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by maman
Tue May 09, 2006 2:40 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: etBIOS reverse engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 16302

hi Borg. Just got a little time this morning and I've got the entry point. Sorry, only very raw disassemble. Just in case you really keen to know. I don't have much time explaining it. Disassembly of ACORP 4865GQET with etBIOS (4865GQET14.BIN) E_seg:9A3E call init_descriptor_cache E_seg:9A41 call se...
by maman
Tue May 09, 2006 1:28 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Replies: 14
Views: 9506

Re: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD

KURIAKI wrote: Do you mean 1014b.003?
aah.., yes. I've mistyped it above. Sorry guys :(
by maman
Sun May 07, 2006 1:04 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Replies: 14
Views: 9506

Just found the bug: E000:3E9E calc_HDD_capacity: ; CODE XREF: Read_IDE_Param_Direct+9Aj E000:3E9E 59 pop cx E000:3E9F 51 push cx E000:3EA0 E8 C4 02 call sub_E000_4167 E000:3EA3 26 8B 05 mov ax, es:[di] E000:3EA6 3D FF FF cmp ax, 0FFFFh E000:3EA9 0F 84 FA 00 jz loc_E000_3FA7 E000:3EAD 89 04 mov [si],...
by maman
Sun May 07, 2006 8:22 am
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Replies: 14
Views: 9506

Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD

BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG BIOS ID: 03/22/99-i440BX-P2B-B-00 I've tried using the latest version of Asus P2B BIOS for this motherboard (1004.003, i.e. 1004 beta3). But, after flashing the BIOS. The motherboard is dead . It seems to be the BIOS is incompatible :?. I've opened the original...
by maman
Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:06 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Updating nvraid.rom from Tyan MB to ASUS MB
Replies: 5
Views: 6462

hmmm.., it seems to be the binary is ordinary Award BIOS version 6.0PG binary. That's why acbrom does't work. I've just played with it. Probably, you can try multiple version of "ordinary" cbrom to cope with it. And then open the modified binary with modbin 2.01, then change the BIOS string and save...
by maman
Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:57 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Updating nvraid.rom from Tyan MB to ASUS MB
Replies: 5
Views: 6462

Re: acbrom

nacho wrote:Is Borg Number One's home page http://www.dstyles.de/bios/en/main.html

If so, it doesn't have acbrom --- unless I'm totally looking in the wrong place.
look at http://www.dstyles.de/bios/bnobtc-files ... sus-cbrom/
by maman
Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:58 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Updating nvraid.rom from Tyan MB to ASUS MB
Replies: 5
Views: 6462

to add BIOS component into ASUS BIOS, use acbrom. It's available in BNOBTC (Borg No. One's BIOS Tool Collection).
by maman
Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:32 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: EFI BIOS Reverse Engeneering
Replies: 12
Views: 20834

I have no specific help for you, just a hint though. Have you gone to tianocore webite? https://www.tianocore.org/

btw, I'm not sure yet, but possibly it's a modification of FAT32 file system.
by maman
Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:26 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Virus in Bios or Firmware
Replies: 1
Views: 3574

I think the BIOS is not subject to "random error that creates virus". However, injecting a virus-like code into the BIOS IS possible. Frankly, it's quite easy to do :twisted: . But some prerequisite must be adhered to before that kind of code injection is possible, such as the BIOS chip must not be ...
by maman
Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:22 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: CPU microcode Upgrade - several questions
Replies: 3
Views: 7602

Re: CPU microcode Upgrade - several questions

shadewither wrote: I don't know whether it is Award or not, because I have no gigabyte MB...
I just saw "flash891.exe" in the package.
After downloading and verifying the contents of the BIOS file, I can assure that it's indeed an Award version 6.0PG BIOS binary.
by maman
Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:53 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: CPU microcode Upgrade - several questions
Replies: 3
Views: 7602

Re: CPU microcode Upgrade - several questions

... 2. how about AMI BIOS? I've got some gigabyte ga-8ipe775-g bios. They are 256KB files, together with a flash utility named "flash891.exe". Those 256KB bios files has a lzh header, and can be opened with winrar to show a 128KB files, which seems to be the 128KB system bios. hmm.. I'm not really ...
by maman
Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:13 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Request: Modding a Silicon Image 3112 Sata Bios
Replies: 2
Views: 5524

I couldn't help a lot though. But, if you want to play around the PCI cards BIOS. I've written an indepth article on PCI expansion ROM (PCI cards BIOS) at: PCI Expansion ROM "indepth" a.k.a Low Cost Embedded x86 Teaching Tool . This article is indepth and explains the fundamental of building a PCI e...
by maman
Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:40 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: etBIOS reverse engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 16302

Hi. It is necessary to figure out, how the etBIOS module will be called/executed by the System BIOS. he..he..he.. sorry that last time I didn't check the binary :? , just goofin' around with comments :lol: The "compression" used by the etBIOS module is indeed LHA, but it's LHA level 0, meaning no c...
by maman
Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:54 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Help Updating NVraid and NVPXE roms
Replies: 12
Views: 11294

yeah, I think the problem is the different number of the SATA ports. Actually you can try disassembling both of the RAID module and see the differences, but that would take too much time. Maybe you can find what you are looking for in some other server/workstation vendor, such as Iwill, Supermicro o...
by maman
Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:26 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Help Updating NVraid and NVPXE roms
Replies: 12
Views: 11294

#1) the filesize is clearly different due to the OPROM1.rom from the tyan bios being a different filesize. Will this cause CRC or corruption issues within the bios? I don't think so, CBROM fixes the checksums for you. #2) Both PCI roms in my modded bios are now labeled pci[a] whereas the nvpxes.nic...