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So more than 6 weeks have passed. Where is that ACPI code from the Hummer 5600?

BIOS files using the WPH extension include platform-dependent information within the file. The PLATFORM.BIN file, which was required with PHLASH.EXE, is no longer used with PHLASH16.EXE. Due to the fact that this information is now included in the BIOS file, it will be larger than 512 KB.

Keep in mind that UPDATE0.ROM is not a generic file. A correctly written UPDATE0.ROM file will contain microcode updates for all processors compatible with the specific motherboard for which it was written. You should therefore update each microcode manually with the latest revision. Provided that a...

That was Toshiba V1.90 BIOS, using ACPI Editor in Phoenix BIOS Editor. 0x00 and 0 are both zero, so there are no differences, just displayed differently by different programs.

Post again when you have ACPI info from Gericom Hummer with go5600.

I would check ACPI before trying to understand changes in the Video BIOS. Compare this area to those computers that do not have problems with latest video drivers. Device(AGP) { Name(_ADR,0x00010000) Method(_PRT,0,NotSerialized) { If(LNot(\PICF)) { Return(Package(0x02){ Package(0x04){ 0xFFFF, 0x00, ...

Don't worry about the unsupported module. You're not going to modify that anyway. The fact that some logo modules are not understood is a problem for a build with the editor. Although you cannot use build or catenate, it may still be possible to replace an option rom manually. But I'm unsure of what...

Borg Number One,

Thank you! That seems to work nicely.

Does anyone know what type of compression IBM uses for their distributed BIOS images? I'd like to separate all the chunks with Phoenix BIOS Editor, but I need to decompress the file first. This is the BIOS I'm interested in http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=t42p&q2=bios&uid=psg1MIGR-5...

Over the weekend I ran another test using the SubSystem and SubVendor IDs from Hewlett Packard's NW8000 notebook. The graphics drivers for this computer allow installation of 4E50 (RADEON 9600) and 4E54 (FireGL T2-128) Device IDs. FireGL is optional for the NW8000. Ever since I had modified my graph...

lomax, I agree, but until all issues can be resolved, I'm not comfortable writing a tutorial that begins with moving resistors but has no ending. I'm getting close, close to success, or close to saying it may not be possible. :wink: Anyone is welcome to pm me if they think I may have stumbled across...

Thanks again for replies. :wink: maman, Is it possible to edit these PCI configuration space registers? At current stage of testing, graphics card driver is never installed, when Device ID is edited in Video BIOS result is a black screen after flash. ruelnov, All presumptions are correct. Today I ru...

Thank you for the reply ruelnov, I've been working at this for quite some time now. I wanted to unshadow the Video BIOS just for a few flashes so that the modified Video BIOS would be written to the ROM and not to RAM. After the flash, I could flash again with a BIOS that allows shadowing. The card ...

Hello everyone, I'm currently trying to edit my graphics card Device ID on a notebook using Phoenix BIOS v4.0 Revision 6. I have the modified Video BIOS prepared, checksum corrected, compressed, and inserted in the System BIOS. The BIOS is flashed, and when I check the Option ROM with PCI Scope, it ...

Thank you for your response Rainbow. Everything I've been reading lately is saying that shadowing video bios is no longer benefical in today's graphics cards and most people disable it in the bios. It has also been said that it can cause problems when flashing. But I still don't know why dumpbios is...

Hello everyone, I'm having trouble flashing the video bios of my Mobility 9600 Pro on a notebook with an Intel 865PE motherboard and PhoenixBIOS v4.0 revision 6. The only utility that can produce a copy of my video bios so far is dumpbios.exe. I haven't tried UniFlash yet. Can the -save and -PCIROM ...