubt, that it is possible to create any RAID array consisting of NVMe SSDs (except Samsung 950 Pro) in Legacy mode.
Ok, but would you mind unlocking all of the settings in the latest version of this board? Asus ROG Strix Z390-F ?
I can update the oroms etc myself if that helps… These are Adata XPG 8200PRO’s btw.
Our expert for such BIOS modding tasks is Lost_N_BIOS.
@LOST_N_BIOS - I love your modification you did in this thread, opened up all settings etc. I kindly ask you If you would mind making the same mods for the latest release, 1401?
Best regards
Yes, I just replied to your PM. Hopefully you still have your original FPT Dump!
And I do! And I can use both descr etc to modify a fully unlocked 1401. My only problem is, I am not as good as you with this, unlocking 100% setup and such.
Do you still have this file? (https://ufile.io/xak6negt) and would it work for me on the same board? If not what would I have to do
@petterkkk - Sorry, I lost this thread until now, do you still need unlocked 1401? If yes, do as below, but make sure you have 1401 flashed in first via EZ Flash
BTW, that is the version we unlocked here originally So once I have your dump it will be a quick swap of a few key files for full unlock
@Muren - Yes, I have and it would work for you, but that BIOS is user specific (ie has that users serial, UUID, windows key etc in there), if you flashed it you would loose your board specific info. So I don’t want to reupload that.
If you need mod BIOS, do as outlined below to unlock BIOS region for write access, then make a new BIOSreg dump after you unlock things and send to me. Before you do this, flash BIOS 1401 using EZ Flash.
Do what I mentioned at post #18, then do below and if success send me your biosreg.bin file
If you do not have Intel ME drivers installed, install them now from your system driver download page, then start over here after reboot.
Check your BIOS’ main page and see if ME FW version is shown. If not then > DOWNLOAD HWINFO64 HERE <
Once HWINFO is open, look at the large window on the left side, expand motherboard, and find the ME area.
Inside that section is the ME Firmware version. Take note of the version. (ie. write it down or get a screenshot)
Once you have that, go to the thread linked below, and in the section “C.2” find and download the matching ME System Tools Package for your system.
(ie if ME FW version = 10.x get V10 package, if 9.0-9.1 get V9.1 package, if 9.5 or above get V9.5 package etc)
> DOWNLOAD " ME System Tools " packages HERE <
Once downloaded, inside you will find Flash Programming Tool folder, and then inside that a Windows or Win/Win32 folder (NOT x64).
Highlight that Win/Win32 folder, then hold shift and press right click. Choose “open command window here” (Not power shell! >> * See Registry file below *).
If you get an error, reply to this post with a screenshot of it, OR write down the EXACT command entered and the EXACT error given.
((If “open command window here” does not appear, look for the “Simple Registry Edit” below…))
Step #1
Now you should be at the command prompt.
You are going to BACKUP the factory un-modified firmware, so type the following command:
Command: " FPTw.exe -bios -d biosreg.bin "
>> Attach the saved "biosreg.bin ", placed into a compressed ZIP/RAR file, to your next post!!! <<
Step #2
Right after you do that, try to write back the BIOS Region dump and see if you get any error(s).
Command: " FPTw.exe -bios -f biosreg.bin "
^^ This step is important! Don’t forget! ^^
If you get an error, reply to this post with a screenshot of it, OR write down the EXACT command entered and the EXACT error given.
Here is a SIMPLE REGISTRY EDIT that adds “Open command window here as Administrator” to the right click menu, instead of Power Shell
Double-click downloaded file to install. Reboot after install may be required
> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CMD PROMPT REGISTRY ENTRY <
If the windows method above does NOT work for you…
Then you may have to copy all contents from the Flash Programming Tool \ DOS folder to the root of a Bootable USB disk and do the dump from DOS
( DOS command: " FPT.exe -bios -d biosreg.bin " )
@Lost_N_BIOS
I seem to be having issues when write back the BIOS Dump (Error 167), I checked the .txt from IRF Extractor on my BIOS and it seems “BIOS Lock” is 0xBBD, instead. Do I put this to 0x0 in Grub instead of the value 0xA83 you told riotatetacos to use?
Image of Grub, Error. Then BIOS file and txt file where I found bios lock
http://www.mediafire.com/file/s1v9ajmuxc…os_Lock.7z/file
Thanks