Kinda Like Some Better Way Of Modding

[hellohello]

I just found this

http://bbs.pcbeta.com/thread-159983-1-1.html

I don't understand what it is, but it looked like a easier and better way of modding bios. It comes from zhaoliang too.

Can anyone who understand it, explain it to me? I tried to use google translate and I don't seems to get it :)

Edit: Read it for few times, what I get is, it is an updated cbrom which has some new parameters, thus, shorten some of the command line. Or it is something more?

[Yen]

New cbrom 1.82 allows to add public key (first part of SLIC) and public marker (second part of SLIC) as two modules directly

You have to seperate SLIC into the two parts
Then add:
1. cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpkey bbpubkey.bin (Part1)
2. cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpmarker bbmarker.bin (Part2)

I'm using this method for 5 days.

There is also a new useful command: cbrom yourbios.bin /ACPImodule acpi.bin

Yen

[Yen]

New Cbrom for "do it yourself";)


http://rapidshare.com/files/40616753/CBROM_1.82.rar.html



Yen

[Evil Monkey]

Yen,

Could you also upload the other required files: pubkey and marker?

Do I also need to use add the ACPI module?

I tried the files from zhaoliang's site but vista isn't activated.

[Yen]

http://rapidshare.com/files/40637752/ASUS_pubkeyandmarker.rar.html

But the method doesn't work at any bios. You don't need to insert acpimodule.

I added ISA module into your bios already:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?p=4659&highlight=evil+monkey#post4659

Yen

[Evil Monkey]

How did you add the ISA module?
which cbrom version did you use?
I tired version 1.82 but the file is slight different than yours.
Also, how safe is the ISA method?

[Yen]

I used Cbrom 1.82, too.
About safety and ISA module. Most times it'll work. At gigabyte boards, AFAIK it always works. At some bioses (mainly AMI) it didn't work. But never heard of a bricked mobo. Your board got dual bios? If yes, you can easily recover.


Yen

[Evil Monkey]

The bios mod I did using cbrom 1.82 with the ISA method is slightly different for some reason but it activates fine.

The slpkey and slpmarker method doesn't work with my board.

Thanks for your help.

[Yen]

Maybe the difference comes from spelling of IASUS.BIN or Iasus.bin or iasus.bin

Enjoy

[Evil Monkey]

You're right. I renamed iASUS.BIN to iasus.bin and my mod is identical to yours.

[hellohello]

Thanks for all the reply.

Actually I didnt get much from Yen explanations. I am so new anyway lol.

Yen, if possible, can you make some guides on modding bios? It will be better if screenshot included.

With your help, I can now mod AMI bios using Super Static method.

I hope to learn for other methods and other bios. I think others would like to learn too so that they can mod themselves. This will also reduce the bios request. Thanks :)

[Yen]

Thanks for all the reply.

Actually I didnt get much from Yen explanations. I am so new anyway lol.

Yen, if possible, can you make some guides on modding bios? It will be better if screenshot included.

With your help, I can now mod AMI bios using Super Static method.

I hope to learn for other methods and other bios. I think others would like to learn too so that they can mod themselves. This will also reduce the bios request. Thanks :)

Yes you are right. I'm with modding since February and the methods are changing constantly. Some of the best methods are described already in this forum. Some by me:)
You know a method for AMI, here is for Phoenix:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=172

Here is some info about AWARD:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=183

I don't have the time to write a detailed step by step everyone-can-do-it-guide since the methods are chaging constantly. In my (little) spare time I read about news at Chinese forums.

The OEM's reacted already on our mods and revised code.
To mod bioses is neither a constant mechanism nor a static act...you have to keep at it. Not every method works with every bios.(Even at same manuf.)

It's up to you and depends on your motivation to get all the informations and to stay up to date.
All you need for it is already written;)



Yen

[jimmyrollins]

New cbrom 1.82 allows to add public key (first part of SLIC) and public marker (second part of SLIC) as two modules directly

You have to seperate SLIC into the two parts
Then add:
1. cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpkey bbpubkey.bin (Part1)
2. cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpmarker bbmarker.bin (Part2)

I'm using this method for 5 days.

There is also a new useful command: cbrom yourbios.bin /ACPImodule acpi.bin

Yen

Yen,

Is this all you have to do to have a working modded bios? I did these 2 steps on my bios and cbrom added the marker and the public key successfully. My bios did not have a SLIC table before I did this, with these two additions, will it now have a SLIC table that can be used to activate Vista? By the way, I used the ASUS key and marker.

