Extracting microcode from this Award BIOS possible ?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:59 pm
I'm having a hard time extracting the microcode from this board with Award BIOS, using CBROM215. Here's what I try, and when I get done there isn't any file named cpucode.exe.
[C:\BIOS]CBROM215.EXE i010010f.bin /d
CBROM V2.15 (C)Award Software 2001 All Rights Reserved.
******** i010010f.bin BIOS component ********
No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================
0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K)12A75h(74.61K)i0110f-4.BIN
1. XGROUP CODE 0ACB0h(43.17K)079ACh(30.42K)awardext.rom
2. ACPI table 030B9h(12.18K)01408h(5.01K)ACPITBL.BIN
3. EPA LOGO 0168Ch(5.64K)002AAh(0.67K)AwardBmp.bmp
4. GROUP ROM[ 0] 053A0h(20.91K)02573h(9.36K)_EN_CODE.BIN
5. YGROUP ROM 04AA0h(18.66K)031DDh(12.47K)awardeyt.rom
6. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K)02ECBh(11.70K)vpsd.bmp
7. VGA ROM[1] 0FE00h(63.50K)085C6h(33.44K)c1622i19.rom
8. PCI ROM[A] 0A000h(40.00K)05FF2h(23.99K)pxe.lom
Total compress code space = 35000h(212.00K)
Total compressed code size = 326A6h(201.66K)
Remain compress code space = 0295Ah(10.34K)
** Micro Code Information **
Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
SLOT1 13 0630|
[C:\BIOS]
Then:
[C:\BIOS]CBROM215.EXE i010010f.bin /cpucode extract
CBROM V2.15 (C)Award Software 2001 All Rights Reserved.
[C:\BIOS]
No file is written. This is all in the effort to add support for the newer Via C3 Nehemiah core CPU.
[C:\BIOS]CBROM215.EXE i010010f.bin /d
CBROM V2.15 (C)Award Software 2001 All Rights Reserved.
******** i010010f.bin BIOS component ********
No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================
0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K)12A75h(74.61K)i0110f-4.BIN
1. XGROUP CODE 0ACB0h(43.17K)079ACh(30.42K)awardext.rom
2. ACPI table 030B9h(12.18K)01408h(5.01K)ACPITBL.BIN
3. EPA LOGO 0168Ch(5.64K)002AAh(0.67K)AwardBmp.bmp
4. GROUP ROM[ 0] 053A0h(20.91K)02573h(9.36K)_EN_CODE.BIN
5. YGROUP ROM 04AA0h(18.66K)031DDh(12.47K)awardeyt.rom
6. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K)02ECBh(11.70K)vpsd.bmp
7. VGA ROM[1] 0FE00h(63.50K)085C6h(33.44K)c1622i19.rom
8. PCI ROM[A] 0A000h(40.00K)05FF2h(23.99K)pxe.lom
Total compress code space = 35000h(212.00K)
Total compressed code size = 326A6h(201.66K)
Remain compress code space = 0295Ah(10.34K)
** Micro Code Information **
Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
SLOT1 13 0630|
[C:\BIOS]
Then:
[C:\BIOS]CBROM215.EXE i010010f.bin /cpucode extract
CBROM V2.15 (C)Award Software 2001 All Rights Reserved.
[C:\BIOS]
No file is written. This is all in the effort to add support for the newer Via C3 Nehemiah core CPU.