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Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 12:00 am**

My wife's HP Pavillion 9680C which has an ASUS Kestral mainboard is running with a PIII 650 (100 MHz FSB). I tried Powerleap's 1.4 GHz Celeron CPU upgrade but the computer hung immediately without displaying any messages.

Here's the output from BIOS_patcher with /e option:

BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.C from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! Recommended for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

===============================================================================
BIOS-PartName Segm:Offs Compress/Real_Size "Official" name - what`s meanining
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cpucode.exe 4001:0000 0000:461B/0000:8846 "cpucode.bin" - microcodes
AWARDEXT.ROM 6000:0000 0000:5AD1/0000:C500 "awardext.rom" - ALT part
awardepa.epa 4002:0000 0000:0279/0000:0642 "awardepa.bmp" - EPA picture
ACPITBL.BIN 4003:0000 0000:0ADE/0000:1E11 "ACPITBL.bin" - ACPI table
cav_shdw.bin 4007:0000 0000:1294/0000:1F67 "VRS.rom" - antivirus
tnt24.bin 7000:0000 0000:5317/0000:9000
r128011.bin 4013:0000 0000:74FE/0000:C000
hpdlogo.bmp 4000:0000 0000:09F3/0002:583C "logo.bmp" - LOGO picture
stn.bin 5000:0000 0001:1A01/0002:0000 "original.tmp" - MAIN part
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU_microcodes (CPUID/version/type):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0632>0020/Sock 0633>0034/Slot 0634>0035/Slot 0650>0040/Slot 0660>000A/Slot
0670>0006/Slot 0665>0003/Sock 0653>0010/Slot 0672>0010/Slot 0671>0003/Slot
1632>0002/Sock 0673>000E/Slot 0680>0014/Slot 0681>000D/Slot 0683>000C/Slot
===============================================================================

if you can`t see all messages - choose 80x50 mode or run with ">report.txt".
(c)2002 apple_rom, www.ROM.by

But when I try to run without /e option I get the following:
BIOS.ROM have not enough space for adding ROM. (Over 7C8Fh bytes)
BIOS.ROM have no enough space for adding ROM. (Over 040Eh bytes)

Any ideas?? Thanks.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 12:45 am**

The error out-of-space messages were in addition to the report.txt file.
Here's the report.txt file when runnng the BIOS_Patcher. The program doesn't run to completion forcing me to kill it.

BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.C from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! Recommended for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

Warning - ASUS BIOS!

1. New CPU Support : not found.
2. P3-detect error : not found.
3. New Koeffs Support : not found.
4. 32Gb-problem(32g) : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search : found, but more than one result!
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x : not found.
11.New Stepping Support : not request to fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error : not found.
13.New Freq in Setup open : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: not found.
change_lo_not_found!

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[CPUCODE] ROM is releaseCBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp 14.9%

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:28 am**

To make a little extra room, can you "release" the AntiVirus module ?

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:24 pm**

Why not the EPA and HP logos as well?

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:48 pm**

The other question I have is it doesn't appear that BIOS_Patcher is able to add any additional CPU support (see items 1 and 11). Is this due to the out-of-space condition? Thanks for all the input.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:25 pm**

Interesting. BP-4rc71.exe ran for me without any errors.

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D:\Hardware\ROM>cbrom kest116.rom /d
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.

              ********  kest116.rom BIOS component ********

 No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
===============================================================================
  0. System BIOS       20000h(128.00K) 11A25h(70.54K)  stn.bin
  1. CPU micro code    08846h(34.07K)  04642h(17.56K)  cpucode.exe
  2. Other(6000:0000)  0C500h(49.25K)  05AF9h(22.74K)  AWARDEXT.ROM
  3. EPA pattern       00642h(1.56K)   002A1h(0.66K)   awardepa.epa
  4. ACPI table        01E11h(7.52K)   00B05h(2.75K)   ACPITBL.BIN
  5. VRS ROM           01F67h(7.85K)   012BCh(4.68K)   cav_shdw.bin
  6. Other(7000:0000)  09000h(36.00K)  0533Ch(20.81K)  tnt24.bin
  7. OEM1 CODE         0C000h(48.00K)  07525h(29.29K)  r128011.bin
  8. LOGO BitMap       2583Ch(150.06K) 00A1Bh(2.53K)   hpdlogo.bmp

