Thanks, that tool seemed to update the microcode successfully.

@Fernando

I've a specific problem, and wanted to seek your advice as BIOS and driver Guru. I've an old PC which was running on overclocked ASUS P5Q Pro Mobo with P45 chipset and Intel Quad CPU for years with modded AMI BIOS using modules from P5Q Premium BIOS for improved settings and memory compatibility. The mobo got damaged recently, so I got a used Gigabyte EP45 mobo replacement instead, and installed all existing components into it, including 8GB Corsair Twin2X2048-8500C5 RAM. The problem is, that RAM was running at 1066Mhz speed for years very stable in the ASUS mobo, but runs very unstable above 900MHz in Gigabyte Mobo, because its modded AWARD BIOS doesn't have specific settings for this particular RAM included in the RAM Table, so its "not supported" beyond default or (unknown) best OC manual settings.

So my question is: is it possible to decipher RAM settings profile for that RAM model from the ASUS AMI BIOS, and then implant them into the Gigabyte AWARD BIOS? Or read these RAM and relevant hardware settings like MCH Core voltage from AMI BIOS using BIOS mod tools, and then manually type them into the AWARD BIOS at boot screen? I can easily overclock my CPU to 60% above spec, but the unknown stable RAM settings for Corsair Dominator limit CPU OC only to 30%, and of course its not enough for today's tasks while on a tight budget. How would you suggest to resolve the task?

That's fine, but how to read the related RAM settings from the AMI BIOS, so I can manually type them into the AWARD BIOS memory timings and voltages at boot? What tools I can use to read these timings and voltages from the AMI BIOS memory table?

@zamar15,

Isn't there a spd flashing tool out there you could use? Also do you have any overclocking settings exposed on your new board?

@davidm71

If you refer to this SPDTool, it seemingly allows to change timings of memory modules. Why do I need that unless you explain further, since its spec timings are well published, and the RAM was running just fine with the timings set in the modules. What I need is to read the OC timings set in memory tables in P5Q Premium BIOS for that Corsair ram, so I can manually input them into Gigabyte board, which has all possible OC values exposed to the user.

There was some mentioning on the web about similar named SPD Flash tool which can possibly reveal such memory values stored in BIOS memory tables, or change these values. May be you can point to such tool I can use to decipher such values from AMI BIOS file? Or, are you suggesting to read the performance profiles directly from RAM and input them into Gigabyte BIOS instead of reading them from AMI BIOS? I can do it also with Thaiphoon Burner and change them from Windows with MemSet.

http://oi66.tinypic.com/2dvsx09.jpg

I meant that these tools allow you to see otherwise hidden spd settings you could configure. As far as whats locked away in your bios I am not sure.

Thanks for the suggestion, it actually a good idea I didn't think of before. But I need to combine it with various controller voltages optimized by ASUS engineers for running this RAM with XML profile timings. That's why AMI BIOS memory tables reverse engineering is still a better solution, since they are linked to optimal controller voltages in BIOS for "supported" RAM modules. I can't believe there are no well discussed hack tools for that. Even AMI site offers some tools for that like AMI BCP, AMIRDT etc.

@zamar15,

What about Modbin6? Not sure what exact EP45 you have but perhaps there is a locked menu in there you could play with?

Modbin6 appears to be for AWARD BIOS GUI Config edits. I found the configuration tool AMI BCP, but I don't see dissected RAM Tables accessible from it. It seems to help in BIOS Setup GUI options configuration. May be someone more experienced with AMI BIOS can suggest the right tool (may be AMIRDT, if suited for old v8 AMI BIOS ?), or how to otherwise extract the tables file from BIOS and what program to use to view RAM tables, using this ASUS P5Q Premium Ket's BIOS mod as an example?

I thought you had an Award Bios? Which one is yours?

Both are mine, since I had ASUS P5Q Pro board, and now want to transplant its Corsair RAM settings into Gigabyte P45 board BIOS.

Best solution here is to get your modules stable with new timings on the GB board then use SPDTool to edit the SPD data to the new timings.