@vismut1822 - CMOS battery can be left in place, but sometimes you need to either connect or remove both PSU power cables.
Dump looks good! OK, here, please test and see if this bricks or not Be ready to recover
If this boots OK, then tonight I will do the Coffee edits to this same BIOS for you, then you'll be all set
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...541421660525917

If this is a brick, then I'll put in the possible hours needed to work around the padding issue

So.
I have successfully flashed the BIOS.
Yes, there are many items that were not there before
Hooray!
As I understand it, the next step is CoffeeMod?

Thank you very much for your help

@vismut1822 - You're welcome! And awesome to see, on two fronts!
It's great that no bricked BIOS for you so no recovery hassles, AND no wasted hours for me trying to work around that issue that we now just proved is OK on this board/BIOS (I'm glad I didn't go ahead and work around it now! )
Yes, now we do Coffee mod BIOS using that BIOS as base! And knowing my luck, once I do all that mod entails, the issue I was concerned with about the one padding will remove itself on final rebuild and all will be back to how it should be anyway
I will do the Coffee Mod now, give me about 15 minutes

* Edit - @vismut1822 - Here is Coffee mod BIOS, please program this in with flash programmer, then do the following. You can now install your Coffee CPU for all this!
Remove programmer clip, unplug both PSU Cables from board, or shut off PSU at switch, then press and hold case power on button for 10-15 seconds, or short the power on pins for same time.
Then let board sit for one complete minute or a bit longer, then you can connect everything back and boot to BIOS. Once in BIOS, load optimized defaults, save and reboot back to BIOS to make any changes you need
Additionally, specifically for Asus/Coffee see section 7 Here
https://ufile.io/lx0g85us

If system does not start, and your are 100% sure your CPU isolate/connect pads mod is done perfectly, then please wait and don't mess around with putting back in old CPU or recovering etc.
I will make you follow-up BIOS built from stock instead of your dumped BIOS, some Asus require this for Coffee mod but we can't tell which until user tests a modified dump.

*** WARNING *** - This BIOS is user specific! If you are not user vismut1822 at Win-RAID.com forum, DO NOT USE THIS BIOS!!
If you do, and you are not vismut1822, then you will loose your serial, UUID, OG NVRAM, and LAN MAC ID as well.
You have been warned!!!

If anyone needs Coffee Mod stock BIOS, or unlocked menu stock mod BIOS for this model, let me know and I can make for you.

So.
I have successfully flashed this BIOS.
The computer started successfully, without any errors or bricks.
It's a pity that I can't test my i5 9600KF in operation yet, since I don't have a GPU on hand yet. Hopefully it starts successfully
I wanted to ask, is the 3M 8997 polyamide tape suitable for insulation?

Thank you very much for modifying the bios! You are the best modder!
Thank you!

@vismut1822 - Great to hear all is OK so far, thanks! No GPU??!!?? Steal/borrow some old PCIE/PCI card from other system in the house, at least for a minute
Any polyimide / Kapton tape should be fine, you just need something thin enough width-wise to where you can easily cut into strips or sizes you need.
That kind of tape is what I use to do these kind of isolations, just generic cheapest kapton/polyimide tape on ebay.

So get whatever you can for cheapest and quickest delivery, unless you think you might need wide tape later for something?
That particular model you mention looks VERY wide, so it may be a pain for you to cut to what you need.
Never mind, I see for Asus it's just two little dots, so probably not too bad to cut

You're welcome, and thank you too!

@Lost_N_BIOS

I also have the Maximus Hero 8. I've been having some issues with getting my bios to flash.

I've tried following a few different tutorials, but it seems that I am much more of a newb than I initially thought when I started this...

Basically, I have the i9 9900k (with RO stepping, which I connected two pads and isolated 2 more), I followed the instructions on using the automated tool to create a bios file, and tried to use the flashback. Unfortunately, the bios doesn't seem to be flashing. The light flashes for 4 seconds than goes solid.

Also, when I tried to turn on the pc, it simply turns off right away. I did a little more reading and it seems that this motherboard locked and can only be flashed with the programmer. I would appreciate any help you can provide me.

Hi everyone, just "revived" a MAXIMUS VIII HERO from a semi-destroyed PC (CPU bended !)...

...everything seems to work fine, so I wanna try with my i7-7700K + 2 x Aegis DDR4-3000MHz + 1Tb 970 EVO+ NVMe on it.

@Lost_N_BIOS can you provide a full-unlocked (+ Coffee Mod ?) BIOS ?

The latest bios cames from 2018, are there some FW upgrades (eg. LAN, Me, etc) to apply ?