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This system has an FIC VL609 Motherboard with AMIBIOS (which I believe to belong to AMIBIOS v7 core). The BIOS can be downloaded in this page . I've tried the following versions of the AMIBCP to change the default BIOS setup values but all of the resulting BIOS cannot boot :-(. - AMIBCP 6.24T (canno...

This might help:

Some Hardware Peculiarities

IIRC, the author of the program used to post in this forum during the development of ATASX BIOS ROM version 1

Thanks again maman for your insight. Any clue as to why the use of an external USB hub "fixes" this? This is one of the weird things about USB that I don't understand at the moment :? . But perhaps a USB hub is initialized properly by the OS, and your particular device cannot be handled correctly. ...

I just became aware of this - KB #941600 - Cumulative update rollup for USB core components in Windows Vista (10/1/2007) Perhaps this is just a USB problem after all??? Well, USB controllers occupy portions of the 4GB physical memory address range. That should cause an issue if it's not handled cor...

Thanks maman. Would you know if this something that can be compensated for in a device driver? I don't think a driver would overcome this problem itself. The first problem is the BARs(Base Address Registers) in the PCI/PCIe devices which uses some of the physical address space below 4GB because som...

Hi,
AFAIK it's a combination of chipset support, OS support and BIOS initialization code. You may want to read Intel Chipset datasheet that support such a feature. IIRC, Intel MCH that comes with ICH7 (upwards) support this kind of thing.

Cheers

Yes, only one of the VGA BIOS always executed. Moreover, it's the first expansion ROM that's executed.

You may want to read:
Low Cost Embedded x86 Teaching Tool

If you feel confused, start from the beginning of the article.

issues regarding updates and my comments about the book contents is in the following link:
http://darmawan-salihun.blogspot.com/

I think NVPXE.rom is the PCI expansion ROM for the onboard LAN controller chip. I think it's not needed unless you use it to boot from LAN

Hi all, There is a book regarding BIOS disassembly (reverse engineering) subject right now. You may want to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/BIOS-Disassembly-Ninjutsu-Uncovered/dp/1931769605 Perhaps this book will enlighten you in the detail of BIOS reverse engineering. I don't mean to advertise ...

I am Pinczakko

I think these will help you:

Award BIOS Code Injection
Pinczakko's Guide to Award BIOS Patching

A preliminary basics for the reverse engineering is at:
Pinczakko's Guide to Award BIOS Reverse Engineering

goodluck

Hi guys, For those interested in the development of an open source BIOS flasher for Windows, have a look at BIOS Probe: http://www.kaos.ru/bios_probe/ Thanks to Anthony Borisov for the hosting ;-) BIOS flasher is coded in C language. It is similar to Award WinFlash that runs in Windows. It supports ...

AMI BIOS modules are compressed using LZH algorithm, much like Award BIOS modules. However, the header of the modules is in a propietary format. Ofcourse the header is not the same as Award BIOS modules which I explain here.
Reverse engineer the bootblock is you want to know more about it