@CLP0 - I'm not sure about that manufacturing mode either, I've never seen anyone discuss using this on AMI BIOS. No need to ignore AMIBCP, it's very useful, just not in all situations or for all type of changes needed to be made in many instances.

For anyone that wants to try CLP0's setup EFI in a BIOS here is rebuilt BIOS using that, it's inserted into BIOS intel_CFL_GK5CN6Z_ESI_BIOS_N.1.05_EC_1.35.09_20181101 attached at post #5
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...498378537157924

I'm almost caught up, well some, so maybe tonight will have time to check this out in assembly and maybe make some progress.

Thanks for the Z2 info @Johnazz - I will check that out, maybe that BIOS is more editing friendly (Nope, basically same BIOS) So once unlock found for the other it can be applied same way to this BIOS

Thanks, I'm guessing once we figure out unlocking one menu/option, most others will fall in line and also unlock via same method.

What should I be seeing with @CPL0's modded efi bios?

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #31

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..., basically same BIOS) So once unlock found for the other it can be applied same way to this BIOS

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Although the BIOSes are certainly helpful, I don't think looking at those values specifically will do much ... the problem is not enabling options in visible menus. That advanced menu (0x2712) is already unlocked. As far as I understand it, the problem is unlocking options in menus that are hidden, e.g. the second Advanced menu (0x2718), where all the "fun" options reside.

I'm not sure on the @CLP0 edit, I think he did mod to try and enable hidden menus, but he'd have to reply to let us know for certain what he changed.
And yes, I agree, enable/disable settings is no problem at all, even if setting is hidden it can be changed or made visible, it's making the hidden main menu entries visible is an issue in this BIOS.

Can you guys download this package, run 32 and 64 bit command from each version folder. Leave all NVRAM.txt in place so if any work and give full valid settings you'll know which worked. Upload package back for me once done, if any are valid
Take a look, if all NVRAM.txt basically empty, no need to reup for me - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...392729693150670

Zitat von CPL0 im Beitrag #17

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All I did with that setup file was cut and paste the second Advanced menu options into the first, leaving the second one empty.

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@CPL0, gottcha! Thanks for the explanation, I will flash it later today with FPT ... and yes it's definitely muxless so I wasn't too hopeful toggling that in the BIOS as there is no physical (hardware) switch for it.

@Lost_N_BIOS, as I reported before, I had no luck running those commands from any version folder ... either got a "ERROR: 4 - Retrieving HII Database" or "ERROR: 4 - BIOS not compatible". NVRAM file was empty every time. I'm hoping @pcfr33k or @Johnazz or someone else with this laptop has better luck dumping NVRAM for you.

Zitat von nimaim im Beitrag #37

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@CPL0, gottcha! Thanks for the explanation, I will flash it later today with FPT ... and yes it's definitely muxless so I wasn't too hopeful toggling that in the BIOS as there is no physical (hardware) switch for it.

@Lost_N_BIOS, as I reported before, I had no luck running those commands from any version folder ... either got a "ERROR: 4 - Retrieving HII Database" or "ERROR: 4 - BIOS not compatible". NVRAM file was empty every time. I'm hoping @pcfr33k or @Johnazz or someone else with this laptop has better luck dumping NVRAM for you.

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Yea, I hate dumping anything from Windows since it usually never works ... I saw there is an SCELNX_64 floating around for Linux, but I don't think this supports APTIO V.

Unfortunately, I think SCE, especially v5, is Windows only. Other tools may exist to dump it though, hopefully.

@nimaim - Switch it to muxed setting for the graphics, if you want to play with that, should be there I think but I didn't check when I wrote this comment
Sorry about that with the SCEWin, I forgot we already tested that in PM's I have a copy of NVRAM from stock BIOS and from your dumped BIOS, that's not a problem, getting proper legible readout from it is and that tool is the only one I know that works for these type of BIOS.
It mainly gives you the settings enabled/disabled etc which I can also see from IFR's, but I wanted to see if maybe menu control was possibly in there on these too, it's not usually but wanted to check just in case.

Sorry did you post it? Didn't see anything in PM.

I assumed you meant SCEWin, and were saying we already tested, so I thought yes we probably did in PM previously (Since we did some testing in PM). If you did not already try SCEWin, all versions I have are posted above, but yes you will need a windows setup to try them

Oh sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying you added the mux setting and to try it out ...

The graphics settings are certainly not in the default BIOS. As far as I know, nothing to control that in there. That stuff may be in the second Advanced menu. Also, since it's a muxless setup as @CPL0 mentioned (software controlled NVIDIA optimus), I doubt you'd be able to control it in there.

I will try the BIOS you modded with CPL0's edit when I get home.

Ahh, now I see, we weren't even talking about the same thing
Any changes you make to settings in AMIBCP will be applied, even if you cannot see that setting in the BIOS, so if you need to change muxless to muxed all you have to do is change the setting value, that's what I meant when I mentioned that.
However, I just checked and they've removed all the other options, leaving only Muxless (0x2), so 0x1, 0x3, 0x4 all missing from the setup module You can change other SG related settings though, whatever will work with muxless still enabled? @Chipset >> SA >> Graphics Config

I just tried the rebuilt BIOS from @CLP0's setup.efi. The flash didn't succeed. I ran the f.bat and it stopped after it finishes "Loading capsule to secure memory buffer ... 0x008DD800" and didn't proceed to flash the BIOS.

Here's a 20s video I captured for what happened after opening the f.bat: http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=43290852336041680509