Hi m8, thx for the above reference.
I tried to read through the posts in that thread, however, not sure if I completely understood the most complicated sections there...it was too techy for my limited knowledge I'm afraid...although I understand that after modifying the RAID ROM module, I need to create a dummy ROM module to fill the empty place there and to keep the module orders above those sensitive modules.


I'd like to ask you a couple of further questions please whether:

1. First off, am I correct to assume that with the CPL0's latest newer RAID ROM modification, PCI ROM[B] / ICHARAID.BIN was the ONLY file which was modded for the purpose of enabling TRIM-0 functionality? No other files on that list was altered in any way?

2. How about the very first modded F9D modded BIOS with the TRIM-0 modded Intel RST(e) RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 which I referred to you at tweakdown.com (GA-X58A-UD7 (rev1) BIOS F9d mod at http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/480...ified-bios.html) shich you explained it was CPL0's former/older modification...even though that one fot successfully flashed to my BIOS? Do you happen to know whether any other files than PCI ROM[B] / ICHARAID.BIN had been altered or modified in that older modded RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 by CPL0?

3. Also, since the the older F9D modded BIOS with the TRIM-0 modded Intel RST(e) RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 version was the ONLY modded RAID ROM which Q-flash successfully would flash to my BIOS, are you under the impression that this older CPL0 TRIM-mod version is supposed to be quite inferior and/or instable/problematic to the overall system's functionality compare to his newer TRIM-0 moddings, therefore the old modded version should not be used in any case??

4. Should the original PCI ROM[B] / ICHARAID.BIN file in the either F9A or F9D be first released off the BIOS table list completely, and then be replaced with the new modded RAID ROM downloaded from your site and after having be renamed to the new ICHARAID.BIN module by inserting it into the BIOS table list with cbrom?
OR...the above is not the proper way to go and it is not necessary at all to first release the original ICHARAID.BIN module completely from the F9A/F9D original BIOS table list, and one should just rename the new RAID ROM file from your site to ICHARAID.BIN and insert it into the BIOS table with cbrom while the original ICHARAID.ROM is still there on the list? Does it matter which approach of the above is used to replace the RAID ROM module?


I'm not sure I able to understand how to create a dummy ROM module by reading that post. I realize that what he's trying to do is to insert the new module first which then will reside at the bottom of the list, then he creates the dummy module somehow (have no idea how that is being done there though), insert it into an original BIOS image by cbrom first to have it compressed in size, extract the compressed size, and then add it manually into his modded BIOS image by HxD.

But how he actually creates the dummy file and how he determines the correct needed file size and also how he actually finds the exact correct place in the BIOS image to paste in the compressed file....I don't comprehend :(
But it does explain why just inserting the the new RAID ROM module replacing the old one, does not create a valid BIOS file.......

Is CPL0 still around somewhere to ask for help from?!

Regards

Many thx for the detailed reply again.

So if by "Entrypoint of the sensitive modules" you simply mean the order of the modules within the BIOS image file in regards to all the sensitive files (e.g. if a particular module in the original BIOS happens to be beneath one sensitive module like MINIT/csimemrc.bin + above another sensitive module like GV3/ppminit.rom).... then in all honesty I see absolutely no difference in the consideration between the original F9A BIOS, F9D BIOS, CPL0's earlier TRIM modded F9D BIOS with the RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 or the modded F9D BIOS variant you so kindly provided me with which came with the RAID ROM v11.2.0.1527, or the other one which also you made out of F9A BIOS with the RAID ROM v10.1.0.1008!!! The order of regular modules vs the sensitive ones looks just the same in every single one of the above BIOS versions :)

So just by looking at the module order list with either CBROM32_198 or CBROM_155 the all-around module order integrity of all the above mentioned BIOSes seems to be the same...at least when it comes to where the sensitive modules are being placed when being listed with the /D command. No difference whatsoever!

And none of them seems to contain any extra "additional filling" sized compressed dummy file in them.
Yet, the original modded F9D flashes just fine, so does CPL0's older/earlier TRIM modded F9D BIOS with the RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702, while the other two modded F9D (RAID ROM v11.2.0.1527) or F9A (RAID ROM v10.1.0.1008) ever worked at all :)

Well I'm sure it has something to do with the actual modification of the hex code in the resp. RAID ROM module. Maybe the required file size filling has been done within the module code somehow instead of having a separate visible dummy file module that can be shown with CBROM...but other than that, I really can not observe any module order misfit between the important sensitive files in ANY of the above BIOSes, as far as CBROM is able to indicate!

Anyways, pretty peculiar nifty issue this one indeed!
I might send a nice PM to SummoneR and ask him weather he might be so kind to just take a quick look and see if he could possibly help out with making a quick dummy file for me to test it out... would be a great victory if I could overcome this big mystery, lol!

