M2NPV-VM to support Phenom II & Athlon II?

[galapogos01]

Hi guys,

Was wondering what the likelihood is of anyone being able to mod the M2NPV-VM bios to support PhenomII processors. Here's some links to the bios & also to a similar (nforce430) gigabyte board w/ PhenomII support:

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=HGTVnGv5nGahCYgK&content=download

http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock...e/1701.zip

I tried extracting the GV3 AGESA module from the donor bios and including it in the Asus one with CBROM32 1.49 but the result is a corrupt bios (no modules can be seen). Also I do not know how to extract the Microcode modules. Below is the result of my dodgy attempt.

Code:

CBROM32 V1.49 [01/27/05 Release] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2005

              ********     1401.bin BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================  0. System BIOS
   20000h(128.00K)                      14AB9h(82.68K)  1.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0E7A0h(57.91K)   09FD7h(39.96K)  awardext.rom

  Total compress code space  = 0B000h(44.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 1EA90h(122.64K)
  Remain compress code space = FFFEC570h(4194225.36K)

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------

Any assistance appreciated, i'd like to throw a 4 core in this board.

[1234s282]

TheWiz , is the person your after , but he's a bit busy at the moment with school work etc

I cannot help with CPU Upgrades , Sorry!

Admin

[galapogos01]

Thanks. Hope he sees this.

I got further with Award Bios Editor 1.0, and have the AGESA module updated. Now just need to do Microcode.

Latest ASUS bios (1401):

Code:

CBROM32 V1.49 [01/27/05 Release] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2005

              ******** 1401_bak.bin BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================  0. System BIOS
   20000h(128.00K)                      14AB9h(82.68K)  1.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0E7A0h(57.91K)   09FD7h(39.96K)  awardext.rom
  2. CPU micro code    02000h(8.00K)    003EFh(0.98K)   CPUCODE.BIN
  3. ACPI table        0706Eh(28.11K)   02B92h(10.89K)  ACPITBL.BIN
  4. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)    002AAh(0.67K)   AwardBmp.bmp
  5. YGROUP ROM        0C370h(48.86K)   05325h(20.79K)  awardeyt.rom
  6. GROUP ROM[ 0]     07BA0h(30.91K)   030C3h(12.19K)  _EN_CODE.BIN
  7. BIOSF0              01F60h(7.84K)  01561h(5.34K)   _DMI.BIN
  8. BIOSF9             0F550h(61.33K)  00797h(1.90K)   _RT.BIN
  9. BIOSF7             007A0h(1.91K)   005F5h(1.49K)   _Xsetup.BIN
10. OEM0 CODE         0D9F0h(54.48K)   00698h(1.65K)   BGROUP.BIN
11. PCI ROM[A]        0C000h(48.00K)   0703Ch(28.06K)  NVRAID.ROM
12. PCI ROM[B]        0E000h(56.00K)   07271h(28.61K)  NVPXES.NIC
13. VGA ROM[1]        0F000h(60.00K)   0A9FEh(42.50K)  C51PV0.ROM
14. LOGO BitMap       4B30Ch(300.76K)  092ECh(36.73K)  M2NPV-VM.BMP
15. OEM1 CODE         00BAFh(2.92K)    006D3h(1.71K)   PMU.BIN
16. GV3                0414Eh(16.33K)  0113Eh(4.31K)   AGESACPU.ROM
17. BIOSF6             0E20Ch(56.51K)  0790Dh(30.26K)  EZFLASH.EXE
(BB) Compress BT-VGA   05E00h(23.50K)   04266h(16.85K)  C51PV0BB.ROM

  Total compress code space  = 65000h(404.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 57ADDh(350.72K)
  Remain compress code space = 0D523h(53.28K)

*** NVMM 4.062.1906/19/06 ◄♥ * Start Offset => 0, End Offset => 1b00 ***

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------|       0068     040A|       006D     041B|       0083     0680    0062     0414

Bios with Gigabyte AGESA:

Code:

CBROM32 V1.49 [01/27/05 Release] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2005

              ********    14012.bin BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================  0. System BIOS
   20000h(128.00K)                      14AB9h(82.68K)  1.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0E7A0h(57.91K)   09FD7h(39.96K)  awardext.rom
  2. CPU micro code    02000h(8.00K)    003EFh(0.98K)   CPUCODE.BIN
  3. ACPI table        0706Eh(28.11K)   02B92h(10.89K)  ACPITBL.BIN
  4. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)    002AAh(0.67K)   AwardBmp.bmp
  5. YGROUP ROM        0C370h(48.86K)   05325h(20.79K)  awardeyt.rom
  6. GROUP ROM[ 0]     07BA0h(30.91K)   030C3h(12.19K)  _EN_CODE.BIN
  7. BIOSF0              01F60h(7.84K)  01561h(5.34K)   _DMI.BIN
  8. BIOSF9             0F550h(61.33K)  00797h(1.90K)   _RT.BIN
  9. BIOSF7             007A0h(1.91K)   005F5h(1.49K)   _Xsetup.BIN
10. OEM0 CODE         0D9F0h(54.48K)   00698h(1.65K)   BGROUP.BIN
11. PCI ROM[A]        0C000h(48.00K)   0703Ch(28.06K)  NVRAID.ROM
12. PCI ROM[B]        0E000h(56.00K)   07271h(28.61K)  NVPXES.NIC
13. VGA ROM[1]        0F000h(60.00K)   0A9FEh(42.50K)  C51PV0.ROM
14. LOGO BitMap       4B30Ch(300.76K)  092ECh(36.73K)  M2NPV-VM.BMP
15. OEM1 CODE         00BAFh(2.92K)    006D3h(1.71K)   PMU.BIN
16. GV3                08898h(34.15K)  02D02h(11.25K)  AGESACPU.ROM
17. BIOSF6             0E20Ch(56.51K)  0790Dh(30.26K)  EZFLASH.EXE
(BB) Compress BT-VGA   05E00h(23.50K)   04266h(16.85K)  C51PV0BB.ROM

