How To Update Award CPU Microcode

[1234s282]

CBROM BIOS.BIN /pci release - Then select the right rom

CBROM BIOS.BIN /logo release

I honestly dont know if removing the raid rom will break the bios. In theory if you arent using it then it shouldnt matter but you never know until you try

What I meant by TDP is there is a Phyiscal power limitation on some motyherboards which make them incompatible with certain cpus. For example people who want to run Phenom II's on their old boards sometimes cant because some Phenom II CPU's have a TDP of 125W and the board only accepts CPU's with a TDP of 95W or less. This means the CPU either doesnt work at all or runs at a highly reduced speed.

Admin

[marcusj0016]

any way to upgrade Intel i3 Microcode?

it's a clarkdale, i'd perfer to have that brand new Sandy Bridge microcode AVX, and anyother advanced microcodes too.


how do i do this with AMI?

[TheWiz]

Hi marcus,

We can update any of the microcode you need. Please create a seperate thread so we don't contaminate this one, but if you post the board and the BIOS in question ina new thread I'll be happy to help you out.

TheWiz

[opethfan]

I've had CBROM 198 and 195 crash on me when trying to implement newer microcode on an M2NPV-MX BIOS. One error suggested it was a DEP issue, so I tried disabling DEP on that application (W7 x64) then I tried on a system with no hardware DEP (W2008 x86) and finally in a Windows 98 VM, all crashing when trying to implement the microcode. Any experience or assistance with this?

[Deucalion29710]

Is there a way to update the M613Z_19.BIN bios to support Phenom 1 HD9500WCJ4BGD?

[f3bandit]

here's my bios I just modded the microcodes. I included the instructions and tools
enjoy guys this should take the mystery out of the process.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06TVjAy...sp=sharing

[Falco]

here's my bios I just modded the microcodes. I included the instructions and tools
enjoy guys this should take the mystery out of the process.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06TVjAy...sp=sharing

Tutorial is really confusing.

I'd love to know how to do this because nobody will respond to my request for Turion 64 ML-34 support on my K8MM-V, even after saying I'd donate some coin to get it done.

I'm reluctant to even try it myself since the board doesn't have a removable BIOS chip, and a failed flash is going to brick it.

[KOLANICH]

1 Can we update Phoenix Bioses (as we know in fact they are Award) the same way?
2 How can we use microcodes from intel site?
my bios is http://msi.com/service/download/bios-7896.html
[offtop]
What else useful can I do with it?
[/offtop]
3

Code:

ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД[compiled@07.09.2009]ДДД
  BIOS Info Tool v1.4,          Copyright(c) 2004 by Serge Galkin (StarGaz0r)
  Win9x/Win2k/XP version                              e-mail: stargaz0r@nm.ru
НННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННННН

ю ROM BIOS by Award Software International Inc., http://www.award.com/
   BIOS ID Strings: 06/13/2008-Broadwater-6A79LM4CC-00, 6A79LM4C
   Model: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG (Medallion BIOS), 06/13/08
   Vendor: Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.
   Version String:  W7235IMS V1.11 061308 11:10:04
   Peripheral bus(es): ISA/PCI

ю BIOS update interface: awdflash hook
    [ы] Supported Flash ROM Size: 8 Mbit
    [ы] Flash Chip Block(s) Size: 64KB
    [ы] NT Flash Support

ю Supported features:
    [ы] IntelR ACPI 0.9/1.x
    [ы] PCI IRQ Routing Table v1.0 (incorrect!)
    [ы] EL TORITO CD-ROM Boot Specification

ю Award Decompression BIOS structure:

ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
No. Item-Name         Original-Size    Compressed-Size   Original-File-Name
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
0   System BIOS       20000h (128K)    153A0h (84,91K)   6A79LM4C.BIN
1   XGROUP CODE       E7E0h  (57,97K)  9A0Dh  (38,51K)   awardext.rom
2   ACPI table        4D96h  (19,4K)   1CAFh  (7,17K)    ACPITBL.BIN
3   EPA pattern       168Ch  (5,64K)   2AAh   (0,67K)    AwardBmp.bmp
4   YGROUP ROM        A820h  (42,03K)  52C1h  (20,69K)   awardeyt.rom
5   GROUP ROM[0]      54C0h  (21,19K)  25C2h  (9,44K)    _EN_CODE.BIN
6   Other(4069:0000)  68A0h  (26,16K)  68D7h  (26,21K)   MEMINIT.BIN
7   Other(4067:0000)  1E8Dh  (7,64K)   C9Ah   (3,15K)    PPMINIT.ROM
8   Other(4046:0000)  4B30Ch (300,76K) 9507h  (37,26K)   P4_01_BIOS5.bmp
9   Other(404E:0000)  34D0h  (13,2K)   57Ch   (1,37K)    64N8IMB.BMP
10  Other(404F:0000)  33E0h  (12,97K)  938h   (2,3K)     64N8IVT.BMP
11  Other(4050:0000)  33E0h  (12,97K)  827h   (2,04K)    64N8IPP.BMP
12  Other(4051:0000)  33E0h  (12,97K)  73Bh   (1,81K)    64N8ICP.BMP
13  Other(4052:0000)  33E0h  (12,97K)  82Fh   (2,05K)    64N8ICPO.BMP
14  Other(4053:0000)  33E0h  (12,97K)  84Eh   (2,08K)    64N8ICR.BMP
15  PCI driver[A]     7C00h  (31K)     44A4h  (17,16K)   jmb361_1.06.63_raid.bin
16  PCI driver[B]     A000h  (40K)     5E5Fh  (23,59K)   RTGBPXE.LOM
     (Realtek Semicon. Undefined Device was built before Class Code definitions were finalized BIOS)
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД


