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#16 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:55 pm (Last edited: Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:19 am)

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #14
@pcfr33k - bootguard would not affect your ability to modify BIOS or enable hidden settings or tabs. If you need help enabling menu sections make a thread with all your board details, stock BIOS link and a FPT dump of your BIOS if Intel based board and then I can help you try to enable menus

I have a Walmart Overpowered Laptop, a barebone Clevo laptop that OEM's make to their liking. Its an Intel based board coffee lake i7-8750H 6 core processor, I took the back cover off and used my Xeltek 610P Rom Reader/Writer to dump the Bios. The link to their Bios is not the latest version if you can work off the rom dump I would appreciate it because then I can just flash that back with the Xeltek which is what I was doing all day yesterday.

The Bios is AMI Aptio V. Its a GigaDevice chip that I had a hard time finding the device config for but found one. The weird thing though is that their Bios on their website is 10420kb and my dump is 16mb. The chip ID is in the filename I gave to the bios I am attaching.

I followed along a guide to do in manually but the 46 02 was not exactly in the place where the guide said it should be and in the pei txt file generated by IFR it was difficult for me to figure out which section belong to 46 02 to modify it to 47 02.

Link to Guide I tried to follow and Bios from manufacturer website below along with two versions of the Bios I dumped. Not sure what FPT dump is but I hope my dump from the Xeltek device will be good enough and easier for me to flash back.

Its the OP-LP3 you want to download, can't download just the Bios have to grab the entire zip which is drivers and Bios. Keep in mind this is not the latest version I have tha came stock on my laptop and they have not posted that one only a previous version.

https://www.opowered.com/support.html

Guides I followed:

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads...r-unlock.54523/

This is another guide I followed but not exactly sure which menu corresponded to which 46 02.

https://puissanceled.com/vrac/Bios_modding/EN.html

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#17 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:02 pm

Zitat von SoniX im Beitrag #13
http://rgho.st/85FPrmNWc

Is that the 64 bit version? I might be confusing it with maybe v4 aptio I think they had two versions and one had 64 in its name.

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#18 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:28 pm

@pcfr33k, thanks, you beat me to it. Is this for the OP-LP3? I noticed you posted in the OP-LP2 thread over @ notebookreview which is why I ask (which is the one I'm working with). Same GD chip on there but I do not have a programmer so I could only dump the 10 MB flash out of the 16 MB chip. Otherwise, I will start a separate thread for both of our efforts trying to get this to work.

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#19 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:58 pm (Last edited: Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:02 pm)

@nimaim - You're welcome - I think someone else mentioned that board here too, in another thread? Maybe one of you two? Yes, once we figure out, I can tell you method.
Magic string like that is not found in IFR, but it is in setup if used. In order to use that, or check for that, I need to see images of your BIOS, please show me image at least for now of Main, Advanced, Security, Boot, and Save and exit and make sure across the top in at least one I can see all currently visible sections/tabs.

And yes @pcfr33k - I can and would prefer working with dumps for now, because when using FPT or programmer to push back your details may be in the files if using FPT or AFU BIOS Region dump, sometimes some of the details are stored in NVRAM or padding files within the BIOS region
Later, once we figure it all out, I can do on a stock BIOS and you can share that with everyone else. Has anyone already confirmed flashing or programming in modified BIOS is OK and bootable (not RSA Signed etc)?

Please don't send PM's for help on BIOS edits, I can't help with BIOS in PM's. Please make a thread and I will try to help as soon as I can - thanks!
If you appreciate my efforts and are willing to donate to help improve my hardware, gift cards work for me (Amazn, NuEgg, eBa) - send me a PM
I view the forum like this, please bump your thread 1x every 24-48 hours if no reply

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#20 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:02 pm

Posted in new thread as requested so I don't hijack this one any further :)

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#21 | RE: Unlock Aptio V Z170 Board Menu Chipset unhide and other Menu datum

Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:05 pm (Last edited: Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:28 pm)

Thanks @nimaim I will split all this off tonight into your thread.

@pcfr33k - can you upload any/all stock BIOS you have, I'm not going to download 10GB to get a BIOS file, if you have LP2 and LP3 that would be great, thanks