  Total compress code space  = 65000h(404.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 596A1h(357.66K)
  Remain compress code space = 0B95Fh(46.34K)

*** NVMM 4.062.1906/19/06 ◄♥ * Start Offset => 0, End Offset => 1b00 ***

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------|       0068     040A|       006D     041B|       0083     0680    0062     0414

Can anyone help me with the Microcode section? I have tried 3 or 4 new bioses, not one have a "normal" microcode module that ABE or CBROM can extract -- they show up as (SP) instead (note above that the ASUS bios has it as a normal module under #2):

Code:

..\CBROM196\CBROM196.EXE V1.96 [01/30/08] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2007

              ******** ..\M2N-SLI-Deluxe-1701\M2N-SLI-Deluxe-1701.B BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================  0. System BIOS
   20000h(128.00K)                      14B12h(82.77K)  1701.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0F5E0h(61.47K)   0A2A1h(40.66K)  awardext.rom
  2. ACPI table        08098h(32.15K)   030B7h(12.18K)  ACPITBL.BIN
  3. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)    002AAh(0.67K)   AwardBmp.bmp
  4. YGROUP ROM        0D110h(52.27K)   0654Ah(25.32K)  awardeyt.rom
  5. GROUP ROM[ 0]     09D40h(39.31K)   03BA2h(14.91K)  _EN_CODE.BIN
  6. BIOSF0              024A0h(9.16K)  01818h(6.02K)   _DMI.BIN
  7. BIOSF9             0F870h(62.11K)  00920h(2.28K)   _RT.BIN
  8. BIOSF7             008A0h(2.16K)   006B2h(1.67K)   _Xsetup.BIN
  9. LOGO BitMap       4B30Ch(300.76K)  01BF0h(6.98K)   M2N-SLID.BMP
10. OEM0 CODE         0BEC0h(47.69K)   00723h(1.78K)   BGROUP.BIN
11. PCI ROM[A]        0BC00h(47.00K)   07190h(28.39K)  NVRAID.ROM
12. PCI ROM[B]        0E000h(56.00K)   07519h(29.27K)  NVPXES.NIC
13. PCI ROM[C]        07400h(29.00K)   03FACh(15.92K)  JMB363.bin
14. OEM7 CODE         01F95h(7.90K)    016ACh(5.67K)   AUDIODJ.BIN
15. GV3                08A2Ch(34.54K)  027B1h(9.92K)   AGESACPU.ROM
16. BIOSF6             0DC88h(55.13K)  07626h(29.54K)  EZFLASH.EXE
17. MINIT             0E2FFh(56.75K)   0E326h(56.79K)  MEMINIT.BIN
(SP) NCPUCODE          04000h(16.00K)   04000h(16.00K)  NCPUCODE.BIN

  Total compress code space  = 61000h(388.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 60B1Bh(386.78K)
  Remain compress code space = 00505h(1.25K)

*** NVMM 4.071.2003/21/07 ◄♥ * Start Offset => 0, End Offset => 2b00 ***

                          ** Micro Code Information **
    Bridge ID                          |     Bridge ID
North    South      Patch  ID  CPUID  |  North    South      Patch  ID  CPUID
---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------00000000 00000000
01000002   0000                       | 00000000 00000000    00000062   0414
00000000 00000000    00000068   040A   | 00000000 00000000    0000006D   041B
00000000 00000000    00000083   0680   | 00000000 00000000    01000020   1000
00000000 00000000    01000065   1022   | 00000000 00000000    01000066   1020

[galapogos01]

OK, I managed to get NCPUCODE.BIN from the M2N donor bios. The format is identical to CPUCODE.BIN just larger contents (8*2KB instead of 4*2KB). So now I have AGESA & Microcode from m2n bios. Is this OK?

