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#1 | ASUS M2A-VM RAID Rom module updating. datum

Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:31 am (Last edited: Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:31 am)

quetzalin

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Hi!

I'm in the process of updating the RAID Rom module for an Asus M2A-VM motherboard.

This is the output i got from CBROM /D :

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CBROM198.EXE V1.98 [08/27/08] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2008
 
              ********     bios.BIN BIOS component ********
 
 No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name 
================================================================================  0. System BIOS       20000h(128.00K)156C6h(85.69K)5001.BIN
  1. XGROUP CODE       0F2A0h(60.66K)0A506h(41.26K)awardext.rom
  2. ACPI table        05710h(21.77K)020BCh(8.18K)ACPITBL.BIN
  3. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)002AAh(0.67K)AwardBmp.bmp
  4. YGROUP ROM        0CFD0h(51.95K)0633Eh(24.81K)awardeyt.rom
  5. GROUP ROM[ 0]     07110h(28.27K)02D05h(11.25K)_EN_CODE.BIN
  6. BIOSF0              02170h(8.36K)016CEh(5.70K)_DMI.BIN
  7. BIOSF9             0F350h(60.83K)005AEh(1.42K)_RT.BIN
  8. BIOSF7             00780h(1.88K)005F7h(1.49K)_Xsetup.BIN
  9. GV3                08BEAh(34.98K)02E92h(11.64K)AGESACPU.ROM
 10. LOGO BitMap       4B30Ch(300.76K)15945h(86.32K)M2A-VM.bmp
 11. VGA ROM[1]        0D600h(53.50K)087DCh(33.96K)BR26529.bin
 12. BIOSF6             0E32Eh(56.79K)079E4h(30.47K)EZFLASH.EXE
 13. PCI ROM[A]        10000h(64.00K)08B4Fh(34.83K)SATA.bin
 14. OEM7 CODE         01E85h(7.63K)015A6h(5.41K)AUDIODJ.BIN
 15. MINIT             0E3FFh(57.00K)0E426h(57.04K)MEMINIT.BIN
 16. PCI ROM[B]        0E800h(58.00K)082D1h(32.70K)RTEGROM.LOM
(SP) NCPUCODE          07000h(28.00K)07000h(28.00K)NCPUCODE.BIN
(SP) HOLE47898             A7E9DDCCh(2751095.45K)  A7E9DDCCh(2751095.45K)	
(SP) HOLE8165             20657261h(530780.59K)  20657261h(530780.59K)sure to erase MBR!>
(SP) HOLE24720             6F20796Eh(1820702.36K)  6F20796Eh(1820702.36K)ther key to ignore this option>ÿ#The Reserved Sector was wiped!
(SP) HOLE26852             FF3E6E6Fh(4181915.61K)  FF3E6E6Fh(4181915.61K)#The Reserved Sector was wiped!
(SP) HOLE26855             21646570h(547097.36K)  21646570h(547097.36K)
(SP) HOLE11733             4FF2E2Eh(81867.54K)  4FF2E2Eh(81867.54K)System is going to REBOOT!
(SP) HOLE65425             20657241h(530780.56K)  20657241h(530780.56K)You Sure?
(SP) HOLE19088             2D207965h(739358.35K)  2D207965h(739358.35K) Backÿ.Are you sure you want to delete this array?
(SP) HOLE28113             6F742074h(1826056.11K)  6F742074h(1826056.11K) delete this array?
(SP) HOLE29619             592D6C72h(1461083.11K)  592D6C72h(1461083.11K) to Delete, or others to abort..ÿ*Invalid value. Default will be used!
(SP) HOLE28370             2E2E7472h(756637.11K)  2E2E7472h(756637.11K)ÿ*Invalid value. Default will be used!
(SP) HOLE26855             62206C6Ch(1607707.11K)  62206C6Ch(1607707.11K)e used!
(SP) HOLE26833             202F206Eh(527304.11K)  202F206Eh(527304.11K)Any Key - Exitÿ5Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any
(SP) HOLE11484             6F742059h(1826056.09K)  6F742059h(1826056.09K) Modify Array Capacity or press any
(SP) HOLE29152             20737365h(531676.85K)  20737365h(531676.85K)any
(SP) HOLE27877             70616320h(1841240.78K)  70616320h(1841240.78K)acity...ÿ2Enter array capacity (in MB) here: XXXXXXXÿ[0-9] Input Capacity   [Enter] Save   [BackSpace] Delete   [ESC] Exit 
(SP) HOLE25297             20797469h(532061.10K)  20797469h(532061.10K)(in MB) here: XXXXXXXÿ[0-9] Input Capacity   [Enter] Save   [BackSpace] Delete   [ESC] Exit 
(SP) HOLE11424             49205D39h(1198103.31K)  49205D39h(1198103.31K)nput Capacity   [Enter] Save   [BackSpace] Delete   [ESC] Exit 
(SP) HOLE25830             5B202020h(1493000.03K)  5B202020h(1493000.03K)BackSpace] Delete   [ESC] Exit 
