[Request] Additional Options - Acer Aspire 9500 - Insyde ACPI Bios 4.20.09 from 2005

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Hi, the original idea started in 2012, where I got told, my Insyde BIOS would be "too new" to be modded.

Mabye it changed ? I stumbled across donovan6000 his blog  for example :

Insyde Modding
http://donovan6000.blogspot.de/2013/06/i...-tabs.html



But still, even Andys Tool says "no Insyde Bios".

The original downloadable BIOS v1.70 that I flashed back then looks like this :



Here is the link to the BIOS :


http://www.acer.com/ac/de/DE/content/sup...ct/140?b=1




Its a Laptop where I would like to enable additional options and change the splashscreen.

Acer Aspire 9500 (Modell DQ70).

Mainboard: Compal Stork (Chipset i915PM/GM, Southbridge 82801FBM (ICH6-M)

Pentium M 760 @ 2 GHz

Insyde Software MobilePRO Version 4.20.10, using the "Acer HQD70" Bios 1.60. (512kb)

Right after startup it additionally says "Insyde ACPI Bios 4.20.09" short before initialising the HDD and the CD-Rom.

I made a backup of the 1.60 using the "Universal BIOS Backup ToolKit 2.0" but couldnt open it either.

Its UUID is : 61373537326131356136000FB0F07732

Firmware 101.114
Bios Date: 12/29/2005
Bios Starting Segment : EB00h


I gave up and I really hope someone else found a way in the meantime, as I just digged out this laptop once again.

And reply is welcome.

Regards,
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Found the very 1st BIOS for it, v1.30 from 2005 :

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/../Archi...s/1.30.zip



With a hexeditor you can clearly read a lot inside the ROM file. You can find the a LZMA "header" (5D 00 00), but you cant unpack the file.

You can find a Boot Loader and you can find words like OSBLOGO or IMAG01. 1x in a list of words and 1x somewhere inside the ROM between a lot of data.
But in the very same order as in this list.



For example the data between OSBLOGO and USBCORE is 10kb. Enough for a small 4-16 color logo.

The data between IMAG001 and BOOTMSG is 31kb. Enough for a midsize 16 color Acer logo.

But I cant seem to find a graphic file header or something similar...either because of the LZMA compression or I dont know.

And the word PXEBIOS1 can be found a lot.

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There is a tool (InsyDeco), a decompressor, from 2004 that lets you decompress Insyde BIOS .

insydeco.0.1.zip

http://biosgfx.narod.ru/insydeco/


Original Download link gone. See bottom of this post for the files 


And there is the "Advanced BIOS Logo Reader" :




The "Advanced BIOS Logo Reader" can still be downloaded here :

http://biosgfx.narod.ru/v3/











-=InsyDeco, version 0.1 (DOS32)=-

InsydeBIOS information:
Filelength : 80000 (524288 bytes)
Filename : v190.rom
BootBlock Table : 71E00
Modules: : 23
Released : 03 November 2000
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Instance (Name) Packed Len CRC Segment Offset |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[00] VGABIOS 9A17 F115 C0000000 10000h
[01] VGABIOS 1EC6 F909 00000000 19A2Bh
[02] TSBLOGO 0F71 DA25 63000000 1B910h
[03] DYNALOGO 09F1 6073 63000000 1C8A0h
[04] TSBDEV 09AE A202 66000000 1D2B0h
[05] BARG 01B9 97FF 68000000 1DC80h
[06] BARL 01AE 93AA 69000000 1DE50h
[07] DISPSEG 16AD 2A97 80000000 20000h
[08] IMAG001 240F 59CA 40000000 216D0h
[09] ISC02 025F 1EAE 90000000 23B00h
[10] ISC02P 024C 10C1 90000000 23D80h
[11] ESLOGO01 10FB A8F8 9E000000 23FE0h
[12] OSBLOGO 3D75 A762 50000000 250F0h
[13] OSBLOGO 006C 3CDA 00000000 28E80h
[14] USBCORE 1B86 15FF E0000000 28F00h
[15] ACPIROM 0A3B C068 E6000000 2AAA0h
[16] ACPIDSDT 25C2 D247 40000000 2B540h
[17] BIOS SCU 3C62 5A3E 30000100 2DB20h
[18] PM PM 8B12 6C39 A0001510 317A0h
[19] PM PM 10AD 7CB2 00000000 3A2F0h
[20] PCI BIOS 259B 5895 E7000000 3B3C0h
[21] PNP BIOS 370D 0491 E7004000 3D990h
[22] SYSBIOS A129 3F6C F0000000 410E0h
[23] SYSBIOS 2A74 AD30 00000000 4B260h
[24] CBBOOT 05AA 664F 7000F000 4DCF0h
[25] PXEBIOS 726B 28B6 D4000000 4E2B0h
[26] EXTOEM 10DA D254 E0004000 55530h


