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#16 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:48 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #13
Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #11
got a blacķ screen with keyboard light on.
Does it means your notebook cannot boot up now? I didn't quite catch what happened.

Sorry I was typing from my phone, now I run my laptop again, let me explain what happened:

First I run the bios you sent, and the system rebooted but It just went a black screen and keyboard light on, nothing else,
it kept that way for a long time, I had to disconnect the power and now it works normally.

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#17 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:51 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #15
@w4po
After you continued, was there a lengthy process with a filling progress bar?

If you mean while I was in windows after I press ok to start flashing then yes, it was strange not what the normal (original one) would do.

but other than that, I got nothing after reboot, just a black screen, and after I disconnected the power my laptop booted normally showing the logo, etc.. no sign of bios update or flashing or anything.

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#18 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:55 pm

If I am not clear, I can do it again and record a video of the process

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#19 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:57 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:59 pm)

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #17
it was strange not what the normal (original one) would do.

OK. But let me be completely convinced by asking if it lasted about a minute or more.

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #17
no sign of bios update or flashing or anything.

This is because the BIOS should have been installed in the system running.

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #18
and record a video of the process

No need.

Cūra tē ipsum

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#20 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:09 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #19
OK. But let me be completely convinced by asking if it lasted about a minute or more.

In windows: no maybe 30-40 seconds
after reboot: it was just a black screen and I let it for more than 4 minutes but eventually I force shut down the laptop

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #19
This is because the BIOS should have been installed in the system running.

We can know for sure if you did the same thing with the latest version available 1.12, as I have 1.11 installed now,
So if it changed we can know for sure it flashed successfully.

Thank you for all the help <3

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#21 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:25 pm (Last edited: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:12 am)

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #20
We can know for sure if you did the same thing with the latest version available 1.12

Done. deleted.
Hope I didn't keep you waiting. It always takes time.

Cūra tē ipsum

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#22 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:40 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #21
Done. P5NCNV112.zip
Hope I didn't keep you waiting. It always takes time.

this time I got an error:
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Error
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IHISI: Extra Data communcation error in SMI!
SMI Return Code: 0x00

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bios112.png

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#23 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:52 pm

I tried to change the logo in the 1.11 version you sent with H20EZE (Easy BIOS Editor)
and I got the exact same error as v1.12 you sent

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#24 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:58 pm

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #22
this time I got an error

What in the world is extra data BTW? That's an unanswerable question. Although I do not think that this error occurred due to the fact that this time I had to merge two BIOS files into one because I did not find a copy with the SPI chip on the network, I could be wrong. To check this, please do the normal update to 1.12 and then try to rollback to 1.11 with the archive you received from me.

Zitat von w4po im Beitrag #23
I tried to change the logo in the 1.11 version you sent with H20EZE (Easy BIOS Editor)
and I got the exact same error as v1.12 you sent

Hm. And without changing the logo, can you still reproduce the situation happened in the first time?

Cūra tē ipsum

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#25 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:03 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #24
To check this, please do the normal update to 1.12 and then try to rollback to 1.11 with the archive you received from me.

Okay, I'll try now

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #24
Hm. And without changing the logo, can you still reproduce the situation happened in the first time?

yes without editing it accepts the file and system reboot with black screen, same thing as before.

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#26 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:15 pm

@Sweet Kitten hmm, that's strange,
I flashed the 1.12 stock version,
then I tried to flash the 1.11 you sent (Which was flashing and rebooting) but now It gives me the "IHISI: Extra Data communcation error in SMI! SMI Return Code: 0x00" error.

and then I tried to flash the 1.12 you sent, and it accepts it this time and I got the black screen again.

I really don't know what is going on here :D

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#27 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:30 pm

@w4po
Now we know that it correlates in a way H2OFFT don't proceeds if the bios has any difference to current installed. And this is probably because it verifies the identity. The BIOS is read each time by the program to determine the version. I will try to disable this.

Cūra tē ipsum

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#28 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:56 pm

@Sweet Kitten

Here is a video of normal flashing:

and here is a video while flashing legacy version you've sent:

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#29 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:22 pm (Last edited: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:13 am)

@w4po

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #27
I will try to disable this.

It seems I can't do this. The part of reading is essential in the work of H2OFFT, so disabling it correctly is too problematic.
I prepared two more archives: deleted, deleted.

The first possibly skips the error, and in the second I decided to enable PFAT mode flashing.

Cūra tē ipsum

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#30 | RE: Insyde H2OFFT V5.55 - Invalid firmware image datum

Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:03 pm

Zitat von Sweet Kitten im Beitrag #29
@w4po
I prepared two more archives: P5NCNV111~1.zip, P5NCNV111~2.zip.
The first possibly skips the error, and in the second I decided to enable PFAT mode flashing.

I've tried both, first one still getting the same error,
second one system reboots right away before even the bar loads,
and got a black screen again.

I am trying to reverse engineer v1.12 you sent to bypass that error,

it seems the problem is inside the function at the following address (in v1.12): 0040A48E | E8 88230100 | call <h2offt-w.sub_41C81B> | sub_41C81B
after the function returns there is a check: 0040A493 | 807C24 16 00 | cmp byte ptr ss:[esp+16],0

I tried to change the 0 to 1 and the system reboots right away before the bar load and got a black screen same thing as the PFAT version you sent

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