BIOS Updates forum

To unpack to plain BIOS file from the executable just enter: GX_A20 -writeromfile or: GX_A20 -writehexfile After this, you can try everything you want with the BIOS file, :D because there is no public tool to modify DELL BIOS files. Well, you can try to ask Anton anton.borisov{}gmail.com (Replace "{...

Hi.

Please read the article again...:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6396
...and you will find the answer.

Check the second point "2.)" in the guide.

Hi. You can either use WinPhlash to dump the BIOS of the D600 or you can use the undocumented switches of self extracting and self executing DELL BIOS update files: http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=32116& http://www.alsway.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,43/expv,0/topic,1.0 ... <DE...

-readgzfile makes it possible that the self extracting DELL BIOS update file
uses another/ an external (gzip-ed) BIOS file for the FLASH process.

Hi.

Thank you very much for this.

<DELLBIOS update program.exe> -writeromfile / -writehexfile / -writehdrfile

are the most important switches.

Hi. LPC and FWH describe programming methods[...]. The extension of a BIOS update (128KB, 256KB, 512KB, 1MB, 2MB,) is equal and is not depending on the used programming method. If another mainboard is able to program FLASH-EEPROMs with different capacities and with different methods depends on the c...

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If the DELL computer has an onboard graphics card then put out the PCI/AGP graphics card and use the onboard graphics card.

After this you can begin with dumping the mentioned stuff.

Hi. It is really sad that some people do not understand the meaning of the phrase: " to read and understand " / " reading and understanding ". :D It is sad that some people cannot and want not to read at all. :D Facts: + BNOBTC means B org N umber O ne's B IOS T ool C ollection . + The size of BNOBT...

What?

Phoenix BIOS Editor's size is just 5MB.

Hi. Either: You take/download the BNOBTC ( http://bnobtc.pix-art.com ) or download a CBROM release (such as from here: http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/bnobtc-files/award/cbrom/ ). After downloading you can use CBROM to extract the different modules (especially the SystemBIOS module) and disassemble them a...

ACBROM REV. 2.08 Build Date Jul 15 2002 Copyright (c) ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 2002. All rights reserved. Syntax: ACBROM InputFile [/other] [6000:0] [RomFile|Release|Extract] ACBROM InputFile [/BOOT] [6000:0] [RomFile|Release|Extract] ACBROM InputFile [/D|logo|vga....] [RomFile|Release|Extract] InputF...

I already sent the mail with extracted plain BIOS data and to you.
Did you get it at all?

DELL BIOS modification utilities are currently in development....

Please get in contact with me.

Hi.
To uncompress IBM/Phoenix compressed BIOS files you can take:

"PHCOMP"

I did not know that it is part of the BNOBTC all the time.

It is also available from here:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/bnobtc-files/phoenix/


Just run:
phcomp /d <Phoenix BIOS file>