ю Award Decompression BIOS Modules Header CheckSum Status:

ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
No. Item-Name         CheckSum    Calculated-CheckSum    Address    Status    
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
0   System BIOS         45h               45h            10001h     Correct
1   XGROUP CODE         B1h               B1h            253A2h     Correct
2   ACPI table          DBh               DBh            2EDAFh     Correct
3   EPA pattern         01h               01h            30A5Eh     Correct
4   YGROUP ROM          C5h               C5h            30D08h     Correct
5   GROUP ROM[0]        52h               52h            35FC9h     Correct
6   Other(4069:0000)    74h               74h            3858Bh     Correct
7   Other(4067:0000)    9Fh               9Fh            3EE62h     Correct
8   Other(4046:0000)    60h               60h            3FAFCh     Correct
9   Other(404E:0000)    C7h               C7h            49003h     Correct
10  Other(404F:0000)    D1h               D1h            4957Fh     Correct
11  Other(4050:0000)    E1h               E1h            49EB7h     Correct
12  Other(4051:0000)    EAh               EAh            4A6DEh     Correct
13  Other(4052:0000)    0Fh               0Fh            4AE19h     Correct
14  Other(4053:0000)    E3h               E3h            4B648h     Correct
15  PCI driver[A]       53h               53h            4BE96h     Correct
16  PCI driver[B]       2Bh               2Bh            5033Ah     Correct
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД


ю Award Decompression BIOS Main CheckSums Status:

ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
No. Item-Name         CheckSum    Calculated-CheckSum    Address    Status    
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
0   System BIOS         FFh               90h            253A0h     Wrong
1   XGROUP CODE         ДДД               70h            ДДДДДД     Absent
2   ACPI table          ДДД               29h            ДДДДДД     Absent
3   EPA pattern         ДДД               40h            ДДДДДД     Absent
4   YGROUP ROM          ДДД               94h            ДДДДДД     Absent
5   GROUP ROM[0]        ДДД               11h            ДДДДДД     Absent
6   Other(4069:0000)    ДДД               1Fh            ДДДДДД     Absent
7   Other(4067:0000)    ДДД               50h            ДДДДДД     Absent
8   Other(4046:0000)    ДДД               0Ch            ДДДДДД     Absent
9   Other(404E:0000)    ДДД               76h            ДДДДДД     Absent
10  Other(404F:0000)    ДДД               C4h            ДДДДДД     Absent
11  Other(4050:0000)    ДДД               EAh            ДДДДДД     Absent
12  Other(4051:0000)    ДДД               3Ch            ДДДДДД     Absent
13  Other(4052:0000)    ДДД               CFh            ДДДДДД     Absent
14  Other(4053:0000)    ДДД               F0h            ДДДДДД     Absent
15  PCI driver[A]       ДДД               74h            ДДДДДД     Absent
16  PCI driver[B]       ДДД               01h            ДДДДДД     Absent
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД

ю Award Decompression BIOS Map:

ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
No. Item-Name         Start Address    End Address       Original-File-Name
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
0   System BIOS         10000h         253A0h            
1   XGROUP CODE         253A1h         2EDAEh            
2   ACPI table          2EDAEh         30A5Dh            
3   EPA pattern         30A5Dh         30D07h            
4   YGROUP ROM          30D07h         35FC8h            
5   GROUP ROM[0]        35FC8h         3858Ah            
6   Other(4069:0000)    3858Ah         3EE61h            
7   Other(4067:0000)    3EE61h         3FAFBh            
8   Other(4046:0000)    3FAFBh         49002h            
9   Other(404E:0000)    49002h         4957Eh            
10  Other(404F:0000)    4957Eh         49EB6h            
11  Other(4050:0000)    49EB6h         4A6DDh            
12  Other(4051:0000)    4A6DDh         4AE18h            
13  Other(4052:0000)    4AE18h         4B647h            
14  Other(4053:0000)    4B647h         4BE95h            
15  PCI driver[A]       4BE95h         50339h            
16  PCI driver[B]       50339h         56198h            
ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД

  Error: MEMINIT.BIN: Bad CRC during expansion - data may be invalid!

