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by richardaburton
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:14 pm
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Tool to extract latest Intel microcode for bios modding
Replies: 17
Views: 45527

the only problem is: if the size of the microcode differs from 2048 byte (2 kbyte) you can't insert it into (at least) an Award BIOS because it silently ignores the size byte in the binary and assumes a size of 2kB. on the other hand there is a NCPUCODE.BIN which holds all microcode updates that ar...
by richardaburton
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:17 am
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Tool to extract latest Intel microcode for bios modding
Replies: 17
Views: 45527

I get a load of cpu000xxxxx_plat00000xxx_ver00000xxx_datexxxxxxxx.bin files which can be used to patch into your bios, right? That's right. In award bioses you have a file called cpucode.bin which is made up of 1 or more of these bin files (simply concatenated together if there is more than one of ...
by richardaburton
Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Tool to extract latest Intel microcode for bios modding
Replies: 17
Views: 45527

Download limit was reached. I've created a rapidshare account and uploaded it with that so there is no download limit anymore. Updated the link in the first post.

@edwin emailing you a copy too

Richard.
by richardaburton
Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:13 pm
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Tool to extract latest Intel microcode for bios modding
Replies: 17
Views: 45527

Tool to extract latest Intel microcode for bios modding

I wanted to update the microcode in my bios on an older P4 machine, but after much googleing couldn't figure out for sure what the latest version for my processor was. I couldn't find any sites with a recent definitive list of them, or anywhere with a good download collection. Tutorials for updating...