Zitat von kkwy im Beitrag #90

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asus h170 plus d3 + i3 8100
m.2 pcie X4 ssd not seen by the bios
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it seems that pcie patch is not working

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I modded the bios again and get the same problems:
cpu voltage too high : 1.488V
m.2 pcie x4 ssd not seen by the bios
the again modded bios : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1syeE-OrBj_76OvLLa_nkUw
the modded bios pcie patched : https://pan.baidu.com/s/16rhd7gaMRHvRgpNDjY0mnA

the log:
parseVolume: non-UEFI data found in volume's free space
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 2E0Fh 4181FBE0060800741E41 -> 4181FBE0060900741941
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 6A40h 4181FBE0060800741E41 -> 4181FBE0060900741941
Image patched
[total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
[006/1/0] h170d3a.rom.patched
1 files checked, 1 changed.

I found two potential problems of my modded bios:
1: it has two microcodes (906EB/906EA): are all for coffee lake
2: vBios is not shown in ubu

Zitat von kkwy im Beitrag #92

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the log:
parseVolume: non-UEFI data found in volume's free space
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 2E0Fh 4181FBE0060800741E41 -> 4181FBE0060900741941
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 6A40h 4181FBE0060800741E41 -> 4181FBE0060900741941
Image patched
[total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
[006/1/0] h170d3a.rom.patched
1 files checked, 1 changed.

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Zitat von dsanke im Beitrag #4

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You awesome !
Thanks !

All MSI LGA1151 boards can work with 6-core cpu.
Use Intel Flash Image Tool and decomp original BIOS image.
Then extract vbios and upgrade to 1054.
For coffee lake 6-core,you need change sku (at the top of Flash Image Tool window )to Z370.
And ME FW Version is not important here.
Replace BIOS Region.bin to a MSI Z370 one.And replace Z370's vbios to the one we upgraded.
Build image and flash via SPI Programmer( may be need to change 8M Flash chip to 16M)
Last isolate 2 pins on cpu and you can power on.

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Zitat von aicjofs im Beitrag #94

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Zitat von dsanke im Beitrag #4

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You awesome !
Thanks !

All MSI LGA1151 boards can work with 6-core cpu.
Use Intel Flash Image Tool and decomp original BIOS image.
Then extract vbios and upgrade to 1054.
For coffee lake 6-core,you need change sku (at the top of Flash Image Tool window )to Z370.
And ME FW Version is not important here.
Replace BIOS Region.bin to a MSI Z370 one.And replace Z370's vbios to the one we upgraded.
Build image and flash via SPI Programmer( may be need to change 8M Flash chip to 16M)
Last isolate 2 pins on cpu and you can power on.

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So in regard to this. I am working with a MSI Z170A Krait gaming and I have a few questions.

I have done the following:

Downloaded the BIOS for a Z370 Krait motherboard.
Opened the 370 BIOS with Intel Flash Image Tool, and copied the BIOS Region.bin from the decomp folder and closed FIT.
Extracted original latest BIOS from MSI Krait Z170A BIOS with Intel Flash Image Tool and did NOT close the program.
Extracted the original Z170A VBIOS with MMTool 5.2.024 patched.
The original VBIOS version was 1046.
Using Intel BMT selected 1046 script and saved all to .ssf
Removed the STRING $ Signon Intel from .ssf
Loaded the data and script for 1054 in Intel BMP and applied the .ssf and saved new_bios.dat
Open BIOS Region from Z370 with MMTool 5.2.024 patched, and replaced Intel 406 option ROM with new_bios.dat and saved. Reopen new file and extracted Intel 406 OROM and hex compared to new_bios.dat as same.
In Intel FIT, changed the SKU to Z370.
Copied the modified Z370 BIOS Region to the decomp folder for the Z170 BIOS.
Build the BIOS.
Open with UBU tool and checked how it read the file.
The Z170A motherboard I have in the past SPI flashed with a RPI on the SPI header so I know I can recover should this go bad.

So now some of my questions:

So the Intel management engine doesn't need to be downgraded with this method?
The BIOS now only has microcode for 906EA and EB. Can Skylake support be added back in? Or is that possibility lost by using the 370 BIOS region? i.e Blocked?
It's mentioned isolating the RSVD pins to prevent a short, but do you still need to short the 2 CPUID pins?
This is in the PCIe Fix thread but if using the Z370 BIOS base is that not needed?
Is MMTool 5.2.024 patched the correct MMTool to be using, or should I be manually editing this mod.

