You're welcome! Microcode update was done very badly here too, luckily it boots, sometimes (padding comment next) causes bricked BIOS! Padding file added twice + broken FIT Table
It's a mess in there, this and the ME Stuff, possibly other stuff I'm not even looking at, all may be why it's messed up so badly for you.
I'll fix all this. I see you/someone updated GOP as well, do you need that done again too? And on microcodes, do you want stock, the 2018 ones you put in, or the latest versions as of now?

That probably explains why my POST chances were so low even though the board works fine.

Well my end goal was to get the full Broadwell Support so i can use my i7 5775C with its built in graphics, but i needed to use a "BIOS updater for 5th Gen Intel Core Processors" to modify the BIOS to do that since just updating to the latest BIOS wouldn't do that automatically

I'd prefer it if everything was fixed/updated to the latest as of now if thats even possible at this stage

@Latios - On this >> "BIOS updater for 5th Gen Intel Core Processors" Do you mean from Asus? If yes, link me to this, so I can see what it's actually doing

https://www.hwdrivers.com/ftp/fd_-slash-...rs-dot-zip.html

Yes its the one from ASUS although it's quite hard to find this program officially now but this is the one i've been using, has worked on two of my boards so far.
This is the same file i used to update the BIOS file on both my Z97 Gryphon and Sabertooth Mark S to support the i7 5775C fully, since updating to the latest BIOS on its own doesn't have full support, the .CAP needs to be modified with this program or something inside of it, but it wont run without ME or on a different system to the one thats intended for

So, this is probably what's breaking the microcode update, paddings, and FIT stuff I mentioned! I will check, thanks.
I assumed maybe you had been editing microcodes with UBU or something

I assume it edits microcode, but may also be editing or updating ME FW too during the process.
So you run this, select stock BIOS, and it then updates and flashes in BIOS all right then, correct? Or does it output file for USB Flashback?
* Edit, I see, it's an update in place program. Let me dig in and see what's going on

* Edit 2 - Looks like this just first updates ME FW to 9.1.25.1005, then flashes the BIOS you give as source, then reboots.
I do not see anything in regards to microcodes, or editing the given BIOS. So, did you touch microcodes in the BIOS you had been using, with something like UBU or manual methods?

I'm not sure about whats happened to the microcode as im not highly skilled enough with BIOS's to really know what it did, i haven't really touched the BIOS at all apart from following the steps you said earlier unless i somehow messed something up big time.

what i know from past experiences is, on Z97 updating to the latest BIOS will let me use the board with my Broadwell CPU but i MUST use a graphics card to actually POST, that tool takes a BIOS that i would download from ASUS and i load it within the program and it would "modify" it and immediately flash it which then has proper support, it has also updated ME on both boards too.

but this maximus VII Gene has no ME for some reason so i can't run the program because its missing the ME driver, which wont install giving the error "this platform is not supported"

See my edit above, I guess you answered my last question just now
Yes, ME FW is corrupted right now, so you can't load ME Driver.

thats not good, so is there any way to repair the BIOS, or is it completely gone?

Right ok, i've done more research into the matter and found out that the BIOS i flashed was a .CAP file that doesn't actually touch the Intel ME which is why it kept showing up as N/A.. and because its impossible to recover anything from the old chip and my new chip was a fresh blank, it needs to be rebuilt with a clean ME and serials fixing..

Is there any way to do this, or any guides on this specifically?

edited

@Latios - .CAP BIOS is entire BIOS, just inside a security capsule (first 2-4 KB of file, depending on model)
You're other thread is not dead, so this should be there, I will merge back now.

Send me your currently working/booting BIOS dumped with programmer, and I will fix serials and put whatever microcode you want in there, plus do whatever you need with ME FW
I assume ME is now working, correct? It should be, since they programmed in stock BIOS minus capsule. This usually requires you to fix serial, UUID, and Ethernet LAN MAC ID

If your ME FW is working, reflash BIOS again using the BIOS Updater for 5th gen so your 5775C works, then dump BIOS with programmer, then we'll fix your serial, UUID, and MAC ID etc

Sorry about the multiple threads, just in a bit of a rush for christmas

I'll send over the BIOS dump that actually boots but of the BIOS chips that i bought that were supposed to be programmed correctly, not one of them has the ME installed or supports the 5775C.. im at the point where i'm willing to pay someone to actually do this properly since its something so small stopping an otherwise perfectly working board ;)

the picture is from the dump attached below:

All im trying to do it just get the BIOS to a state that it would normally be in from the factory, a replica of the original chip before it died, thats it ♪

had to upload the bios dump here as its 16MB for some reason:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1132LwLE...iew?usp=sharing

No worries, I got behind and hadn't replied to your other thread, so you probably thought it was lost
All should have ME FW, if they just removed the capsule and programmed the stock BIOS (this is their usual practice). It may not be configured properly, or they used some non-stock dump, with corrupted ME FW. I'll see when I get it, then fix
I'll fix BIOS for you if no ME FW, then you update it again using the 5th BIOS update tool, then dump and send back to me, then I will fix your serials and all that.
Please put BIOS in a max compressed zip, I am on limited internet, thanks.

Compressed it as much as i can, it still exceeds the 6mb limit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T5EvJQI...iew?usp=sharing

i literally only need ME to work for the driver in windows then the 5th gen tool can run and the 5775C can work as intended, the 4tPentium G3258 wont POST

Uploading to another site is no problem, I expected you wouldn't be able to attach. You're link above requires a sign-in - Please upload to a free file host, such as uploadfiles.io or some other similar place, thanks
What CPU are you using now? And what do you mean G3258 wont post?