I see wrong checksums

[tb13]

Thanks for the awesome tut. I successfully stole the CPU microcodes from a Foxconn board and used them on my Abit board to gain support for LGA771 Xeon CPU's

[pflatlyne]

raid_or is the RAID Storage Controller Option ROM required for RAID

As for the AGESA Equivalent , there isnt one. Intel just use microcodes although hardware specific limitations like the TDP support of the motherbaord will prevent you installing some processors (Obviously the CPU SOcket type has to match too!)

Can I safely get rid of raid_or? I will probably never use the 8212F's IDE raid.

Nope, the TDP doesn't matter. What matters - is the socket pins being changed when Core2 was implemented. Thus preventing Core2 CPU from starting on old boards. But anyway the BIOS must support Core2 and microcodes are not enough.

A thing to work out? Smile

So here's the question... Why would a 945P board not be able to electrically support the Core2 chips? And if so, how could the later 945P boards support the Pentium D and the Core/Core2?

Also another thing which I'm confused about... You say microcodes are not enough, that the BIOS must support it - can you elaborate?

In any case, what command would I use in CBROM to remove raid_or or the Foxconn logo?

Because the socket is not wired correctly to the chipset for it. For instance,if you look at socket m and socket p,they are similar. At first,it looks like just two wires are different. But if you look closer,there are a bunch more connections that were changed. So,for instance,you cant put a socket P cpu in a socket M board. I too thought if it was just microcode and perhaps a couple wires different I could make it work. For instance,I could perhaps cut the two pins off,and with some clever use of epoxy and conductive ink,add some tiny traces,then a layer of epoxy insulation,then epoxy new pins in place and connect them in reversed order. It would be intricate and tedeous,but would work,for two pins. But there are dozens of pins that are off,usually by one or two spots. So its not practical. I breifly considered the idea of making a little circuit board,wtih a grid of solder balls,that swapped all the right pins,then soldering the chip to the socket,then soldering the socket to the board just like any other BGA chip. But ultimately the one thing I cant do is increase the memory. Well,ok,I have a lenovo t60,which runs core bios,so I bet if I was clever I could. I bet I could do some sort of thing where I could bank select rows on a pair of 4gb simms or something,calling an exception handler to deal with it. I understand that System Management Mode can do things completely independant of the OS. I bet you could make it transparant,but if not,you could at least make it work in Linux. But then I realized,cool as it would be to have a core quad (heck,might as well go for broke) and 8gb in a T60 (uber geek cred there) I have better things to do with my time,and I have laptops with those capabilities already.

Another crazy idea I thought of was 16gb of DDR3 in my HP-G71. The idea is that the G71 uses a G45 variant chipset. As such,it supports both DDR2 and DDR3. I have not looked too hard (once again becuase I realized,I have a life,and a job,and enough projects like my old truck im fixing up) ,but the idea was that all the lines from the chipset to the ram are probably used for both types of ram. As such,maybe I could make my own SODIMM PCBs that would fit in the sockets. I could likely route any additional connections if need be. Then I would have to figure out something to do with the BIOS. Thats the worst part. The idea was,to do the undoable. Find a laptop that was similar enough,and hack its bios. The idea is,if I have the schematics of both laptops I could perhaps track down and spot the differences in the chipset initialization and using a lot of patience figure out the changes needed to get he new bios to work. In fact,if I were REALLY lucky,I might find one that already did! But once again,I realized its a lot of time,and a cool idea,and I might have done it 15 years ago,but now if I really really want a 16gb laptop Ill go buy one.

Oh,then there was yet another crazy idea along the same lines. Get a 1st gen macbook bios. Then try to figure out what is different in the hardware of the early macbooks and my t60. Same chipset. Prob different support chips. But the initialization is understood (coreboot supported). If I could actually get the thing to boot off a macbook bios,it would be the ultimate hackintosh. But then I realized,I have a job and a life... and if I want a macbook,Ill go buy one.

Then I thought,I bet there is some laptop out there thats virtually identical to the macbook. If I look far and wide enough,I bet I could find one. Once again,job and life.

Still would be fun to have a Thinkpad that natively booted OSX.

Actually,I thought of using Coreboot + EFIboot and and merging the stuff from one of the Hackintosh loaders into it... but you know what I realized after thinking about it a few minutes. (Yea,I have a lot of interesting ideas)

But I am trying to get the G71 to use a E8135 CPU. That either will work with a simple bios hack or not. Actually,Im considering the idea of a core 2 quad in it if the E8135 works well. The problem is the motherboard schematics show the board has some parts that have to be populated differently for the quad cores. Most of them are for the debug port so Im not sure of those will actually be required. But some are for the AGTL+ reference so those will be needed. Im guessing thats why so many people try the quads in laptops not made for them and they wont work.