Does anyone here modify BIOS files?

[Gillbot]

I posted on Bios-Mods but haven't gotten a reply. I'd like to add the microcode from one bios file to another (different manufacturers) but there really isn't much info out there about how to do it.

Anyone one here familiar with the process?

 

[el-Capitan]

I have, successfully, used this instruction.

http://www.win-lite.de/wbb/board208...pci-rom-modules-of-an-ami-phoenix-award-bios/

 

[Gillbot]

I got some help from SolidBladez on H, unfortunately my hope of missing microcode didn't fix it.

 

[Engineer]

By the way, if you need the most up to date Intel CPU Microcode, there is a file that Intel publishes often for Linux that contains the up to date microcode. Someone wrote a utility that will take that file and spit out the individual microcode files that can be imported (patches) into the BIOS with MMTool or the likes. I did this to enable a Xeon E3 chip on a P67 Biostar board a few weeks ago.

 

[Gillbot]

I think it's a different issue, but thanks.

 

[Papa Hogan]

By the way, if you need the most up to date Intel CPU Microcode, there is a file that Intel publishes often for Linux that contains the up to date microcode. Someone wrote a utility that will take that file and spit out the individual microcode files that can be imported (patches) into the BIOS with MMTool or the likes. I did this to enable a Xeon E3 chip on a P67 Biostar board a few weeks ago.

How do you enable amd chips on a haswell motherboard?

...if the pins were to match up. Would that be possible?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

No. never.

 

[brocks]

How do you enable amd chips on a haswell motherboard?

...if the pins were to match up. Would that be possible?

That would be like putting diesel fuel in your gas tank.

 

[Engineer]

How do you enable amd chips on a haswell motherboard?

...if the pins were to match up. Would that be possible?

LOL....no.

This is used to add or correct features that the motherboard maker won't do for you via BIOS update. Biostar refused to give me a BIOS with Xeon E3 support on their P67 board, even though they had the same support on the 77 series board and 61 series boards. I simply read enough to patch my own BIOS with the newer Microcodes that have Ivy Bridge (including Xeon E3) support and flashed it. Worked like a charm.

You can't add support for non supported chip that don't fit the socket, etc.

 

[Dude111]

I have, successfully, used this instruction.

I think I would be nervous to..... BIOS is quite important!!

I mean im quite active in my registry .. Cleaning it up,etc....... (Deleting keys,etc) but I dont think I would feel comfortable messing with my Bios! (Although learning about it might make it easier)

 

[Papa Hogan]

I think amd and intel should get along. Someone should invent an adapter socket like in the old days and someone else should make the bios'es work together.

 

[lamedude]

Socket7 good times.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I think amd and intel should get along. Someone should invent an adapter socket like in the old days and someone else should make the bios'es work together.

They're rival companies :\

 

[john3850]

I know that rom on the intel nics I use can be also be Bios-Moded to load other stuff with out touching the mb bios.

A Bios-Mod bios made big difference on my first Coppermine 500.

 

[Engineer]

I think I would be nervous to..... BIOS is quite important!!

I mean im quite active in my registry .. Cleaning it up,etc....... (Deleting keys,etc) but I dont think I would feel comfortable messing with my Bios! (Although learning about it might make it easier)

I wasn't either but it was either learn about it (about 8 hours reading all over the place) or buying a new motherboard. The one thing that I didn't do was to try the Xeon chip in the old board before updating the BIOS. I suppose it 'could have worked' anyway. Regardless, the microcode is now updated to the latest with Xeon support for the P67 chipset so all is now well.

Was it scarey? Hell yes....took balls to press the <Enter> key and then when it hung on reboot, I was about to panic...but it finally went on to POST and after setting BIOS settings, all has been fine.

 

[Dude111]

Heh I know what ya mean!!!!! ONCE YA PRESS ENTER THATS IT!!

Im glad it worked out OK for ya!

 

[hurrakan]

Someone called CodeRush made some cool tools for modifying BIOS code.

This one is mostly about Asus boards but he works with others too I think:

FTK is a set of utilities and batch files to flash BIOS on modern ASUS boards without losing individual board data such as System UUID, Motherboard S\N, DTS UltraPC key and Integrated MAC address.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1726429