Riley Freeman Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 It patched ok here F:\PMPatch_0.5.12_win>pmpatch E7759IMS.190 patched.190 PMPatch 0.5.12 PowerManagement module at 0037E948 patched. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei module at 007BC998 not patched: Patch pattern not found. Output file generated. Here's the patched BIOS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Version 0.5.12 requires installed VS 2010 runtime components, it's was a misconfiguration of new Visual Studio setup I made after reinstalling OS because of switching to SSD. There is no significant changes between 0.5.11 and 0.5.12 , that is why 0.5.11 binaries are still there. If 0.5.12 doesn't work - try 0.5.11. If both binaries don't work - post your BIOS here and I or another person will patch it using PhoenixTool. I must say, that development of PMPatch successor is going slower that I planed, but it's not stalled. I have no free time for my personal projects now, but I see that current version is OK, even if the code is ugly is hell. Will return to this project as soon as I have more time for programming at home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELZEUS Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 It patched ok here Here's the patched BIOS. Is that for the msi z77ma-g45? Here is my original bios https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2763256/E7759IMS.190 Thanks everyone for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Is that for the msi z77ma-g45? Yep, I downloaded it from here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 @Coderush, Would it be safe to flash an updated vanilla Dell BIOS to the system now that I no longer have OS X on the laptop? (Dell n5110) I'm asking because flashing the patched BIOS was a terrifying experience. Windows froze during flash and fans throttled to full speed (it made a terrifying sound). I waited for a few minutes then removed the battery, and on restart I found that the BIOS was flashed successfully and everything worked perfectly fine. I'm a bit scared the system might freeze again and possibly interrupt the flash process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Dr. Hurt, yes, it will be safe. This freeze is normal for WinPhlash, especially on flashing modified BIOSes, but I understand your fears. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I used to use Winphlash on my GA-965P but eventually switched to using the utility in the BIOS. I didn't have any scares and it always worked well but Windows really isn't the place to flash something so critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 BIOS flashers are good enough, but only if there is no verification routine, that tells flasher to refuse modified BIOS file. Flashing from DOS is another good option, but not all vendors supply DOS versions of flashing software. I personally use Intel FPT fo making BIOS region backup, patching it and flashing that patched backup under DOS, but this can be made only if there is no write protection of BIOS region, which is common for notebooks and some desktop boards (like ASUS Z77 with 19xx BIOSes, but they have USB BIOS Flashback instead). The ultimate solution is hardware SPI programmer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naiclub Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello, you CodeRush will ask you to update bios v.0901 CodeRush. Help refurbish it. Thank you. https://www.dropbox....S-ASUS-0901.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTemplePilots Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello, you CodeRush will ask you to update bios v.0901 CodeRush. Help refurbish it. Thank you. https://www.dropbox....S-ASUS-0901.zip D:\>pmpatch P8Z77-V-LE-PLUS-ASUS-0901.CAP P8Z77-V-LE-PLUS-ASUS-0901-PMPATCHED.CAP PMPatch 0.5.12 PowerManagement module at 0041BB68 patched. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei module at 00791E80 not patched: Patch pattern not found. CpuPei module at 007D1E80 not patched: Patch pattern not found. Output file generated. http://www.multiupload.nl/AJXGL4KS9A patched flawlessly from windows with PMPatch 0.5.12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naiclub Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 It has worked well, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naiclub Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 HD 4000 is not available. What exactly is it. The 7-8 window. Available is Mac 10.8.4. The downgrade bios to 0606. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 @CodeRush Bad news? http://pikeralpha.wo...y-with-glasses/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 buoo, this "news" is like a month old. Yes, ASUS implemented new protection of BIOS region in 19xx BIOS versions on their Z77 BIOSes, but it can be bypassed either by using USB BIOS Flashback to flash older version first (then protection is no more, and you can flash anything you want with FTK/flashrom/DPCIManager/whatever) or just using USB BIOS Flashback to flash modified BIOS file. It can be problematic to deal with this kind of protection on boards without UBF, but no one is interested in cracking this protection, AFAIK, and I don't have a board and free time to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naiclub Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 You CodeRush help me with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 What kind of help do you need? Your modified BIOS is fine, but you must update ME firmware as well. Use reflash command instead of biosrefl when following the flashing guide from my signature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naiclub Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I upgraded (ME) firmware to 8.1., According to the manufacturers web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike R. Alpha Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 buoo, this "news" is like a month old.Yes, ASUS implemented new protection of BIOS region in 19xx BIOS versions on their Z77 BIOSes, but it can be bypassed either by using USB BIOS Flashback to flash older version first (then protection is no more, and you can flash anything you want with FTK/flashrom/DPCIManager/whatever) or just using USB BIOS Flashback to flash modified BIOS file. It can be problematic to deal with this kind of protection on boards without UBF, but no one is interested in cracking this protection, AFAIK, and I don't have a board and free time to do that. Fact check: The protection scheme is the same that Sam located and e-mailed about with insanelymac.com forum member dgsga. Also. Since there will be no "old" UEFI BIOS versions for the new Asus motherboard... you have to get rid of it or you cannot flash anything. And thus yes. I am very much interested in cracking this protection. Just that people here know what I was trying to address in my blog. Thanks for missing the bigger picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Pike, can you or anyone else disable this protection? If you can - please share the way to do it. If not - it's nothing to talk about. I'm not interested in arguing about whether it was Sam who discovered this protection method first, or anyone else. I don't try to have any credit in discovering it or anything. The point is: can we crack it. If so - it must be published, because for Z86 boards there will be no BIOS without this protection. If not - we could work together to crack it. Or just build or buy cheap SPI programmer and finish with it the hardware way. I have done it already. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartiniGM Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi, I've got a Asus P8Z77-V pro motherboard and I'm currently using the 1908 bios with 12.6 Intel OROM. When I patch the bios with PMPatch and flash the patched bios the whole Intel RAID menu disappears from the startup.The disks are working as usual, but suddenly I am unable to configure the raid setup anymore. When I flash the "normal" (12.6) bios the raid menu reappears. It the loss of raid menu a part of the patching? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 No, it's not. I don't know why it can possibly be so. Needs more testing. Thank you for report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartiniGM Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 No problem. Hope you will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 maybe make a backup of bios while its on raid and mod that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCsHands Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I saw it mentioned that you can patch the executable provided by Dell. When I tried to path the BIOS for my Vostro 270 I received the following: ./PMPatch Inspiron\ 660\ Vostro\ 270\ A09.exe ~/patched PMPatch 0.5.11 PowerManagement modules not found. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei modules not found. What steps would I need to take to patch the BIOS for this machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 You need to unpack that Dell executable and patch the BIOS file inside. Dell changes file formats often, no wonder that some day direct binary patch won't work anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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