Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #4056

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Zitat von KedarWolf im Beitrag #4055

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Could you please make a M10H.rom file with the 1101 BIOS for the Maximus X Hero found here?

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This is a mostly DIY forum. The guides are there, read and follow them carefully. There must be some sort of respect for those who help so much (like Lost_N_BIOS in this case). Leaching them instead of learning is frowned upon here. And by the way, the CleanUp Guide is not the solution to everything, no panacea. It has specific usages which are explained there.

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Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #4058

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1. What do you want to do exactly?
2. Why do you want to do that?
3. Why did you decide to use the CleanUp Guide?
4. What exact firmware did you choose for the guide?
5. What exact errors do you get when building?

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Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #4060

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Why do you want to downgrade? From what current version? Do you have read/write access to the Engine region? What do you understand and thus do when reading that note?

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@KedarWolf - I already modified that BIOS to enable 'Me FW Image Re-Flash' as you requested
The file edited in that instance is the setup module only. Do you need the same edit done to the Maximus X Hero BIOS still, or did you get it figured out?

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #4063

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@KedarWolf - I already modified that BIOS to enable 'Me FW Image Re-Flash' as you requested
The file edited in that instance is the setup module only. Do you need the same edit done to the Maximus X Hero BIOS still, or did you get it figured out?

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OK @KedarWolf, it's OK, I will do later and show you how to do it too. Sorry have to wait, time too short this morning I can't do now.
I like to help people learn, so it's no problem for me to show you, that way you will learn how and then you can teach next guy!

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #4065

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OK @KedarWolf, it's OK, I will do later and show you how to do it too. Sorry have to wait, time too short this morning I can't do now.
I like to help people learn, so it's no problem for me to show you, that way you will learn how and then you can teach next guy!

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can you flash PCH-H Firmware v11.8.55.3510 from the 11.8.50.xxx on a z370 boards

@KedarWolf - Here's what to do for this ME FW Image Re-Flash > Enable

You need notepad, an IFR extractor app (one included in download below), and UEFITool (0.25.0 used) and a hex editor (I use Hex Editor Neo, HxD is a good free app if you cannot find Neo)

1. Open BIOS in UEFITool - Find "Setup" - This is GUID 899407D7-99FE-43D8-9A21-79EC328CAC21 in this instance, you can simply run search/GUID and put in this GUID

2. Expand above GUID, to get to Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF - expand this to see PE32 Image.

3. Click on the PE32 image, then right click and choose "Extract Body" Save with a name that lets you personally know where this file belongs and how you extracted, because it needs to be re-inserted back to same location with same method. Leave EUFITool open here if you want
I always save with GUID or Sub-GUID name, file name and how I extracted so this would be Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF-PE32Body

4. Open the IFR extractor, browse to the above extracted file, wait a few seconds for it to scan the file, then choose extract and save as default name or input name you desire - close IFR extractor

5. Open the output txt file from IFR Extractor - find the item you wish to change via search/find (Control + F).
This instance we are looking for ME FW Image Re-Flash, so I search Re-Flash for brevity. In this case, there will be only one instance

6. Once the setting is found (re-flash), find the hex name of the setting, at end of first string/line with the setting name
Looks like this in this instance >> {05 91 18 11 19 11 51 0B 01 00 05 07 10 10 00 01 00} We want the hex digits here, copy all numbers only
Below this line you will see the enable/disable settings and their hex strings, we'll use this later

7. Open the extracted PE32body.bin image from step 3 image in hex editor.

8. Use search/find and choose hex, then input the copied hex string from step 6, choose find all (there will be only one location, but in Neo this highlights entire string when using find all)

9. Immediately following the hex string for ME FW Re-Flash will be the enable/disable strings, the same ones you noticed in step 6.

10. Look back at the open IFR Text file, notice the enable/disable setting and their hex strings. In this instance the first three digits are the setting identifier, and the last 4 digits will be the control (What makes each one enabled/disabled)

11. We want to switch the enable and disable setting functions, making default setting enabled instead of disabled.

12. In the hex editor find the disabled/default setting string directly following the re-flash string from step #6 = 09 07 05 00 10 00 00
Switch it's last four digits with the last four digits of enabled. Effectivly making the change as below

09 07 05 00 10 00 00 >> Becomes 09 07 05 00 00 00 01
09 07 04 00 00 00 01 >> Becomes 09 07 04 00 10 00 00

This is really only a four byte change, but it's good to learn this way because not all file changes like this are similar, sometimes you may need to change several more bytes in each string or sometimes only a single byte for each etc.


13. Save hex edited PE32body.bin image with a new name, such as Modified or add an M on the end, so you know this is the edited file.

14. Open that edited file in IFR extractor and again extract a new txt output.

15. Find and verify your changes in hex correctly changed the setting via 'Find > Re-Flash" again, default should now be enabled.
If this is not correct, open file in ex again and look at then correct your changes, until you see the desired output in new IFR output file.


