Zitat von marsch im Beitrag #2040

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Just a quick report.. I just followed the guide and got an Samsung 960 EVO 500GB (via asus hyper m.2 x4 mini adapter) running on my 10 year old Core 2 Quad on an Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 chipset motherboard, using a BETA UEFI bios update that Asus released back in the day...

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Hi, I have an ASUS ROG GL771JW, I installed a SanDisk M.2 NVMe 1TB, however, the bios does not detected. I followed the instructions and was able to MOD the bios G771JWAS.211. I tried to flash it but I keep getting "file is too old". can you please assist?

I attached the original file and the moded one.

@Fernando
Your modded BIOS worked perfectly. I flashed it and I am now able to boot from my NVMe SSD that is inserted in the M.2 slot.

I find it weird that MMTool inserted that additional pad file when I used it and that it didn't brick my laptop since I did flash that one.
Is there any easy way how one could verify that pad files are conserved between BIOS edits? I did manually check that it didn't remove any pad files since there is a warning about UEFITool doing that in the guide, but it didn't occur to me to check whether there are any additional pad files.

Thank you very much for all your help!

Hi,
1. I did not remove the capsule as per the instructions this only applies to: "Only for ASUS BIOSes with the suffix *.CAP: " and I used the MMTool 4.50.0023 method to Mod it.
2. I used the "Easy Flash utility" on the advance tab of the setup utility.

Hej Guys,

I have modified some mainboards in the past with these instruction(s), thank you very much for that.

But now I have a big problem... I try to modify a ASUS B85M-E mainboard, but it is not possible for me to do this. It is the known problem with the .CAP BIOS file I think. After one day trying without success to modify this mainboard I have no more ideas how to fix it. Is there someone who was able to successfully solve this problem or who can help me with the BIOS for the mainboard above mentioned? Big, big thanks in advance :)

Christoph

EDIT/ADDENDUM:
I have alreay crashed one of my both ASUS B85M-E mainboards by using a faulty BIOS file... damn! Now I triedy every possible method to solve this problem without any success, I don't know what to do now... If someone can help me or modify the BIOS file for the ASUS B85M-E mainboard (I want to use a Kingston A2000 SSD) I will pay/donate for your work!

Zitat von poex im Beitrag #5935

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But now I have a big problem... I try to modify a ASUS B85M-E mainboard, but it is not possible for me to do this.

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fptw64 -rewrite -f bios.bin
 

Do not forget about MAC, S/N, UUID.

EDIT by Fernando: Incomplete/wrongly formatted parts repaired

@poex - What is your exact model, B85M-E or B85M-E/CSM, check on the board PCB to be sure. Please make a thread for your specific board and NVME mod etc, and link to your correct stock BIOS download page in that threar.
I will make you NVME mod BIOS, after you make a new thread so I can help walk you through dumping BIOS with FPT, unlocking stuff, then dumping BIOS again with FPT, then I mod, then you flash it back
This model does not have USB Flashback, so this is best way to do it

@Michael_Code - All regions unlocked in stock BIOS, or your edited file, does not = what is on the board in FD, so your FPT command cannot be used and may = brick due to rewrite will erase some areas of the chip and then not be able to write to it all
Rewrite in generally should only be used in rare instances, troubleshooting, trying to confirm some specific issue etc. A full dump or write is only possible when the FD is unlocked on the board itself, which is near 0% for modern Asus unless by accident or user did pinmod or via programmer previously.

@Fernando - I've came across this many times, and tried to tell/show you a few times over past year or two about this as well
MMTool can add and remove padding, just like UEFITool, it happens, but not as often. So padding added or removed needs checked from top to bottom on any volume you edit, with any tool/method, always.
The bad thing is, sometimes this is OK and doesn't = brick, so then when people see this they assume it's always OK, or only rare cases that is = brick.
This is not the case, it's much LESS likely that it will not = brick if padding added or removed, and much MORE likely that it will = brick, and should always try to be avoided or worked around
Unless user has programmer and is ready and willing to test and see if added/removed padding on their particular BIOS will = brick or not, or if you already know for sure it's OK on a particular model from a previous indecent/test

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #5937

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@Michael_Code - All regions unlocked in stock BIOS, or your edited file?

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Hej @Michael_Code - Sorry, but I don't understand this It's too technical for me. What exactly should i do?
Hej @Lost_N_BIOS - I opened the thread, here the link: NVMe Mod for ASUS B85M-E Mainboard
Thank you guys

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded wrongly formatted quoted post removed (to save space)