"InsyDeco" can be downloaded here :

http://http://www.filedropper.com/insydeco01


The "Advanced BIOS Logo Reader" can still be downloaded here :

http://biosgfx.narod.ru/v3/

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I compared entry and exit points of the example files I extracted from the ROM.

Which would be :

-PXEBIOS1 (24kb)
[b]-PXEBIOS [/b](25kb)
-VGABIOS (45kb)
-BIOS SCU (20kb)
[b]-DISPSEG [/b](8kb)
-BOOTMSG (1kb)
-F12MSG (2kb)
-IMAG001 (31kb)
-OSBLOGO (7kb)
-USBCORE (10kb)
-ACPIROM (3kb)
-ACPIDSDT (10kb)
-EXTOEM (3kb)
-SCU SRVR (10kb)
-PM PM (31kb) (Power Management Core ?)
-PCI BIOS (12kb)
-PNP BIOS (10kb)
-SYSBIOS (43kb)
-CPOEM (3kb)

-ABOCUS (? kb) - found only Entry Point, as the table that enlists all options is inbetween abocus and crisis

-CRISIS (? kb) -found only Entry Point




All have the same file "entry points" FF 88 filename 0C 88 and all end with different amount of FF FF FF FF















More to come, any help appreciated.

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Found another guy with nearly the same Insyde BIOS for his TOSHIBA Laptop :

https://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...be-MobilePro-)


Exactly the same Bootloader 1.00.3 05/18/04

Exactly the same Boot Block 1.00. 11/03/00

But of course different file header per file "EE 88"...

Encryption/compression looks harmless as a lot o clear text can be found
and it is 1 megabyte ROM.

His laptop has same CPU, Pentium M 760 / 2GHz,
but intel GMA 915 instead of Ati Mobility X700



The "best" part is, the Insy Decompression tool does work with this BIOS.

Also Advanced BIOS Logo Reader can read all files from it.

Any help is appreciated.
You can downlaod the readable ROM here :

http://www.filedropper.com/1_26

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I managed to find similar and nearly identical MobilePRO BIOS files, used in other laptops,
that actually can be decompressed/viewed with the desired tools :

I even discovered a bios that looks like as if it has the same compression as mine and has "decompression routines" in the exe file.
Still, a long way to go...

https://forums.mydigitallife.info/thread...ost1297246

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All files end with the same Boot Block...







Maybe its time to exchange parts from one BIOS with parts from another one...


I was also able to find a tool called "BIOS Info Tool v1.3" by Serge Galkin from 2004 :


You can download it here :http://soft.mydiv.net/win/download-BIOS-Info-Tool.html


Except for an "incorrect" PCI IRQ Routing Table, it tells all infos[b],
even the ATI VGA BIOS A.09 and the Starting Adress Segment.[/b]




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BIOS Info Tool v1.3, Copyright© 2004 by Serge Galkin (StarGaz0r)
Win9x/Win2k/XP version e-mail: stargaz0r@nm.ru
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 BIOS by Intel Corporation 07/12/04

 DMI.BaseBoardInformation:
Manufacturer: COMPAL
Product: Stork
Version: *
Serial Number: 1234567890

 DMI.SystemInformation:
Manufacturer: Acer
Product Name: Aspire 9500
Serial Number: 1234567890

 DMI.BIOSInformation:
Vendor Name: Acer
BIOS Version: V1.70
BIOS Starting Address Segment: EB00h
BIOS Release Date: 02/27/2006
BIOS ROM Size: 512 KB
[? System Management BIOS w/DMI v2.3
[? PCI IRQ Routing Table v1.0 (incorrect!)

 Add-on BIOS detected:
ATI Tech
Version A.09
Located @BD0000
Init Entry Point @BD0275
Size 57kb

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Would be nice if someone could join "the fun" ;D