Also, just so I understand the ISA method, if I add iasus.bin to my bios file, am I all set to go to activate Vista?

Thanks for the information :D

[jimmyrollins]

Bump.

Thanks,
Jimmy Rollins

[Yen]

Yes this are the two easiest methods regarding Award bioses.

The pubkey / marker method got less success rate, but is "harmless". Works mainly on Asus boards.

The ISA method got a good success rate and AFAIK caused never a bricked board. Works good on Gigabyte boards.
To add isa module

Cbrom yourbios.bin /ISA Iasus.bin

The other methods are much more complicated.......

Yen

[mikea128]

Yes this are the two easiest methods regarding Award bioses.

The pubkey / marker method got less success rate, but is "harmless". Works mainly on Asus boards.

The ISA method got a good success rate and AFAIK caused never a bricked board. Works good on Gigabyte boards.
To add isa module

Cbrom yourbios.bin /ISA Iasus.bin

The other methods are much more complicated.......

Yen
that's the only thing you have to do for the ISA method?!? Wow, super easy and sounds safe.

[jimmyrollins]

that's the only thing you have to do for the ISA method?!? Wow, super easy and sounds safe.

That's why I was questioning this, it seemed TOO easy. Hey, at long as it works, it's good for me. :)

[Yen]

Yes, Gkend at chinese forums programmed this acpi table call for friends...but he published it....

Yen

[hellohello]

Yes this are the two easiest methods regarding Award bioses.

The pubkey / marker method got less success rate, but is "harmless". Works mainly on Asus boards.

The ISA method got a good success rate and AFAIK caused never a bricked board. Works good on Gigabyte boards.
To add isa module

Cbrom yourbios.bin /ISA Iasus.bin

The other methods are much more complicated.......

Yen

Does that mean,
1. Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/40616753/CBROM_1.82.rar.html

2. Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/40637752/ASUS_pubkeyandmarker.rar.html

3a. Then, do for Asus boards
cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpkey bbpubkey.bin
cbrom yourbios.bin /Slpmarker bbmarker.bin

3b. Then, do for Gigabyte boards
Cbrom yourbios.bin /ISA Iasus.bin

Done, ready to flash.

Is that true? If yes, I will download the tools asap lol. It sounds real easy than Super Static :)

[Yen]

Yes, there is a good chance that the mods are working. Not all of them, but most. This comes near to a dream: Just add a working module...done.
You have to try....

Yen

[hellohello]

Wow, that sounds easy. Thanks for the info Yen :)

[jimmyrollins]

Yen, I tried the ISA method on my Biostar TF7025-M2 AM2 board with Award bios and it worked PERFECTLY!!!! :D

I modded my own bios. :p

I now have an ASUS SLIC table in Everest and an activated Vista. :)

Thank you for bringing us this information, maybe it will help others too. By the way, do you think we could use different manufacturers SLIC tables with the ISA method, such as HP or Dell?

[Yen]

Here are some more ISA modules with other OEM's:

http://rapidshare.com/files/41719479/NISA-ALLOEM.rar.html

Enjoy :)

Yen

[jimmyrollins]

Yen, I know the Asus slic table is a "notebook" version, but I would like to use a desktop slic if at all possible. Are any of these ISA modules from desktops?

Thanks,
JimmyRollins

[jimmyrollins]

Yen, this definitely works great. I tried the Dell ISA module and it worked perfectly. This will help many people mod their own bioses. ;)

Thanks for sharing this with us, you are the best!!!! :D

[Yen]

If the isa method is not working you can try to insert as isa2 or as isa3 module like this:

CBROM BIOS.BIN /OTHER 40A4:0 ISA.BIN (---->ISA1)
CBROM BIOS.BIN /OTHER 40A5:0 ISA.BIN (---->ISA2)
CBROM BIOS.BIN /OTHER 40A6:0 ISA.BIN (---->ISA3)


ISA.BIN is the ISA module you want to insert.

You can check after with CBROM BIOS.BIN /D

This will raise the chance to get it to work. If there is a ISA module already you have to insert it as ISA2 or ISA3 module.

Yen

[phrunt]

Hey

I tried cbrom p4p800se.rom /Slpkey bbpubkey.bin on a asus p4p800se bios just to see if it would work and it just sat there forever, didnt' appear to do anything... i expected it to drop back to a prompt, i waited 5 mins and nothing so i cancelled it, how long should it take?

any help appreciated

[Yen]

Usually it's done at once. Prompt is back in less than one second and shows progress in percent, or shows error message.

