Hacking a BIOS to run an AMD CPU on an old Dell computer
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:19 pm
I have an old Dell Optiplex GXL 5133 computer.
Phoenix Rom BIOS Plus Version 1.10 A20
I would like to do an AMD K6 400 powerleap upgrade on it but the DELL BIOS has a check that prevents the computer from booting with a non-Intel CPU. I'm not sure how the check is done.
Anyway, this seems like it should be a simple modification. I'm just new to this sort of thing and need a little help getting started.
Here's a link to the BIOS file...
http://3feetunder.com/files/dell_gx_a20.zip
Inside the zip file is the EXE bios installer.
I believe the BIOS installer is compressed with an exe compressor.
Here's the unpacked BIOS installer...
http://3feetunder.com/files/dell_gx_a20_unpacked.zip
For the curious, I used UN-PACK 2.2 to figure out what it was packed
with (LZEXE) and I used X-TRACT v1.51 to unpack it.
Any help with this endeavor will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Krick
Phoenix Rom BIOS Plus Version 1.10 A20
I would like to do an AMD K6 400 powerleap upgrade on it but the DELL BIOS has a check that prevents the computer from booting with a non-Intel CPU. I'm not sure how the check is done.
Anyway, this seems like it should be a simple modification. I'm just new to this sort of thing and need a little help getting started.
Here's a link to the BIOS file...
http://3feetunder.com/files/dell_gx_a20.zip
Inside the zip file is the EXE bios installer.
I believe the BIOS installer is compressed with an exe compressor.
Here's the unpacked BIOS installer...
http://3feetunder.com/files/dell_gx_a20_unpacked.zip
For the curious, I used UN-PACK 2.2 to figure out what it was packed
with (LZEXE) and I used X-TRACT v1.51 to unpack it.
Any help with this endeavor will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Krick