Hi,
I'm trying to Patch Bios HP 800 SFF G1 in order to Support NVME SSD PCIe (Booting). BIOS is already patched but I can't install it.
Bios Patched
Attached -> L01_0278.part1.rar & L01_0278.part2.rar

Error


So, i'm trying to patch bios using first "[GUIDE] Grub Fix Intel FPT Error 280 or 368 - BIOS Lock Asus/Other Mod BIOS Flash" (i'm getting error 280 when i try to flash back dump bios)... and i'm stuck in here.

Dump Bios
Attached! -> biosreg.rar

Error


Can someone help me add NVME boot support to flash back bios dump modded to enable this?.

Thanks a lot!

Edit by Fernando: Thread title shortened and customized

@kyrios - Please run the following commands at grub prompt again, all of them, then after that redo the BIOS region dump with FPT and send to me
setup_var 0x96 0x00
setup_var 0x97 0x00
setup_var 0x98 0x00
setup_var 0x99 0x00
setup_var 0x9a 0x00

Additionally, after grub changes above, please run this command below with FPTw and send me the created file.
Put new BIOS region dump from after above grub changes + File below, into single max compressed zip. Upload to tinyupload.com or uploadfiles.io
FPTw.exe -a 0x60000 -l 0x8B0000 -d vol1.bin

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #2

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@kyrios - Please run the following commands at grub prompt again, all of them, then after that redo the BIOS region dump with FPT and send to me
setup_var 0x96 0x00
setup_var 0x97 0x00
setup_var 0x98 0x00
setup_var 0x99 0x00
setup_var 0x9a 0x00

Additionally, after grub changes above, please run this command below with FPTw and send me the created file.
Put new BIOS region dump from after above grub changes + File below, into single max compressed zip. Upload to tinyupload.com or uploadfiles.io
FPTw.exe -a 0x60000 -l 0x8B0000 -d vol1.bin

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@kyrios - You're welcome! Missing file >> vol1.bin Ohh! Sorry, I forgot to tell you jumper may be needed.
Now, after grub, please put on service jumper, then reboot to windows three times, on third boot to windows after jumper is on, then run command below and sent me file.

Also, sorry! I had incorrect offset to dump in above command, sorry! So maybe that was why (I assume so, that's in ME region ), or jumper needed too, I am not 100% sure.
You can try this first without jumper, then we'll know, if vol1.bin created then no need for jumper just yet
FPTw.exe -a 0x5E0000 -l 0x8B0000 -d vol1.bin

Hi,
Don't Worry. Yes, works with no jumper needed.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=47958419814614149709

Thanks!

@kyrios - I am on limited internet, don't want to download stuff I already have (ie BIOSreg dump from post #3 looks to be included there?) I also don't need whatever "cap" is in there.
Please upload vol1.bin only

* Edit - @kyrios - OK, I didn't want to wait, and have you waiting some more again too, so I grabbed above file anyway
Here is NVME mod volume 1, flash this back via following command >> FPTw.exe -a 0x5E0000 -l 0x8B0000 -f vol1NVMEMM45.bin
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...647697162779646

Then, to install to NVME, you need to make NVME RAW or Initialized as GPT, then follow all steps at #4 in the "This is what you should do section here"
[Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS

To make NVME RAW - You can use diskpart in windows from OS (Direct from any CMD Prompt), or from installer ISO (press Shift + F10 on the first setup screen where you pick language)
Either way, remove all other drives, so only the NVME is there, and any other disk you will recognize by size/name etc - so you don't accidentally wipe wrong things.