(SP) HOLE30645             207469h(2077.10K)  207469h(2077.10K)                                                                            
(SP) HOLE8080             20202020h(526344.03K)  20202020h(526344.03K)                                               
(SP) HOLE8080             20202020h(526344.03K)  20202020h(526344.03K)               
(SP) HOLE29657             696C6169h(1727256.35K)  696C6169h(1727256.35K)zing...
(SP) HOLE29403             6E410021h(1806400.03K)  6E410021h(1806400.03K)y Key to Continue.......ÿ&Minimum of 3 disks to use this Modeÿ$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd'	je�²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE19606             6D696E69h(1792603.60K)  6D696E69h(1792603.60K)um of 3 disks to use this Modeÿ$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd'	je�²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE28349             2FF6564h(49113.35K)  2FF6564h(49113.35K)$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd'	je�²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE26079             73696420h(1890905.03K)  73696420h(1890905.03K)ksÿ0123456789Pd'	je�²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE35699             103B203h(16620.50K)  103B203h(16620.50K)[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE8093             6974704Fh(1727772.08K)  6974704Fh(1727772.08K)ons ]
(SP) HOLE8163             666E6F43h(1678235.82K)  666E6F43h(1678235.82K)iguration ]
(SP) HOLE24796             20656C62h(530779.10K)  20656C62h(530779.10K)]
(SP) HOLE28388             74697753h(1907293.83K)  74697753h(1907293.83K)ch
(SP) HOLE1889             70106DEh(114753.72K)  70106DEh(114753.72K)[ Delete LD Menu ]
(SP) HOLE1446             6500643h(103425.57K)  6500643h(103425.57K)`ñÞE[ Define LD Menu ]
(SP) HOLE8165             62D005Dh(101184.09K)  62D005Dh(101184.09K)6C�£ºÑ$5ñ.dÞ
[ Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE1614             1D0A071Bh(475777.78K)  1D0A071Bh(475777.78K)[ Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE65424             46464Fh(4497.58K)  46464Fh(4497.58K)-6CP`��$¼dAny Key to Continue.......
(SP) HOLE16527             4B20796Eh(1230878.36K)  4B20796Eh(1230878.36K)ey to Continue.......
(SP) HOLE21904             20776569h(531929.35K)  20776569h(531929.35K)LD Definition Menu ]
(SP) HOLE24440             F1087108h(3949084.26K)  F1087108h(3949084.26K)Þ[ View Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE25821             2073746Eh(531677.11K)  2073746Eh(531677.11K)]
(SP) HOLE23170             69614D20h(1726547.28K)  69614D20h(1726547.28K)n Menu ]
(SP) HOLE26329             6E656D6Eh(1808731.36K)  6E656D6Eh(1808731.36K)ts........
(SP) HOLE11678             2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)  2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)............
(SP) HOLE11678             2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)  2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)..............
(SP) HOLE29141             6E6F4320h(1809360.78K)  6E6F4320h(1809360.78K)figuration......
(SP) HOLE8163             342E2E31h(854923.55K)  342E2E31h(854923.55K) to Select Option                                   [ESC] Exit    
(SP) HOLE8080             20202020h(526344.03K)  20202020h(526344.03K)                    [ESC] Exit    
(SP) HOLE30645             20207469h(526365.10K)  20207469h(526365.10K)  
(SP) HOLE8099             320B005Dh(819904.09K)  320B005Dh(819904.09K)[ 4 ]
(SP) HOLE25812             1F220300h(510080.75K)  1F220300h(510080.75K)Total Drv
(SP) HOLE15475             6174531Fh(1596692.78K)  6174531Fh(1596692.78K)tus
(SP) HOLE29664             206E6F69h(531355.85K)  206E6F69h(531355.85K)  [ESC] Exit                 
(SP) HOLE8080             2170020h(34240.03K)  2170020h(34240.03K)[ESC]  Exit                                           
(SP) HOLE8080             20202020h(526344.03K)  20202020h(526344.03K)                       