I've dabbled in BIOS modding since the early 2000's and this whole process is a bit hard to follow. I'm not worried about a brick, but I want to understand if I have the general understanding right. The method I just described sounds more like taking a 370 BASE and adding some Z170 parts, where the other methods sound more like taking a Z170 base and adding Z370 parts.

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Zitat von LittleHill im Beitrag #57

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Hi, another board confirmed.
ASUS Z170-PRO
i3-8100 so far, BCLK overclock as well

Patch works. tested patcher 1.2 & 1.3. Both ok.

WARNING: Flash only bios for your MB!
-- Asus MB have TPU modules which causes problems when combining MB with bios which was originally meant for different board. --
More info on that here: [SOLVED] Asus TPU unit firmware GUID

Attached my bios, based on v3504.

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Screenshot only shows 3672mhz, which would be 102bclk. Max bclk for non-k is 102.5 I believe.

Zitat von zhangzc im Beitrag #53

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Thank you!
Gigabyte B150M-D3H: Voltage fixed, PCIe fixed
Asus Z170M-PLUS: PCIe fixed, but the voltage still high(1.48v) Voltage fixed

Update: It seems the voltage is normal now when I flash again. :)

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Hi, I patched my MSI B250i Pro Gaming AC with patcher v1.4 but no successful. no PCI-E cards recogized.
used bios version 1.40 to make coffeelake patch, work fine with i3 8100 and IGP

my log

parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 2129Eh 4181FBE0060800741941 -> 4181FBE0060900741541
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 2B82h 4181FBE0060800741941 -> 4181FBE0060900741541
patch: replaced 10 bytes at offset 1B19h 4181FBE0060800741941 -> 4181FBE0060900741541
Image patched
[total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
[004/1/0] E7A67IMS.140.patched
1 files checked, 1 changed.
Patching successful
Patching successful
Patching successful
Patching successful
Press any key to continue . . .

Zitat von sickyturtle im Beitrag #99

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Hi, I patched my MSI B250i Pro Gaming AC with patcher v1.4 but no successful. no PCI-E cards recogized.
used bios version 1.40 to make coffeelake patch, work fine with i3 8100 and IGP

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Hmm.. please let me ask you a question.
I am a severe Nooob, and I'm just following the steps.
And my board is B150m bazooka(not bazooka plus).
For now, I've done flash with the sku and microcode inserted bios, but I'm stucked in step 5.
What do you mean 'Run "pcie_patcher.cmd BIOSNAME" FROM COMMAND LINE' ?
Does it means to double click JUST ONLY the unzipped attatch file(pcie_patcher.cmd)?
or ...to RUN Windows cmd program and execute it by the file address with my bios name???
Actually, I've already executed the file "pcie_patcher.cmd" both of these ways, but what ever i've done, the only response was like this..
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Usage: pcie_patcher.cmd BIOSNAME
Result: BIOSNAME.patched
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press any key to continue.
Of course, my graphic card doesn't work
What should be done to fix pcie...?

Zitat von newbnewbie im Beitrag #101

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RUN Windows cmd program and execute it by the file address with my bios name???
Actually, I've already executed the file "pcie_patcher.cmd" both of these ways, but what ever i've done, the only response was like this..
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Usage: pcie_patcher.cmd BIOSNAME
Result: BIOSNAME.patched
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I Changed my bios name to pcie_patcher.cmd B150A.CAP but patcher response to
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Usage: pcie_patcher.cmd BIOSNAME
Result: BIOSNAME.patched
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Can you explain detail how to use patcher?

Zitat von hslee1659 im Beitrag #103

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I Changed my bios name to pcie_patcher.cmd B150A.CAP but patcher response to
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Usage: pcie_patcher.cmd BIOSNAME
Result: BIOSNAME.patched
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Can you explain detail how to use patcher?

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i can confirm, that ASRock Z270 Super Carrier is working with INTEL i3-8350K Coffee Lake CPU - but needs also PCIe_patcher.cmd after loosing PCIe slot#1 after first boot.
but the patch went flawlessly and all is working right now. See the attached image:

https://imageshack.com/a/img923/2342/TAztXn.jpg