Warning: MSI BIOSes and AMIbcp insue -> corrupted BIOS

Discusses BIOS flashers and utilities from Award, AMI and Uniflash
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Bruno
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I found this info on the above page:
http://www.stormpages.com/crazyape/amibcp.html
CrazyApe homepage: http://www.stormpages.com/crazyape/index.html

Copied info from the link (written by CrazyApe):
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The AMIBCP program contains a bug in is colour menu mode that will corrupt the BIOS on MSI motherboards (I'm sure other brands are an issue as well though I've not had any reports as yet), this bug does not occur when the program is used in command line mode. Use the following command from the command line to replace the built in module with the modified one, then flash your modified BIOS into the motherboard.

AMIBCP bios.bin /R fullhack.bin 20 /M 0D30 105A

REMARK: old versions (as v7.01.01) might not help. It's due the fact of theses not work correctly with more recent BIOS - I suspect 2000 year dated BIOS or more, and/or true ACPI compilant BIOS (ouch!) - causing corruption in edited BIOS image file without any warning.
I littlely remember readed this also in other place months ago (I think it was at Ocworkbench forum on a K7S5A related topic, or something else). One or more guys that tried done theirself tweaked BIOS, maked with older AMIbcp versions, ended up with a dead board after flashing even with AMI flasher did not done any warning or complaint about the modded BIOS image file. Lucky, the guys saved theirself by doing use of AMI emergency BIOS flashing procedure (as BIOS bootblock at least survived). That's all what I remember readed. :)

So, reading the prior lines, it's suficient to question if a older AMIbcp version will do a good job with a MSI mainboard (I think not).


Any coments?

Thanks,
Bruno.
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