(SP) HOLE23183             55205D18h(1394711.27K)  55205D18h(1394711.27K)p   [] Down   [ESC] Exit 
(SP) HOLE5744             445B1F23h(1119943.78K)  445B1F23h(1119943.78K)el or Alt+D] Delete 
(SP) HOLE24800             205D6563h(530265.35K)  205D6563h(530265.35K)Change Option   [Ctrl-Y] Save 
(SP) HOLE30161             17002065h(376840.10K)  17002065h(376840.10K)#[Enter] Select 
(SP) HOLE23765             61684320h(1595920.78K)  61684320h(1595920.78K)nge Boot Drive 
(SP) HOLE8080             20202020h(526344.03K)  20202020h(526344.03K)          
(SP) HOLE8106             1F330700h(511169.75K)  1F330700h(511169.75K)Fast Init: 
(SP) HOLE25041             20657479h(530781.12K)  20657479h(530781.12K)Boundary: 
(SP) HOLE1648             61431F33h(1593543.80K)  61431F33h(1593543.80K)che Mode: 
(SP) HOLE25041             5D20656Ch(1525785.36K)  5D20656Ch(1525785.36K)
(SP) HOLE25812             2E0B006Ch(754368.11K)  2E0B006Ch(754368.11K)Capacity (MB)
(SP) HOLE29662             1F060300h(508288.75K)  1F060300h(508288.75K)Channel:ID
(SP) HOLE11635             7061431Fh(1841232.78K)  7061431Fh(1841232.78K)acity (MB)
(SP) HOLE29393             616C5300h(1596180.75K)  616C5300h(1596180.75K)
(SP) HOLE29151             20200074h(526336.11K)  20200074h(526336.11K)RAID 0  
(SP) HOLE17350             20002020h(524296.03K)  20002020h(524296.03K) RAID 10 
(SP) HOLE65493             74697243h(1907292.57K)  74697243h(1907292.57K)ical
(SP) HOLE18544             6974696Eh(1727770.36K)  6974696Eh(1727770.36K)alizing
(SP) HOLE31193             676E69h(6619.60K)  676E69h(6619.60K)  ----           ----         ------        ----
(SP) HOLE8080             2D2D2020h(740168.03K)  2D2D2020h(740168.03K)----        ----
(SP) HOLE3449             A4091809h(2687558.01K)  A4091809h(2687558.01K)¯16  KB 
(SP) HOLE12400             4B203832h(1230862.05K)  4B203832h(1230862.05K)B 
(SP) HOLE25041             20656Ch(2073.36K)  20656Ch(2073.36K)Disable
(SP) HOLE52040             60EC8B55h(1588002.83K)  60EC8B55h(1588002.83K)�~�N° óª¾
(SP) HOLE2601             66000000h(1671168.00K)  66000000h(1671168.00K)3Òf÷ñFRfÀtëñ�~�N;Îs�Î+Îù�ÎZ�Â0�Gâ÷Æ
(SP) HOLE52635             CE8BF903h(3384062.25K)  CE8BF903h(3384062.25K)Z�Â0�Gâ÷Æ
(SP) HOLE35478             26603F36h(628751.80K)  26603F36h(628751.80K)÷D
(SP) HOLE57816             5E59F8E2h(1545854.22K)  5E59F8E2h(1545854.22K)ÃY^�&úýùÃüó¤Ã`´2ÿ¹
(SP) HOLE47471             10CD0001h(275264.00K)  10CD0001h(275264.00K)aÃ`¿¹Yü2Àóªè:è¿è�aÃÆú
(SP) HOLE24689             FA06C6C3h(4096433.69K)  FA06C6C3h(4096433.69K)
(SP) HOLE59248             BEC3FFC4h(3125503.94K)  BEC3FFC4h(3125503.94K)¬]´öäðÃPV°&¢ì_�úu&¢í_èâÿ&�\°
(SP) HOLE57944             5C8926FFh(1516105.75K)  5C8926FFh(1516105.75K)°
(SP) HOLE22478             736FF2Eh(118207.79K)  736FF2Eh(118207.79K)
(SP) HOLE26852             7974696Ch(1989914.36K)  7974696Ch(1989914.36K) (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc.                            
(SP) HOLE28089             20202E63h(526347.60K)  20202E63h(526347.60K)                          
(SP) HOLE50544             102F606h(16573.51K)  102F606h(16573.51K)Æö
(SP) HOLE6744             2313D1Ah(35919.28K)  2313D1Ah(35919.28K)uÆö
(SP) HOLE15669             19750332h(417088.80K)  19750332h(417088.80K)Æö
(SP) HOLE931             6C61975h(110982.36K)  6C61975h(110982.36K)ö
(SP) HOLE2789             C61132E8h(3245132.73K)  C61132E8h(3245132.73K)ö
(SP) HOLE60018             F606C608h(4030897.51K)  F606C608h(4030897.51K)é[ÿ¾¥
(SP) HOLE23897             A3E8FFh(10490.25K)  A3E8FFh(10490.25K)Ã¿�¾
(SP) HOLE17656             345C601h(53617.50K)  345C601h(53617.50K)�þÄ�ÇþÀ�ÆâßÆÿ¿�¶ÿ²
(SP) HOLE59251             60C30034h(1585344.05K)  60C30034h(1585344.05K)Ðà´8öä&�>�\ø&÷
(SP) HOLE33409             F72638C7h(4049294.19K)  F72638C7h(4049294.19K)
(SP) HOLE53394             571A73DBh(1427100.96K)  571A73DBh(1427100.96K)P¸
(SP) HOLE60209             F0C361DAh(3944664.46K)  F0C361DAh(3944664.46K)ÿ
(SP) HOLE1833             1621E800h(362618.00K)  1621E800h(362618.00K)¿T¹
 