16. Once all is correct, re-insert file with UEFITool the exact same way you extracted.
In this instance that is at GUID 899407D7-99FE-43D8-9A21-79EC328CAC21 >> Go to Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF >> Expand to PE32 image and right click PE32 image and choose replace body and choose your modified PE32body.bin image

17. Save image with mod name so you know which is MOD BIOS, for now, you can rename to recovery name later if needed (M10HWIFI.CAP)

18. Done! Flash BIOS = Win

Here is download with above text, images and IFR extractor. I did not include modified BIOS, that way you can do the mod yourself now and learn how it all works for this simple mod
https://www.sendspace.com/file/nsmu08

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #4068

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@KedarWolf - Here's what to do for this ME FW Image Re-Flash > Enable

You need notepad, an IFR extractor app (one included in download below), and UEFITool (0.25.0 used) and a hex editor (I use Hex Editor Neo, HxD is a good free app if you cannot find Neo)

1. Open BIOS in UEFITool - Find "Setup" - This is GUID 899407D7-99FE-43D8-9A21-79EC328CAC21 in this instance, you can simply run search/GUID and put in this GUID

2. Expand above GUID, to get to Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF - expand this to see PE32 Image.

3. Click on the PE32 image, then right click and choose "Extract Body" Save with a name that lets you personally know where this file belongs and how you extracted, because it needs to be re-inserted back to same location with same method. Leave EUFITool open here if you want
I always save with GUID or Sub-GUID name, file name and how I extracted so this would be Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF-PE32Body

4. Open the IFR extractor, browse to the above extracted file, wait a few seconds for it to scan the file, then choose extract and save as default name or input name you desire - close IFR extractor

5. Open the output txt file from IFR Extractor - find the item you wish to change via search/find (Control + F).
This instance we are looking for ME FW Image Re-Flash, so I search Re-Flash for brevity. In this case, there will be only one instance

6. Once the setting is found (re-flash), find the hex name of the setting, at end of first string/line with the setting name
Looks like this in this instance >> {05 91 18 11 19 11 51 0B 01 00 05 07 10 10 00 01 00} We want the hex digits here, copy all numbers only
Below this line you will see the enable/disable settings and their hex strings, we'll use this later

7. Open the extracted PE32body.bin image from step 3 image in hex editor.

8. Use search/find and choose hex, then input the copied hex string from step 6, choose find all (there will be only one location, but in Neo this highlights entire string when using find all)

9. Immediately following the hex string for ME FW Re-Flash will be the enable/disable strings, the same ones you noticed in step 6.

10. Look back at the open IFR Text file, notice the enable/disable setting and their hex strings. In this instance the first three digits are the setting identifier, and the last 4 digits will be the control (What makes each one enabled/disabled)

11. We want to switch the enable and disable setting functions, making default setting enabled instead of disabled.

12. In the hex editor find the disabled/default setting string directly following the re-flash string from step #6 = 09 07 05 00 10 00 00
Switch it's last four digits with the last four digits of enabled. Effectivly making the change as below

09 07 05 00 10 00 00 >> Becomes 09 07 05 00 00 00 01
09 07 04 00 00 00 01 >> Becomes 09 07 04 00 10 00 00

This is really only a four byte change, but it's good to learn this way because not all file changes like this are similar, sometimes you may need to change several more bytes in each string or sometimes only a single byte for each etc.


13. Save hex edited PE32body.bin image with a new name, such as Modified or add an M on the end, so you know this is the edited file.

14. Open that edited file in IFR extractor and again extract a new txt output.

15. Find and verify your changes in hex correctly changed the setting via 'Find > Re-Flash" again, default should now be enabled.
If this is not correct, open file in ex again and look at then correct your changes, until you see the desired output in new IFR output file.


16. Once all is correct, re-insert file with UEFITool the exact same way you extracted.
In this instance that is at GUID 899407D7-99FE-43D8-9A21-79EC328CAC21 >> Go to Sub-GUID EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF >> Expand to PE32 image and right click PE32 image and choose replace body and choose your modified PE32body.bin image

17. Save image with mod name so you know which is MOD BIOS, for now, you can rename to recovery name later if needed (M10HWIFI.CAP)

18. Done! Flash BIOS = Win

Here is download with above text, images and IFR extractor. I did not include modified BIOS, that way you can do the mod yourself now and learn how it all works for this simple mod
https://www.sendspace.com/file/nsmu08

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No, that is not what you asked about. That is how to enable ME FW Re-Flash in BIOS default settings.

If you want to flash ME all you do is follow the guides on how to flash ME, BIOS version or name or settings inside BIOS do not matter.
Use the BIOS version with ME you want in it, and reflash ME using FPT and that BIOS, this does not matter what actual current (Latest) BIOS version is installed on the board
fptw -rewrite -me -f bios.bin << bios.bin, change to name of the BIOS you are using that already includes ME you want by default (ie not edited BIOS)

Example using BIOS 1101, while current already flashed BIOS is 9909 (Example BIOS, not actual, but version flashed in board already doesn't matter is my point)
fptw -rewrite -me -f ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO-WIFI-AC-ASUS-1101-ME-Reflash.bin

That will take the ME from that BIOS only, and rewrite over what ME is currently in the BIOS. It will not flash that BIOS version, only ME will be written.