  Total compress code space  = 31A25h(198.54K)
  Total compressed code size = 2AE3Eh(171.56K)
  Remain compress code space = 06BE7h(26.98K)

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------------
00000000 00000000      0000     0000|

DD:\Hardware\ROM>bp-4rc71 kest116.rom
BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.7.1 from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! It is only test-version and recommended only for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

Warning - ASUS BIOS! ;)

(cpu_names)  1. : not found.
(old_P3)     2. : not found.
(koefs)      3. : not found.
(32g)        4. : not found.
(32g-2)      5. : not found.
("MB")       6. : found, but more than one result!
(1000MHz)    9. : not found.
(koef>9.5x)  10.: not found.
("genu")     7. : not request to fixed.
(L2-init)    11.: not found.
(new_freq)   12.: not found.

("Y"/"N")    13.: not found.
change_lo_not_found!

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp  14.9%
Warning! BootBlock was changed! Flashing BIOS only WITH BootBlock!

if you can`t see all messages - choose 80x50 mode or run with ">report.txt".
(c)2002 apple_rom, www.ROM.by

At this point, cbrom.exe has disappeared from the folder, PITA.

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D:\Hardware\ROM>cbrom kest116.rom /d
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.

              ********  kest116.rom BIOS component ********

 No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================
  0. System BIOS       20000h(128.00K) 11A25h(70.54K)  stn.bin
  1. CPU micro code    08846h(34.07K)  04642h(17.56K)  cpucode.exe
  2. Other(6000:0000)  0C500h(49.25K)  05AF9h(22.74K)  AWARDEXT.ROM
  3. EPA pattern       00642h(1.56K)   002A1h(0.66K)   awardepa.epa
  4. ACPI table        01E11h(7.52K)   00B05h(2.75K)   ACPITBL.BIN
  5. VRS ROM           01F67h(7.85K)   012BCh(4.68K)   cav_shdw.bin
  6. Other(7000:0000)  09000h(36.00K)  0533Ch(20.81K)  tnt24.bin
  7. OEM1 CODE         0C000h(48.00K)  07525h(29.29K)  r128011.bin
  8. LOGO BitMap       2583Ch(150.06K) 00A1Bh(2.53K)   hpdlogo.bmp
  9. Other(4E00:0000)  00E6Eh(3.61K)   0024Ch(0.57K)   modul.tmp

  Total compress code space  = 31A25h(198.54K)
  Total compressed code size = 2B08Ah(172.13K)
  Remain compress code space = 0699Bh(26.40K)

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
00000000 00000000      0000     0000|

It looks as though one of the features of the Asus format is that the standard CBROM (and possibly BP) cannot interpret the microcode file. The other curious thing is that although I don't see anything specified as changed, it has loaded the original.tmp and changed the bootblock code.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2003 7:23 pm**

The version of BIOS_Patcher that I ran was BP-4rc_C since that's was Rainbow listed in earlier post regarding my P2B BIOS and making it compatible with my Tualatin 1.4 GHz processor. It's not clear to me what are the differences between BP-4rc_C and BP-4rc71. (Is one's a beta?)

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 3:03 am**

Last version is "F" - http://k6-2.narod.ru/award/patcher/bp-4rc_F.rar
Try with it.
>Interesting. BP-4rc71.exe ran for me without any errors.
It`s becose "Asus"-type cpucodes_adding appear in version "C". (i.e. "cpucodes" not changing for asus-bioses in previos versions)

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 3:45 am**

Still not working. Similliar out-of-space messages:

BIOS.ROM have not enough space for adding ROM. (Over 7C8Fh bytes)
BIOS.ROM have not enough space for adding ROM. (Over 0507h bytes)

It appears hang in cbrom waiting on a prompt.

BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.F from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! Recommended for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

Warning - ASUS BIOS!

1. New CPU Support : not found.
2. P3-detect error : not found.
3. New Koeffs Support :> -> fixed.
4. 32Gb-problem(32g) : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search : found, but more than one result!
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x : not found.
11.New Stepping Support : not request to fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error : not found.
13.New Freq in Setup open : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: not found.
change_lo_not_found!

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[CPUCODE] ROM is releaseCBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp 18.7%

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 10:48 am**

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D:\Hardware\ROM>cbrom kest116.rom /vrs release
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[VRS] ROM is release

D:\Hardware\ROM>BP-4RC_F kest116.rom
BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.F from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! Recommended for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

Warning - ASUS BIOS! ;)

1. New CPU Support           : not found.
2. P3-detect error           : not found.
3. New Koeffs Support        :> -> fixed.
4. 32Gb-problem(32g)         : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem   : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search   : found, but more than one result!
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x  : not found.
11.New Stepping Support      : not request to fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error    : not found.
13.New Freq in Setup open    : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: not found.
change_lo_not_found!

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[CPUCODE] ROM is releaseCBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp  18.7%
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding cpucode.bin ..... 50.7%
Warning! BootBlock was changed! Flashing BIOS only WITH BootBlock!

if you can`t see all messages - choose 80x50 mode or run with ">report.txt".
(c)2002 apple_rom, www.ROM.by
D:\Hardware\ROM>

That looks better.
@seabrook: Shall I email it or would you like to duplicate what I've done ?

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:41 pm**

Nick,
I cannot duplicate your actions; I'm still getting the same out-of-space error messages when I run bios_patcher. Where did you obtain your bios file? I got mine from www.hp.com after submitting "Pavillion 9680C" as input. The downloaded file, kest_116.exe, is a self-extracting program which creates five files for a bootable floppy in order to flash the bios. The bios file created is named bios.rom. Since your bios file is named kest116.rom I'm thinking they are not the same.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 10:31 pm**

2 seabrook
Send your bios to me - k6-2@narod.ru.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:49 pm**

seabrook wrote:Nick,
I cannot duplicate your actions; I'm still getting the same out-of-space error messages when I run bios_patcher. Where did you obtain your bios file? I got mine from www.hp.com after submitting "Pavillion 9680C" as input. The downloaded file, kest_116.exe, is a self-extracting program which creates five files for a bootable floppy in order to flash the bios. The bios file created is named bios.rom. Since your bios file is named kest116.rom I'm thinking they are not the same.

Note the first 3 lines - "release" the anti-virus file with cbrom
[edit]I renamed the BIOS.ROM file to kest116.rom to keep things clearer for myself.

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:05 am**

I did release the anti-virus module:

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[VRS] ROM is release

Then I ran BIOS_Patcher:

BIOS_Patcher ver. 4.0_RC.F from "Second_Hope utils".
Warning! Recommended for power-users!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (4.5x)!

Warning - ASUS BIOS!

1. New CPU Support : not found.
2. P3-detect error : not found.
3. New Koeffs Support :> -> fixed.
4. 32Gb-problem(32g) : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search : found, but more than one result!
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x : not found.
11.New Stepping Support : not request to fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error : not found.
13.New Freq in Setup open : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: not found.
change_lo_not_found!

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[CPUCODE] ROM is releaseCBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp 18.7%
BIOS.ROM have not enough space for adding ROM. (Over 7C8Fh bytes)
BIOS.ROM have not enough space for adding ROM. (Over 0507h bytes)

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:33 am**

What does CBROM BIOS.ROM /D show ?
(BTW, please use the "code" attribute to force a fixed-pitch font - makes it easier to read)

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Tualatin processor not recoginized by HP Pavillion 9680C

Tualatin processor not recoginized by HP Pavillion 9680C