Code:

..\..\CBROM196\CBROM196.EXE V1.96 [01/30/08] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2007

              ******** 1401_bak_m2n_abe.bin BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================  0. System BIOS
   20000h(128.00K)                      14AB9h(82.68K)  1.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0E7A0h(57.91K)   09FD7h(39.96K)  awardext.rom
  2. CPU micro code    04000h(16.00K)   0099Bh(2.40K)   NCPUCODE.BIN
  3. ACPI table        0706Eh(28.11K)   02B92h(10.89K)  ACPITBL.BIN
  4. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)    002AAh(0.67K)   AwardBmp.bmp
  5. YGROUP ROM        0C370h(48.86K)   05325h(20.79K)  awardeyt.rom
  6. GROUP ROM[ 0]     07BA0h(30.91K)   030C3h(12.19K)  _EN_CODE.BIN
  7. BIOSF0              01F60h(7.84K)  01561h(5.34K)   _DMI.BIN
  8. BIOSF9             0F550h(61.33K)  00797h(1.90K)   _RT.BIN
  9. BIOSF7             007A0h(1.91K)   005F5h(1.49K)   _Xsetup.BIN
10. OEM0 CODE         0D9F0h(54.48K)   00698h(1.65K)   BGROUP.BIN
11. PCI ROM[A]        0C000h(48.00K)   0703Ch(28.06K)  NVRAID.ROM
12. PCI ROM[B]        0E000h(56.00K)   07271h(28.61K)  NVPXES.NIC
13. VGA ROM[1]        0F000h(60.00K)   0A9FEh(42.50K)  C51PV0.ROM
14. LOGO BitMap       4B30Ch(300.76K)  092ECh(36.73K)  M2NPV-VM.BMP
15. OEM1 CODE         00BAFh(2.92K)    006D3h(1.71K)   PMU.BIN
16. GV3                08A2Ch(34.54K)  027B1h(9.92K)   AGESACPU.ROM
17. BIOSF6             0E20Ch(56.51K)  0790Dh(30.26K)  EZFLASH.EXE

(BB) Compress BT-VGA   05E00h(23.50K)   04266h(16.85K)  C51PV0BB.ROM
  Total compress code space  = 65000h(404.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 596FCh(357.75K)
  Remain compress code space = 0B904h(46.25K)

*** NVMM 4.062.1906/19/06 ◄♥ * Start Offset => 0, End Offset => 1b00 ***

                          ** Micro Code Information **
    Bridge ID                          |     Bridge ID
North    South      Patch  ID  CPUID  |  North    South      Patch  ID  CPUID
---------------------------------------+|       0068     040A|       006D     041B   0062     0414
     0083     0680|       0000     0000|       0000     0000|       0000     0000
     0000     0000|

See http://www.mediafire.com/?zydj12j2jza for bios file (not tested)

[1234s282]

For all i know , all thats needed is the Microcode and the AGESA from a supported bios. However , I think the ACPITBL.BIN comes into it aswell

Wait for TheWiz

Admin

[TheWiz]

Yes, I have returned. Good stuff you've posted. I have replaced your AGESA and Microcode with the latest version, as well as MEMINIT. CBROm reports a lot of new Microcode, but unfortuantly I had to drop your splash logo in order to fit it all in.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1525839/Bios/M2NPV-VMCPU.BIN

This may or may not solve your CPU issue. If it doesn't we may have to do the risky mod and replace your power tables with the ones from the Gigabyte.



TheWiz

[galapogos01]

Thanks for the reply! Once I confirm I have another socketed mobo to hotflash with, I will try this bios.

Cheers,
Jason

[linuxeomboy]

@TheWiz

I'm excited about getting phenom II support for this mobo as well.
Though it makes me afraid of messing the system up as I'm totally new to bios modding.

...comparing on cbrom the original 1401 with the one you posted (1701), there is no rom for the onboard GPU in it, probably due to space restriction (and as the M2N-SLI Deluxe has no onboard gpu).

so I ask, would the modded bios post at least, making me able to reflash the 1401 back up in case it doesn't work? or the hot flash would be the only possibility in case of crash?

Thanks in advance.

[TheWiz]

Yeah i this case, hotflash is all you got. Also, the original bios does not have the correct calls to support phenom II, so I will be creating a new test version of the M2N-SLI

TheWiz

[Ace]

@TheWiz

Hi, I also have a M2N-Sli deluxe motherboard. Now im currently running a 955 Black Edtion nicely at 3.6Ghz but i have to force the multiplier using nvidia system tools cpu profiles. Even in the bios it says the correct core speed but it is locked at x4 and 0.9v. Now i disabled CnQ and C1E but still makes no difference. Now i can just up the voltage manually in bios to use like i do now but really i want it auto. Also it says "AMD processor unknown" in bios and in windows. I tried using awdbedit from borg number ones tools to look though and see if i could at least force the cpu to say the right name by renaming the error text. Then if i could understand why it defaults to 4x and then force that in the bios we would be sorted. Even if we had to bang out different revisions of the bios for different chips it would be excellent. Also with the X6 coming in april it would be nice to know we could have them sorted too if needs be. Especially by the time the C3 X6 3.2Ghz 95W comes around. Oh and also thanks to nvidia not allowing nvidia system tools to be run on an nvidia motherboard unless you have an nvidia gpu installed means that ati card users cant force their multipliers and are stuck either downgrading to a 940 or putting in an nvidia card.

Anyhoo if you could shed some light on this it would be great. Why does it default to x4 0.9v ?

Thanks



link to forum http://corleone.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=286970