chinobino

Thank you man. It is working now :)
I will test it more tomorrow.

I did not need the programmer as normal bios flash with bios button on MB worked with no issue. I have bridged two pads on MB to avoid biosflash check.

Thanks @easlan
I will try it this weekend. Hopefully able to bring those RGB back.

@Rez - If you want to do Coffee mod, best to use flash programmer, dump BIOS, edit, program back

@Pumpkin317 - BIOS is not in EXE, I just downloaded from site - http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/...ID=875#download
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/biosdl.php?BID=4779 << Direct BIOS Download link, same as clicking BIOS download button at above linked page

@Lamda - Isolate per Asrock marked colors on this image at section 3.2 - https://translate.google.com/translate?s...78%26start%3D60
Connect with conductive ink should work, provided you cleaned off the pencil first and that the ink is actually conductive.
However, I see an issue with your 2xx board and i9, see image at 4.1 in above linked guide, you can't use this CPU on this board with mod stock Z270 BIOS.
You need ported BIOS from Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac

@dsanke @chinobino - Is there already Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac >> Z370 Ported BIOS?

@Lost_N_BIOS No sorry, I have not seen it.

Thanks @chinobino - If dsanke says no too, this may be my first manual attempted port BIOS
@Lamda - Do you have flash programmer, like CH341A or other?

@Lost_N_BIOS No but I can get one quick. This motherboard took the modded BIOS/ME without errors so I didn’t think I needed one. Thank you for attempting a port!

Should I spend a little more and get a EZP2019 USB Programmer or a basic CH341A USB Programmer is good enough?

Update: Never mind, I change the version of CH341 Programmer and got it working. Now with RGB! Thanks for sharing.

@easlan

Did you put those file in Ch341 programmer and just write it to the chip? Or do you need to run it via Coffee Time tool first?
I tried to write it to my chip directly, but got this error message. Therefore, it fails at verification as well.
"Warning! The data size is larger than the chip size! Continue?"

@Lamda - Go ahead and get one then, just in case recovery is needed. Plus, you need to write in mod FD, which you cannot without pinmod or flash programmer,
And in this case, crossflash BIOS will be much easier and cleaner with flash programmer. Cheap Ch341A + SOIC8 test clip w/ cable is all you need, or if BIOS in socket you do not need clip/cable you need U Type Flat IC extractor instead
Before you order anything, give me the BIOS chip ID too, in case you also need 1.8v adapter. And so I can tell you what software/version to use to dump current BIOS contents to send to me so I can copy over your serial and MAC ID

And you're welcome! I have not done port before, but I edit BIOS all the time, and know what's generally needed for this now so I'm sure I can do.
But, since you will get programmer, nothing really needed to be edited, just direct program is all you have to do. But, I will unlock FD for you, and update microcodes, and put in your serial and MAC ID for you.
Then you just program in, Z370 BIOS does not need backported when you have programmer, but if you want I can change the displayed model name to match your board instead of Z370?

@Rez - What is your BIOS chip ID? Not all software/versions work for all chip ID's, you sometimes need to use specific version, or other than exact ID etc.
I can't answer your question about the BIOS and coffee tool for sure, but it looks to me like what you quoted is discussing already modified BIOS.

The error you are getting is due to software version you are writing to chip with, not the file itself. This means bad write, data does not match in chip after writing, with what you meant to write (source file)

@Lost_N_BIOS thanks! I’ll take a look at the BIOS chip and let you know. Likely it’ll be on the weekend before I can get to it.

Zitat von mega_nix im Beitrag #717

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I will try, thanks I owe you! edit: And it works!

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Zitat von chinobino im Beitrag #718

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@mega_nix Sweet, enjoy your new CPU! BTW that BIOS has 5 micrcocodes with support for;

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Hi, I'm back to the the G20CI & GR8 II project.
So, yesterday my G20CB mother has finally arrived from france. I need to test it to be sure its working properly before i rpoceed into modding and stuff.
As far as i know this motherboard right now has 1701 bios which doesnt support kabylake cpus. And right now i hove only a i5 7400 at had that i can borrow from my GR8.
My problem is that I'm not sure if my CH341A programmer is working properly with all its drivers and software.
I've tried several versions of the software (1.18, 1.29 and 1.30) and several drivers.
With the version 1.30 it just doesnt work. With 1.29 i get a corrupted bios file (I guess; since when i load into UEFITool and then on AMIBCP5 i get errors)
I've tried two diffrent versions of 1.18 software. One came with its own drivers the otherone is from the official website. Both don't support my own bios chip but can read it through (they detect it as "W25Q128BV" while on 1.29 it's detected as "W25Q128FV")
My actual bios chip: winbond 25Q128FVIQ 1535

Since I don't seem to be able to upload all the files directly to this forum i uploaded to my Google Drive. Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...-OJ?usp=sharing

My motherboard's official Drivers and Tools page: https://www.asus.com/us/Tower-PCs/ROG-G2...pDesk_Download/

@Lost_N_BIOS
Actually, I have two separate problem, the first one is no RGB when using z370f on my z270f board. It is now work after I change my CH341 programmer version and use the bios provided by @easlan .

Still, the other one I am working on is trying to get my G3900 (Sky Lake) to work with z370i (itx). (It is temporary, coz I will be moving my 9900k to itx platform in the future but would love to my spare CPU for now.)
I will try to add microcode to z370i bios using Coffe Time tool and flash it. Do you know if I need to do pin-mod for this reverse route?

Hi,

i have successfully moded bios for biostar tb250-btc using this tool and my celeron 4920 is working fine, however when i mod tb250-btc+ mb wont boot with 4920 but with 3900 works fine. What did i do wrong? my bios files


thank you

Hi again! So I have acquired a Gigabyte GA-Z270P-D3 motherboard really cheap and I would like to install custom BIOS and get a 9600k in it preferably. I saw your post somewhere @Lost_N_BIOS stating that you can create one from default given the MAC ID, so question is how do I fetch my MAC ID?
Otherwise, I have the programmer as well as a backup, but unfortunately don't have the clip, so I'm not sure how would I approach connecting the BIOS to the programmer in that case?

Thanks!

hi all,
sorry to bother, I got an asus h170m-plus and a 8600k, just for fun I wanted to try and make it work, I followed Luumi’s tutorial on youtube, so I have:

1 - downloaded latest bios from asus website
2 - converted .cap into .bin with uefitool
3 - successfully modded the bios with your amazing all-in-one tool
4 - converted .bin into .rom with uefitool
5 - renamed the file with the exact original bios name (including .cap extension)
6 - flashed the bios with asus ez update in win 10, replacing the file after the verification process
7 - jumped the “socket-occupied” pin on the SIO chip to ground

still, when I put the 8600k the board doesn’t start, the fan spins for one sec and after it turns off, any suggestions?