(SP) HOLE29807             F61EB05Bh(4032428.09K)  F61EB05Bh(4032428.09K)e¾
(SP) HOLE62888             368B26E4h(893641.72K)  368B26E4h(893641.72K)�\ð�Æ8&÷
(SP) HOLE33590             B038EEh(11278.23K)  B038EEh(11278.23K)³èÀþÀþÆ�Æ8âôYA�Ç�ùr&nbsp;¿��o2ä&nbsp;h¢k¢T�è�Õ�ý
(SP) HOLE34931             32046F0Eh(819483.76K)  32046F0Eh(819483.76K)ä&nbsp;h¢k¢T�è�Õ�ý
(SP) HOLE959             C1F9E24Eh(3178104.58K)  C1F9E24Eh(3178104.58K)â�Â�üèA=
(SP) HOLE986             B00468A2h(2883866.16K)  B00468A2h(2883866.16K)ö&jø¾ì
(SP) HOLE45029             E801458Ah(3801169.38K)  E801458Ah(3801169.38K)P
(SP) HOLE15726             2754900h(40274.25K)  2754900h(40274.25K)ë=
(SP) HOLE2277             E8019AE8h(3801190.73K)  E8019AE8h(3801190.73K)¬égÿ=té_ÿèrüaÃ`&¢
(SP) HOLE24430             66506600h(1676313.50K)  66506600h(1676313.50K)SfQfRfVfWfU�º#
(SP) HOLE40079             5F665D66h(1563031.35K)  5F665D66h(1563031.35K)f^fZfYf[fX&�>º`
(SP) HOLE45445             159CE812h(354106.02K)  159CE812h(354106.02K)`�>Su1�Ðà´8öä&�>�\ø&÷
(SP) HOLE65396             83570E75h(2151875.61K)  83570E75h(2151875.61K)Ç8&÷
(SP) HOLE6580             E81C548Bh(3802901.14K)  E81C548Bh(3802901.14K)¡.�)#.£'#a²2¹
(SP) HOLE12851             26D08AF6h(635938.74K)  26D08AF6h(635938.74K)�6?`¹
(SP) HOLE884             26087400h(623133.00K)  26087400h(623133.00K)�D:Ât�Æâì^þÆY�ÆhâÒë^Y�ÆÃExtent 1
(SP) HOLE49974             65747845h(1662238.07K)  65747845h(1662238.07K)nt 1
(SP) HOLE9624             E82A548Bh(3803797.14K)  E82A548Bh(3803797.14K)!.�)#.£'#a²2¹
(SP) HOLE65396             5EB0274h(96960.61K)  5EB0274h(96960.61K)¾�ëA&�D.Æï1.
(SP) HOLE35222             C4020464h(3211393.10K)  C4020464h(3211393.10K)RèWÿZ²?¾¹´öäð¹
(SP) HOLE59639             E2434610h(3707089.52K)  E2434610h(3707089.52K)ô¾é³è$aÃ`�>T
(SP) HOLE1646             6FA10454h(1828929.08K)  6FA10454h(1828929.08K)8TrþTaÃ`W¿�¹
(SP) HOLE59255             6BA1513h(110213.27K)  6BA1513h(110213.27K)_èW¾�	�=t�=u�}r°öe�è�è.�¶�	³ºè¾¾�	�=t&�>?`°h�&köäø¾È&�},t¾Ó³º@è�Ü	ùàc
(SP) HOLE25958             EE88302h(244256.75K)  EE88302h(244256.75K)�è.�¶�	³ºè¾¾�	�=t&�>?`°h�&köäø¾È&�},t¾Ó³º@è�Ü	ùàc
(SP) HOLE24495             268A68B0h(631450.17K)  268A68B0h(631450.17K)köäø¾È&�},t¾Ó³º@è�Ü	ùàc
 