[phrunt]

do you use that method to modify p5b's and p5k's and so on Yen, or does that require a more manual method?

[Yen]

AFAIK are all P5b's AMI bioses. They can be easily modded using Zhaoliang's AMI v3 mod tool. This is nothing about Award bioses and Cbrom!!!

Yen

[phrunt]

ahhh maybe that's why i'm having no luck, can you please post me a link to his AMI mod tool? Thanks!

[Yen]

This forum is full of tutorials and useful tools:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=373

Yen

[ziddey]

Sorry to post this, but I'm a little lazy at the moment. The dfi p965-s board is extremely sensitive to bios modding and order, and I've had many bricked bioses in the past. I've got a second bios chip to hotflash with, but it's currently bricked. I don't have the motherboard on my bench anymore, so hot flashing is a little difficult, so I've been lazy and haven't bothered hotflashing the other chip to working order. I know the smart thing to do would be to recover the other chip first in case of catastrophy, but am thinking of forgoing it if isa approach is safe, knowing the background of this board. Sorry to be lazy :p



update: so I decided to take a chance. Figured if it didn't work, I'd pick up a p35 ;)

and good news. successful injection of asus slic to dfi p965-s 703 rebels haven bios. and so incredibly easy! just used isa2. will post to rapidshare for all

THANKS SO MUCH YEN <3

[phrunt]

where can i get my hands on IAsus.bin? are you just taking the bin file out of the NISA-ALLOEM.rar and renaming it from ISA.bin to Iasus.bin?

(ignore this post) found it on another post

[Yen]

The filename doesn't matter. The isa.bin file in asus folder = iasus.bin. The file is absolutely the same.

You can rename it to what you want. What about "MYVISTA.BIN" ;)

e.g. cbrom yourbios.bin /isa MYVISTA.BIN

Edit: remain filename 8+3 (DOS conform)

Yen

[halaween]

I have one question

- What is the difference between OEM7, ISA2 & ISA3 bios moding methods ?
- Which one is better

Thank you

[alex_voyager]

A little question:
Award bios is editable? There is some method to unpack it and examine using winhex?
Using cbrom is possible to put a new module but not unpack the bios, or i'm wrong?

[Yen]

It is possible to extract each module UNPACKED (except the system bios I don't know) using the extract command. It's also possible to release (remove) the module. It's possible to add a module. It's not possible to replace them. The order of the modules is not remained, cause the one you've inserted is always found at the last position.

e.g. 'cbrom bios.bin /pci extract' extracts a PCI module
'cbrom bios bin /gv3 release' releases the gv3 module
'cbrom bios.bin /isa Iasus.bin' adds a ISA module called iasus.bin.

By just typing cbrom you'll get all the syntax.
The structure of a Award bios is really at a low standard. All AMI and Phoenix bioses have got a 'modern' srtucture of the modules.

Yen


Yen

[alex_voyager]

Tnx YEN you are my guru!
I also found a little good utility awdbedit.
(awdbedit.sourceforge.net).
Have you tried it? ;)
bye

[Yen]

Yes I know that tool. I used it to do a SLP1.0 mod. But be careful. It cannot handle the Award bioses of all newer boards. To extract the modules it's ok, BUT NOT TO REBUILD THE BIOS!! It's a old tool and not developed for them. Also modbin is often too old for it. The only one that's developed and is able to handle all bioses is cbrom1.82 (dated 2007).

Again: DO NOT USE A BIOSMOD DONE WITH AWBDEDIT!!!



Yen

[alex_voyager]

Tnx for tips! Yen.
I have used awdbedit only to examine SLIC table from a bios.
Now i'll use CBROM ;)

[Crusi]

I've got a question. I moded (i think so) my GA-946-S3 bios using this:
Cbrom 946s3.bin /ISA dell.bin
After i wrote command and pressed enter, there was:
Adding dell.bin to bios 75.9%
and it finished, and there were files left (bios.rom, etc.). I'd like to know before i flash my bios, have i done everything correct? And my moded bios is 946s3.bin right? Thanks for reply.

[re*s.t.a.r.s.*2]

I've got a question. I moded (i think so) my GA-946-S3 bios using this:

After i wrote command and pressed enter, there was:

and it finished, and there were files left (bios.rom, etc.). I'd like to know before i flash my bios, have i done everything correct? And my moded bios is 946s3.bin right? Thanks for reply.

Yeah its all fine, the program ussually does that....:cool: