both are at 0x0 after, just checked

I'm flashing the first bios with the programmer now

ONce you have time, on top of previous things I had you disable in grub Test disabling these two also, then see if FPT works or not, if not I will build you test BIOS with all this disabled and find and remove the lock in PCHInitDXE
BIOS Guard >> 0x12C4
Intel Bios Guard >> 0x12C4

Set both to 0x0

So all these at once, once you have time, then FPT test. If no luck, I will try to remove in PCHInit too if it's there.
setup_var 0xB4B 0x0
setup_var 0x1205 0x0
setup_var 0x12C4 0x0

* Edit - @bobcatchris Here is two more test BIOS, with attempts to remove 167 lock, each will need programmed in then after that you can test FPT flashing, please test each one once time permits
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...690883357385869

That worked! No change with advset.rom, in used the programmer to flash that one



I'm flashed advsetamit1.rom now in windows thanks to you 😁

No change in bios either. Trying the next soon

What worked? And for any testing you are doing now, wait until you're done with that set and give me a full report of each file (what changed, what didn't, what we were trying to do etc, so I can keep track without having to look back and try and see what we were doing }

setup_var 0xB4B 0x0
setup_var 0x1205 0x0
setup_var 0x12C4 0x0\

through grub, worked so i could flash bios with fpt

I think we were trying to get some options in bios unlocked, honestly im not completely sure why we are testing all of these bios

I was following your lead

So far advset.rom and advsetamit1.rom show no changes in bios or windows

what should i look for after flashing the bios besides changes within bios?


I have not tested the bios you posted in #77, i was on working on the 4 you gave me the time prior

Ahh, great that worked! Yes, maybe last set was to test BIOS unlock, I remember now. I send so many for single test so I could see what method, if any works to unlock (many ways to do it, possibly none work, so all must be checked at first).
No need to test BIOS in #77 now, since you removed the lock and can FPT flash, I will make those changes in BIOS from now on (same as I made above in #77)

For the BIOS in post #69 - This was desired report back >> do any give you an advanced section in the BIOS, or all do nothing, or brick
Only looking for a change in BIOS

So, from now on, once you program in final BIOS after the #69 files, we can FPT moving forward. Don't use BIOS in #77 for this, I will make you new one to use to put on with programmer after advanced #69 tests, then after that programmer wont be needed anymore
I will edit this BIOS in here, and this will be our new base moving forward. After you program this in, FPT test, it should be working but best we confirm! >> http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...717845776863980

in the last one there was changes in bios 69 ADVSetMoveAMIT1, added a large menu


although when trying to change some options i seen no change, im assuming there should be additional menus for some of these options in the menu as well

https://imgur.com/a/cvN102B

ADVSetMove.rom was not tested

@bobcatchris - go ahead and test all ADV BIOS, if that ADVSetMove is your last one anyway, this way I know results from each method I used. Some menus may be empty, or missing items, those I would further unlock as needed later (main goal here is to see the new menu itself, after that all is simple
From your images, looks like I may need to make further changes to make each entry more like the Dell ones, but I'm not sure if I can do that as I already considered this initially in case it was needed, but I'm not sure I can do that as it will change the file size. Since you have programmer though we can test.
Each of those items shown under Advanced should be a submenu entry not a settings type thing. Are you familiar with AMIBCP? If yes, using 5.02.0023 or 0031, expand main and then that entire top section is your Dell menu tree, then scroll down and look at advanced expanded, that's how I hoped to get it into your menu too as a new advanced entry with each of it's submenus inside advanced. Due to the way Dell has you changing settings inside any given menu vs how AMI intended for the BIOS options to be presented and changed by user, I may not be able to integrate it how Dell has (only more test will let us know)

Go ahead and test final ADV, then give me a full report of how each went. Then I'll make a single test edit again for you on best subject from those tests, to try to make the first entry in advanced a matching style to how Dell has their setup and see what happens.

Due to all these edits we've been doing, I've still not had time to rebuild you a proper NVRAM yet But at least we're making some progress, FPT flashing possible now, ME fixed, moved to stock BIOS, and possibly getting BIOS Menu unlocked somewhat.
We'll get there eventually@! It's too bad this is not normal AMI BIOS layout, we'd be done lone ago, at least with unlocking the menus, I can usually get that in first or second shot when it's a normal AMI layout.

I tried ADVSetMove

the advanced options are there and it seems like changing the options in this one works, weird thing is now my cpu is running at 800mhz all the time, which is the minimum

I'm not familiar with AMIBCP

Anything you would like me to test ?

Show me some new images so I can see what you see now vs the previous one. CPU Speed may be due to speedstep or C1E, etc, or some power saving performance option, something like that which is now enabled vs whatever was previously disabled.
So you can expand menus now inside advanced? For example, do you see all these options now inside Advanced >> Power & Performance >> CPU - Power Management Control (This is AMIBCP by the way)


In Advanced >> ICC, can you change bclk to something like 101-102 and boot into windows and see if it boots, and changed (Check with CPU-z) It may not boot, clear CMOS to fix
This is in 10kHz increments, so for 101.00 you set 10100

You could also try switching memory freq to some lower value, to check in windows to see if it gets applied - At Advanced >> OverClocking Performance Menu >> Memory Overclocking Menu >> Memory Ratio
By default this is 133 x what you set at memory Ratio, but you can also change the setting above memory ratio (Memory Reference Clock) from 133 to 100 and then it will be 100 x what you set at memory ratio.

the menu is exactly the same as the previous bios, same issue i cant go deeper into the advanced menu options, i dont have the additional menus that should be there

NO Buena then! I must have misunderstood what you meant after you explained in post #84 about BIOS ADVSetMove, it seemed different than your test of ADVSetMoveAMIT1 comments.
Can you clarify what you meant about the settings, how you can change in ADVSetMove but couldn't in ADVSetMoveAMIT1. I assume maybe some setting possibly there at the extreme root level which is all you have access to

Can you please give me final report with as much details as possible on each BIOS in the AVD test.
Tthen I will pick best ones method, or maybe a different one based on your comments and how the BIOS is done internally, and I will try to make new edit more similar to how Dell is doing it in BIOS vs normal AMI BIOS changes like I made these rounds.

The difference between ADVSetMove and ADVSetMoveAMIT1

The options are working, at least I think they are but thats only when its checking a box or there is a option there that can be changed but in some cases there is either nothing i can change or no menu for it

for cpu overclocking, i don't get a menu when enabled
intel icc also shown in the pictures

They look exactly the same, the only reason why i assume the options are working is because when i hit apply, the cpu fan changes speed and it freezes for a second as if is applying and some noticeable differences within windows with the cpu speeds

https://imgur.com/a/6YBV5XL

So you mean what options you can see at the root level in each submenu are working? I've not checked your link yet, but if it's not included can you show me some examples of pages where you are able to see and change settings, so I can get a look at what is visible and changeable to you.
So ADVSetMove works best, at least for what you can see or change, for now? Started to check the link, but can't do that it's too much bandwidth for me to just look at some images, please zip all that into zip, rar or 7zip, thanks

i resized them and put them in a rar for you, sorry

https://www.sendspace.com/file/3swe9m

The submenus aren't working and some of them are empty.