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Hi, I'm curious if someone knows how to modify the firmware of a stand-alone DVD player. I recently gave one to a friend, but since he's using his old VCR to connect it to a TV without scart, he can't watch his original DVD's (because of the Macrovision protection). I know there are websites with 's...

http://www.winrar-rog.com/edownload/tools.html has a free unRAR util... and why not use RAR compression? WinRAR can do all sorts of (de)compression, including ZIP.

I never use ZIP anymore, it does not have any advantages over RAR (besides public acceptance maybe).

inconel, maybe it would be a good idea if you wrote down what you did, or some sort of (small) tutorial about this subject.
Might be interesting for others as well.

I think he means the link to BIOS Patcher ver. 4.00.rc.7.1
(http://www.rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4rc71.rar)

That link is indeed dead...

The direct link is: ftp://dcsdemo:phoenix@dcsdemo.phoenix.c ... BEDemo.zip

Saves registration

Oops you're right Deniss, of course I meant QC616 (and yes, I noticed there's a QC617 but there's no changelog for it, so I doubt extra processor ID's are added but one never knows, that's true). I just checked the board, it's rev. 1.3 For the interested among us, the full ID string: 61-0729-001121-...

@ajzchips: sorry :) I don't have the Upgradeware yet, just trying to think ahead. So I don't get any messages, since I'm still running a Celeron Slot 1 300 @450 on that board. I have BIOS version Q616 and I forgot which PCB revision, will open the pc later. But I definately know it's not v1.4. @Deni...

Unfortunately, it's a FIC board. There is however an AWARD (beta) BIOS for revision 1.4 of this board, but I don't have that revision...

This is the board: http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboa ... odel_id=15

lomax

Hi,

is it possible to hack the AMI BIOS to add support for new CPU's?
Apple_rom's pacther is only for AWARD...

I would like to upgrade my slot 1 mobo with an Upgradeware CPU upgrade, but the BIOS still needs to recognize the new CPU ID...

Thanks!

Yes, I have the latest version, 1.20. Checked (again) with Nero Infotool.

Hi, I have a Ricoh cd-rw burner and its firmware is about 3 years old now. The problem is, I can only burn 48x and 52x blank cd-r's at 2x speed. The burner's maximum speed is 8x, so I would like to use that. Testing with Nero shows that 8x works fine, but when the actual burn starts, it gives me a m...

I compiled the source and put it here: http://www.freewebs.com/lomax0r/phnxdeco.html The source is on that page as well, maybe it's faster from this page than from the original russian page... Regards, Lomax "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his....

> I managed to extract some images from the .bin

I'm very interested in this lazlow! Have you been able to change the logo succesfully?

Thanks. Yeah, I downloaded the latest BIOS from Compaq. I was just hoping to do some Phoenix BIOS hacking... too bad.
Looks like there's no tech info about those BIOSes floating around and their website doesn't have anything useful either

Hi, I just got a Compaq Presario 4540 from a friend (for free, so I guess I shouldn't complain :) and I would like some changes, like changing the logo and maybe some other things (try to add support for another CPU and a bigger harddisk). I've read most articles in the advanced section here, but si...