Thank you.

There are tons of new stuff unlocked!

It seems like after I flashed the qksetchk.bin, the write protection was reenabled. So I unlocked it via Grub again and flashed the lotsunlock, all seems fine.

I don't really want to be a bother mate, if it saves you time, I'm willing to put effort :) Whatever floats your boat. Just point me in the right direction.

You're welcome! Yes, there should be lots unlocked now, but doing them one by one in hex the way I was doing it's ideal (lots still hidden, you can compare BIOS/images vs what you see in AMIBCP 4.55) and you'll see stuff still hidden.
Maybe that quick check I didn't use your unlocked biosreg.bin file? I think I did though, so not sure how that would happen. At least yuou know how to unlock that easily now, if you need to
I can disable all that in all areas of the BIOS once we are done, so it will be fully unlocked always (until you reflash stock or other non unlocked BIOS)

It's not a bother, don't worry! Tonight, I will send you a test file to check in AMIBCP change will unhide option or not, if not then anything else you need that isn't already visible let me know and I can add it manually

Then, tonight too, I will make you BIOS with that v7 microcode you wanted too

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #32

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I didn't use your unlocked biosreg.bin file?

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That's the one I meant, but I assumed I used it. Yes, I checked, that is one I used. Maybe you flashed in some other biosreg by FPT after you unlocked it, or dumped before you unlocked it and sent me wrong file?
Well, no matter what I'll force it all unlocked in next BIOS, then after that all will always stay unlocked

I finally found the AMIBCP 4.55 you mentioned and holy hell, there are lots of hidden things there.

So how do we proceed now? Do you expect something from me?

@tayyar - Now, you see what I mean OK, pick a single setting that I haven't already made visible for you, in a menu/submenu you can already see, and let me know the setting.
Then I will send you two test BIOS and you let me know if either enable that setting to be visible to you or not.

OK,

Main/Empty Branch - 0545 - High Precision Timer
Advanced/Cpu Config - Everything if possible
Advanced/System Agent/Graphics config - Everything if possible
Advanced/Memory config - Everything if possible

And if possible being able to drop the both chassis and CPU fan speed to lower values, down to 0, in the Monitor tab.

I hope my "everything if possible"s won't waste your time, if they do, just use common sense and make me able to change settings that would affect performance, such as "Memory Frequency Limiter", assuming if I disabled it, it would make me overclock the memory... And FSB Speed from CPU tab assuming it's BCLK and making it above 100 would give me faster CPU MHz.



And nothing else :)

@tayyar - Are you talking about the folder with no name (I didn't look at BIOS right now)? If yes, that is debug folder, cannot be made visible.
You have to pick one setting you cannot see currently, in an already visible menu/submenu, so please make a choice and let me know the exact name of the setting you selected for this test.

All settings can be made visible, but first we have to find which method works that's easier than the way I did before, otherwise it will take me 8-10 more hours probably.
Once this test is done, I can look at images of your BIOS and make all settings visible in about 5 minutes

Oh man, why did you spend your 10 hours on this? I feel ashamed now.

I can see Advanced/System Agent/Graphics menu has lots of settings in AMIBCP but in my Bios it's vanilla.

You can unlock whatever you want from there, as it looks like it's the stock settings in my bios.

So, with this method, we will learn a way to automatize/make significantly easier? I wish we did it before so I wouldn't take your time :(

It's OK I only spent maybe 3-5 hours, I meant it would take 10 more to do the rest if I carried on the same was I was going before.
I did that because I initially asked you to test that single edit change, which was hex edit one by one type edit, thinking I would only need to do that on a few, but once I got in there I noticed it was like that on MANY settings.
So, instead of stopping I went ahead while I was there. Then after many hours I had to stop, and now would rather do it with AMIBCP GUI edit which is MUCH easier and quicker, but we need to see which method works from AMIBCP (If either).
If none work, then rest will have to continue to be done by one by one manually.

Please, YOU select a single setting you cannot see in BIOS now, that you can see in AMIBCP. Tell me the exact setting and what menu/submenu it's in, then we move forward
I cannot pick this myself, unless you want to send me ALL new images of ALL BIOS settings pages again. That would be major waste of both of our time, please pick an exact setting and tell me it's exact name, it's very simple
ie you can't tell me Advanced/System Agent/Graphics << is vanilla. That means nothing to me, I don't know what is there by default and what is not, I'd have to see this exact page. Just pick a setting there, or anywhere else, that you can't see in BIOS, but do see in AMIBCP

Yes, it's my fault for not having you do this test sooner, I wasn't thinking ahead and assumed there would only be a few hex edits required.

Zitat

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If none work, then rest will have to continue to be done by one by one manually.

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Oh no man, I'm not go let you do it. It seems like it's a time consuming process and I'm not entitled to your time. If AMIBCP isn't working, we'll stop there, just add the v7 MC and if possible tell me how to really disable ME and if it's going to cause troubles (you said it would prevent further bios flashing without a hardware flasher but we already unlocked 280 error, so I don't know) then we are done. And I'm thankful.

Vanilla means it's the same as the stock pictures I sent you. You didn't do any changes there but here's the exact setting you can try to unlock: Advanced/System Agent/Graphics - 070A GFX Low Power Mode

@tayyar - Now, we must carry on! I can't have half edited BIOS out there, that's sloppy, lets finish this properly!
We don't know if AMIBCP changes not working yet, you still have not picked a setting for me to send you test BIOS yet. AMIBCP has nothing to do with AFU that I mentioned possibly causing some flashing issues later, totally different thing.

I know what vanilla means, but I don't think you had that particular section shown in your stock BIOS, that's why I said just pick a setting and give me it's name, very simple to do (unsure why you stalled about this, easy to pick a setting already )

Finally! I see you picked a setting See, that was easy!

Here, please test both these BIOS, let me know which one, if either, shows the GFX Low Power Mode setting to you - please test both, so we know if either is OK too, thanks
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...352428152745763

Flash via >> FPTw.exe -bios -f filename.bin

Be careful to never forget -bios flag when using FPT!

@Lost_N_BIOS

The bios was locked again and I used the grub trick to disable write protection and flashed SuperTest and yes, it shows the Low Power GFX option.

However, after I wanted to do UserTest, I couldn't boot into EFI because it gave me secure boot is enabled error, even though it wasn't, I power cycled and made sure and secure boot was off. So there was a GUI setting in Advanced settings "disable SMI" and "Disable Bios lock" I changed them and I could flash UserTest via Windows FPT.

Both bios' show the LowPo GFX option.

Haha, sorry! I keep forgetting to unlock BIOS/SMI lock permanently! Will do next round! Yes, that location where you disabled BIOS/SMI lock is where you can always disable before reboot into windows and do FPT Flash.
But, I'll get it all disabled by default in next round of BIOS, but any time you flash in any previous BIOS they'll be enabled again (and they will need disabled again before you flash in the next ones too)
Thanks, so answer is both/either shows the new setting, great! New BIOS coming for you soon with ALL settings visible, and BIOS/SMI lock disabled by default. Then, once we're done there, we can do the v7 microcode

* Edit - @tayyar - Hmmm, I hate to ask this of you, but it will be easier for me if you do, can you please take all new images of the BIOS (every page, every submenu, all contents)
This way I can easier see at a glance in images what I've already enabled vs what's left that needs enabled.

@Lost_N_BIOS All images from after the UserTest flash.