At CMD Prompt >>

>> Diskpart
>> List disk << Here, identify by size, and then note the number which disk you will be wiping to raw here (If in windows, this #'s will match what you see the drives shown as in Disk Management) - Be sure you do not select your USB or main OS drive if in OS
>> Select Disk # << here, replace # with NVME # you want to wipe to raw.
>> Clean
>> Exit

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #6

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@kyrios - I am on limited internet, don't want to download stuff I already have (ie BIOSreg dump from post #3 looks to be included there?) I also don't need whatever "cap" is in there.
Please upload vol1.bin only

* Edit - @kyrios - OK, I didn't want to wait, and have you waiting some more again too, so I grabbed above file anyway
Here is NVME mod volume 1, flash this back via following command >> FPTw.exe -a 0x5E0000 -l 0x8B0000 -f vol1NVMEMM45.bin
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...647697162779646

Then, to install to NVME, you need to make NVME RAW or Initialized as GPT, then follow all steps at #4 in the "This is what you should do section here"
[Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS

To make NVME RAW - You can use diskpart in windows from OS (Direct from any CMD Prompt), or from installer ISO (press Shift + F10 on the first setup screen where you pick language)
Either way, remove all other drives, so only the NVME is there, and any other disk you will recognize by size/name etc - so you don't accidentally wipe wrong things.

At CMD Prompt >>

>> Diskpart
>> List disk << Here, identify by size, and then note the number which disk you will be wiping to raw here (If in windows, this #'s will match what you see the drives shown as in Disk Management) - Be sure you do not select your USB or main OS drive if in OS
>> Select Disk # << here, replace # with NVME # you want to wipe to raw.
>> Clean
>> Exit

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@kyrios - Thanks for quick test and report back, great to see everything went smoothly!
Is this PCIE 3.0 or 2.0 system? I ask because even at x4 PCIE slot, speeds should be same as a x1 slot, because NVME only uses x4 no matter if it's in x4 or x16 slot.

Thanks for offering to send something my way, I'll shoot you a PM now

@gloobox - A while back we discussed this kind of flashing while still FPT 25-28 error locked.
And we were not 100% sure how that worked, BIOS region only, or direct flash area you want to mod (such as ucodes like Deathbringer was doing when he showed us unlock on these) etc.
Yes, do direct area flash via offset + size, only last volume of these BIOS are protected by the lock, that's why entire BIOS region fails.
See above, this is NVME Mod flash in, by dump of BIOS region + first volume only within BIOS region (For size OK confirmation post-edit).
Do the actual edit/mod in full BIOS region dump, then extract first volume of BIOS region only and flash it back in via FPT

@Lost_N_BIOS
Error 7 is still an obstacle for me.
I ever tried it on ASUS P9X79 which had no any bios lock,and I will got error 7 too when flashing the modded bios.
It seemed something preventing the FPT to flash.

@gloobox - You shouldn't have to FPT on Asus P9X79 anyway, that model and all it's variants have USB Flashback, correct?
If some of the variants do not have USB Flashback, then FPT works, because I've made mod BIOS for ALL the Asus X79's for many users

@Lost_N_BIOS
Yeah,but actually I just want to show you where the error7 would happen.And try to solve this kind of problem.
edit:
I had tried to flash the modded bios with FPT on some chinese X79 mobos,and found some mobos would show error7 but some not.

Ohh, OK. Sorry, I don't have any Asus P9X79 here anymore, so I can't test myself to see about this issue for that model
What other mainstream (NON-OEM) models do you have this issue on, maybe I will have some board in your list and can test myself?

@Lost_N_BIOS
I will upload the TWO of chinese X79 mobos's bios after days,and let's analyse it.

That does not help at all with any of this error 7 discussion you wanted to get back into

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #8

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@kyrios - Thanks for quick test and report back, great to see everything went smoothly!
Is this PCIE 3.0 or 2.0 system? I ask because even at x4 PCIE slot, speeds should be same as a x1 slot, because NVME only uses x4 no matter if it's in x4 or x16 slot.

Thanks for offering to send something my way, I'll shoot you a PM now

@gloobox - A while back we discussed this kind of flashing while still FPT 25-28 error locked.
And we were not 100% sure how that worked, BIOS region only, or direct flash area you want to mod (such as ucodes like Deathbringer was doing when he showed us unlock on these) etc.
Yes, do direct area flash via offset + size, only last volume of these BIOS are protected by the lock, that's why entire BIOS region fails.
See above, this is NVME Mod flash in, by dump of BIOS region + first volume only within BIOS region (For size OK confirmation post-edit).
Do the actual edit/mod in full BIOS region dump, then extract first volume of BIOS region only and flash it back in via FPT

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