I apologize for taking up your time again with this issue my friend :)

Best Regards,
-Sebastian


*EDIT* Seems as if just like CPL0, SummoneR has not been online here since April 2014 either :( Damn.

Aha, I suspected something like that when you mentioned the "entrypoint"!
I did try the Hex Editor but got lost in it since I realized I didn't know what I was looking for :)

Thank you again for the help! I feel almost ashamed to keep bothering you with this issue but the again it's also a great learning opportunity for me for future references.
The .exe file is just a self-extracting file.

Here's the link to the original F9D BIOS.

Best Regards

Oh thank you!

Now I can check the entrypoints, And by reading <here> (SummoneR's post) I can now also change the name of ICHARAID.BIN to dummy.dum.
So I can now simply create the dummy.dum file in exact the same size as the [B] file being taken away, and put it in the place for the PCI ROM[B] and now I also know how to make the changes so that I get the [E] order for the dummy file.

There is ONLY one thing I still don't understand how to figure out m8...how on earth do I use either CBROM_155 or CBROM32_198 to put the newly dummy.dum PCI ROM[E] directly in the same order under PCI ROM[A] in the BIOS layout?

Here's what SummoneR is trying to give the instructions in his post:
"2. Modify the Decompression Segment Address to an address non-existing in the module list. E.g. this is showing up as PCI ROM['x'] so Dummy has to be in our case
PCI ROM[E] since in the default module layout we only have A, B, C and D. Of course then the new/updated module(s) shall point to the same segment(s) as in the
original layout, so they can be invoked the same way as before. The segment address for PCI ROM[A] is 4086, so Bytes 11-12 in the header in little endian order are 86 40.
Easiest is to keep in mind that 86 is for PCI ROM[A], 87 for B, 88 for C, 89 for D, 8A for E and 8B for F."

Where do I look for those bytes? I can not figure that one out because the byte numbers for my PCI ROM[B] which gives out it's order in the BIOS layout are not the same as the one in this example.
As long as I can not put the dummy.dum file exactly in the same place, I don't think it'll help.

I have submitted the original PCI ROM[B] a.k.a ICHARAID.BIN in this post...are you able to figure out what section in this file gives the layout order in the BIOS so that I can use that for my dummy.dum file, so that it won't be placed as the last file in the module list in the BIOS layout?
When I look at SummoneR's post, he has his PCI ROM[E] dummy.dum right in place for the one he modded...whatever I do the dummy file goes in as the last file after insertion and I know that is the default behavior, but how do we change that?

I had to put a .txt suffix to the bin file so that it could be uploaded here so please just remove it after downloading :)

Regards,
-Sebastian

I understand m8, thank you for all the explanation.
I have made a help post at overclock.net now for this issue, I hope someone sees that and can help me out, because I don't know how either how to cut and paste stuff directly into HxD to get this right...

Best Regards,
-Sebastian

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #26

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Zitat von Bittornado im Beitrag #25

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I have made a help post at overclock.net now for this issue, I hope someone sees that and can help me out, because I don't know how either how to cut and paste stuff directly into HxD to get this right...

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Another idea would be to post your request into >this< thread (disadvantage: You may not get knowledge about how the modification has been done).
Please give us your feedback, if you should get a proper working modified BIOS.

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Dieter,

I was wondering...if worst case scenario happens and no one can help me out integrating the "Universally TRIM modified" Intel RST RAID ROM v11.2.0.1527 with TRIM in RAID0 support to my F9A or F9D bios, and I decide to go with the already modded bios with Intel RST RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 with TRIM in RAID0 support, which was offered at the tweaktown.com made by CPL0's older method (since it does flash successfully to my board after all) and since it can give me TRIM support for my RAID-0 array (even if it hurts the Marvell controller but let's say I accept that glitch, maybe I still can use my 2 x Marvell SATA3 ports with a couple of regular HDDs, as long as I get TRIM support for RAID-0 with my Intel SATA2 ports along with a fairly acceptable read/write speed then maybe I should be satisfied with this finished bios mod)....then what IRST software version would you recommend with this bios mod version?

Would you still recommend that I install Intel RST AHCI/RAID Drivers & Software Set v11.2.0.1006 WHQL along with modded bios with Intel RST RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702 + TRIM in RAID0 support.... or would it be better to go with Intel RST(e) AHCI/RAID Drivers & Software Set v11.7.4.1001 WHQL (your info says the latter will best match Intel RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702).

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #29

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@ Bittornado:

If you want to reflash the modded BIOS, which contains the LEGACY mode TRIM modded Intel RST(e) RAID ROM v11.6.0.1702, I recommend to install the Intel RST(e) driver v11.7.4.1001 WHQL or the related complete Set.

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