  Total hole area space      = 10000h(64.00K)
  Total compress code space  = B1000h(708.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 7D38Bh(500.89K)
  Remain compress code space = 33C95h(207.15K)
 
                          ** Micro Code Information **
    Bridge ID                          |     Bridge ID                         
 North    South     Patch  ID  CPUID   |  North    South     Patch  ID  CPUID  
---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------00000000 00000000   00000062 00000414| 00000000 00000000   00000068 0000040A
00000000 00000000   0000006D 0000041B| 00000000 00000000   00000083 00000680
00000000 00000000   0000007A 00000413| 00000000 00000000   0000007B 00000433
00000000 00000000   01000002 00000000| 00000000 00000000   01000020 00001000
00000000 00000000   01000085 00001040| 00000000 00000000   01000086 00001041
00000000 00000000   01000095 00001022| 00000000 00000000   01000096 00001020
00000000 00000000   010000B6 00001043| 00000000 00000000   010000B7 00001062
 
 

All those (SP) HOLE looks like a mess and are worrying me, i'm not sure if modding this bios will be safe!, this is the first time i've seen so many of them with that info on a AWARD bios.

So, is this normal and i'm good to go? or it will be better if i don't touch it?.

Thanks!

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#2 | RE: ASUS M2A-VM RAID Rom module updating. datum

Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:30 am (Last edited: Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:31 am)

Zitat von quetzalin im Beitrag #1
All those (SP) HOLE looks like a mess and are worrying me, i'm not sure if modding this bios will be safe!, this is the first time i've seen so many of them with that info on a AWARD bios.
So, is this normal and i'm good to go? or it will be better if i don't touch it?

I have never seen such BIOS either and it is hard to believe, that it is an original BIOS, but it is true!
Meanwhile I have checked the latest original BIOSes (2302 and 5001 BETA) offered by ASUS for this mainboard and found the same BIOS structure. Both BIOSes cointain the AMD RAID ROM v2.5.1540.31 for the very old AMD RAID Controller DEV_4380.
To be honest I would not touch this BIOS either. Furthermore you would not be able to modify it by using the tool CBROM32_198, because the AMD RAID ROM is above the sensitive MEMINIT module.

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#3 | RE: ASUS M2A-VM RAID Rom module updating. datum

Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:55 pm

Oh well, guess i will have to leave it as it is... was hoping to be able to get a 2TB hard disk on this MB but for some reason it is not being recognized (too old SATA controller i guess).

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