PHOENIX Graphic BIOS FORMAT

lazlow · Fri Nov 08, 2002 1:08 am

Is there a PHOENIX Graphic BIOS Format?
How can I edit/change this format? is it similar to EPA format?

For example (extracted from .bin)

NECORNERbmp..PG
4E 45 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 62 6D 70 00 00 00 00 50 47 00 01
N E C O R N E R B M P P G

All the BMPs inside the bin start with the string 'PG' (maybe phoenix graphic?)
Could somebody help me?

Fri Nov 08, 2002 2:43 pm

I've never seen it discussed. There aren't any BIOS tools for Phoenix like there are for Award and AMI.

lazlow · Fri Nov 08, 2002 6:10 pm

soupy wrote:I've never seen it discussed. There aren't any BIOS tools for Phoenix like there are for Award and AMI.

I managed to extract some images from the .bin

This is called PTTLOGO.BMP

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Fri Nov 08, 2002 7:13 pm

You could be starting a whole new craze if you can crack this!

lomax · Sun Mar 23, 2003 9:52 pm

> 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?

sulbert · Thu Mar 27, 2003 3:13 pm

Do you know this tool?

Phoenixdeco

Never tried it myself, just accidentally found it...

Thu Mar 27, 2003 3:34 pm

sulbert wrote:Do you know this tool?

Phoenixdeco

Never tried it myself, just accidentally found it...

Yeah, some guy keeps plugging that site here. Problem is, his host sucks and his site is unreachable.

Thu Mar 27, 2003 4:11 pm

It's OK from here right now....

Thu Mar 27, 2003 4:46 pm

Huh. Well, you're across the pond, so that probably has something to do with it.

Anyone in N.A. manage to reach it?

Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:26 pm

Can't reach it either, and I'm about as close to Russia as NickS is...

Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:47 pm

It works for me. Slow as hell but works

lomax · Sat Mar 29, 2003 1:05 pm

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." - General George Patton (1885-1945)

MMAMUK · Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:43 am

There is a legitimately available BEDemo utility from Phoenix which although does not save any edits, effectively provides the wherewithal to modify the Phoenix BIOS if one so chooses. All the utilities one needs are included within DEDemo:

(i) decompressing the BIOS file (use BEDemo)
- the uncompressed files will be found in sub-directory :\TEMP

(ii) to compress the files back (use PREPARE.EXE)

(iii) to create a unified BIOS file with the correct CRC checksum
(use CATENATE.EXE)

The only minor inconvenience is the absence of a HEX editor. This can be acquired over the internet as Freeware / Shareware .

I was just surprised to learn that there were quite a number of people out there who wanted to modify their Phoenix BIOS's i.e. import new CPU microcodes for instance, but didn't know how to.

I have posted at URL:

http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2294

with details on how I modified the Phoenix BIOS of my motherboard i.e injected 3 Tualatin based microcodes (06B0, 06B1 and 06B4), modified the BIOS dates and BIOS revision numbers, and modified the details of my motherboard within the BIOS.

compuboy_r · Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:42 am

If Pheonix bios is the same as Award Bios
Then
See This, this might help u.

http://www.tech-arena.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3608

compuboy_r

MMAMUK · Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:45 pm

Unfortunately, Phoenix BIOS is not the same as an Award BIOS.