I guess for me I was hoping there may have been a better way viewing and understanding the hex/dex, and layout of it.
Yes it is a MSI board MS-7862 ver 1.0, I’m not sure what MSI board it would be close to, I have seen a lot of people have been asking around the net for a way to replace the Alienware firmware for the MSI version. I’ll test the new upload and get back to you.

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“DRAM Reference Clock” shows with SetO. Service Tag was set and was not asked to input it. asset tag was blank.

Well I can help to show you some things, but without you specifying some specific edit generally, I can't really link you to any info or guide etc.
UEFITool NE Alpha can help you to inspect and see BIOS layout, with the NE Alpha version you can right click any area and view via hex too.
That is what I am editing your BIOS with (UEFITool 25 and 51), that and hex editor - https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool
And using Universal IFR Extractor, to output text variables of the setup PE32 module - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...693042667928818

Was asset tag ever shown in BIOS in that location??

Great to see no brick due to the padding thing I mentioned, always nice when you don't have to work around that, but always a huge risk of bricking BIOS since many fail once you add/remove a padding like that.
We don't need or want MSI BIOS from some other board, you have it all in this BIOS anyway, much more by stock than MSI BIOS gives you too!

Thanks for test result, I will get back to you soon with either another test or full unlocked BIOS

Yeah I wasn't wanting to switch to MSI bios. I don't remember if asset tag was set at all.
Thanks for the info I used some of them tools when I was trying to fix the bios before joining here, I was just lost at where to start.

@RiggsUSA - Well from what I found in your dump, I could not see Asset Tag anywhere, only the service tag and that other number I gave you and both those were in same location. I searched asset tag a few ways too, didn't see it.
If you want to set it, I can send you Dell tools that you can use to set directly, then it should show in BIOS. Let me know if you want those, there is two Asset tag tools (Asset and A209), they run from DOS
Another quick test, please check same thing again with this BIOS, Dram Reference Clock, test both BIOS and let me know outcome if you see it now with either.
This will let me know if previous edit required method, or if one of these two will do it for most (this is quicker/easier edit, without previous change (unsuppress in setup) - so both these = still suppressed in setup, but I want to know if either of these changes override that or not
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...430304649745379

After this test, I will know which way to go for most all settings, so can do rest of unlock without further tests

Sorry for the late response, just tested and none of these showed "Dram Reference Clock".

Never a rush, I'm always behind! Thanks for testing, it's as expected but I needed to confirm

@RiggsUSA - Sorry for the delay! Here, please test, I think it should all be unlocked now
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...233038941839522

No worries on the delay, that flash actually crashed the system, no post, no response on the keyboard. I’ll get out the programmer and get it back up.

@RiggsUSA Ahhh!! Damn man, sorry to hear, and glad you have programmer! I spent hours editing byte by byte, must have edited something I shouldn't have
I will redo tonight for you, I think maybe I know what happened, there was some things like 5-8 settings there were in setup that I didn't see in AMIBCP and I revealed them all because one like that I could see in your images but not AMIBCP so I assumed they'd all be OK and become visible.
I bet this is the issue! But, I will check for sure and see if I can find something else obviously wrong too, if not then I will redo and leave those out.

Hey no worries, it happens. I really appreciate your help, I know you have a lot on your plate. Dell contacted me yesterday and said they had ordered a replacement board for their mishap a while ago but said they have no idea if or when it would have got here, I told them that we got the system running and asked them about the tags, they said “the system did not have a asset tag”. They advised that their logs showed that the system had installed a firmware update the day the system went down.
Quick note: I noticed the system has not had a post beep even when we had a working bios, I hear the speaker give a little crackle, maybe just a coincidence or a problem with the board/speaker.

Thanks, but I still hate when that happens!! What? Why is Dell sending you another board??? Is that for free?
Yes, maybe that is issue with speaker, or possibly a BIOS bug with that BIOS version maybe? I think we didn't use latest BIOS when we fixed, you could try updating to latest and see if the speaker then works, then we could carry on with edits from a new BIOS region dump.

Here is two BIOS with same edits as before, but rebuilt differently, in case the issue was rebuild manner. If you want to test it before I go through and redo all the other edits minus the ones I suspected above.
If these do not work either, then it must be what I mentioned above - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...963973149516337

They was going to send it free, because the firmware mess up was on them, but they can’t get their hands on one for that system so they canceled it. I thought we was on the latest bios ver a14 last updated 3 sep 2018. Which begs the question why the system downloaded the firmware again before bricking as it was updated at the time.

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I could not get the system to boot with the last set of uploads, after flashing with the programmer the system would just power on then off very fast. Now after flashing the last know working bios I flashed the system with the latest bios provided by Dell and did a backup here it is: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...116243757123774

@RiggsUSA - That's cool that you talked them into sending you a new board for free!! Does it come with CPU too, or just board? I guess you could sell on ebay, or keep as spare?

The last BIOS I sent you that was working is SetO (MD5 = 9D3616A17A4B5149C6A29BA3D2CF1000), correct? If yes, then issue must be what I mentioned about the settings I enabled that didn't show up in AMIBCP, I will undo and then you can test.
So, what is above SetO programmed in, and then flashed to latest BIOS version via stock update method, and then BIOS region dumped with FPT? If yes, OK, I will redo all edits into that, minus the suspected issue settings.

First! Again, I would like to redo the “DRAM Reference Clock" test, with a single BIOS as test (SetONewBIOS)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...715189720086991

Flash via FPTw.exe -bios -f SetODramReftest.bin

^^ That is how you were flashing the BIOS I sent you last few times, correct?

Did you just send something my way in Amazon? If yes, thank you, but wow, I don't deserve it since all these bricked BIOS! If you didn't, I wonder who did (says thanks for help on Alienware )

They are not going to send a replacement board anymore because they cant get any from anywhere it was just going to be a board of the same, so that's canceled.
I flashed the first unlocked bios you sent via fpt that ended in the system being bricked. (http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...233038941839522)

i tried the two files you uploaded right after i informed you of the bricking, using the programmer (http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...963973149516337) Should i have flashed with set0 then tried these uploads via fpt instead of the programmer?

So i flashed the SetO via the programmer, then in windows flashed the Dell stock bios then used FPT to backup

@RiggsUSA- Ohh, so they said we'll send, then waited, and said we can't? How lame! Tell them you will wait

Wait, what? Please use BIOS names or post #, and explain that again. Or, wait (me), are you talking from the get-go?
If yes, OK, not worries about that. I am only concerned with SetO testing onward, but am now still confused, since you said no issues with SetO and Dram reference showed up in BIOS etc (This would have had to been flashed in with FPT, otherwise you would have bricked there too)
SetO could not be put on with programmer, unless you rebuilt into a 16MB BIOS first, replacing BIOS region (SetO) into 16MB file I sent you previously, such as NV1StockNV2Removedm.bin

The BIOS I sent you at post #37, did you put those on with programmer? If yes, then of course that would brick, BIOS is 16MB and those are only 8MB BIOS regions << Those (And SetO) would need FPT flashed in, if you want me to put them into a 16MB file for you to put on with programmer then let me know.
Sorry if there was any confusion here about FPT/Programmer, I assumed you knew and was using FPT with 8MB files and programmer with 16MB files (back when we were using 16MB files and fixing the system generally)

So, you need to still properly test BIOS from #37 using FPT, or tell me if needed and I will recompile them into 16MB BIOS for you to put on with programmer.

You didn't answer my last question?