bikinifarm Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Nope, no point at all. Any programmers except cheap 10$ ones from China are OK for modern SPI chips. There are popular ones like EZP2010, but I would buy TL886A because it has much better software support and can flash almost anything. If you only need to flash SPI chips on modern UEFI-based boards and nothing more - buy any breakout board based on FTDI FT232H or FT2232H and use it - it will be much cheaper. RaspberyPI is also on option. SPIPGM too. Coderush; Thanks so much. I have three devices, an FTDI FT232RL, a USBasp programmer, and a RaspberryPi model B. The first two will probably not work, but RaspberryPi looks like a piece of cake. I will wire up it in the next days, and see if I can read the BIOS chip using flashrom running on the RaspberryPi. What I understand I need to do: 1- Read the BIOS chip and save. 2- Run PMPatch on the saved file, or manually modify. (May need some help here.) 3- Write the file back into the chip. Since all the specific details such as MAC address will come from the BIOS chip, everything should be retained. Did I get this right? EDIT: I have located the SPI chip, I believe, with a second slot in tow, but no header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Did I get this right? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidiano Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Hello I need your help, I have the bios of my laptop to edit and do not know how you can do it to me please, thanks Nessuno sa aiutarmi Help me please Bios asus x53sv.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 careful with asus.. they tendt to brick and ctrl Home wont recover sometimes.. best u make SPI USB programmer backup.bin just in case. i had X53C bricked and recovered 1 time to 2.01 and that was the end of it. no power or led lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikinifarm Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I have just successfully patched my Intel Haswell motherboard's (DH87MC) UEFI BIOS using a RaspberryPi Model B as an SPI programmer based on CodeRush's recommendations. Posting how I did here for other people who may have no option but to go down this path. Warning, this is not for the faint hearted, or people who have no experience in soldering. Unless you know what you are doing, you are very likely to mess up your board. Make sure your motherboard has the BIOS you want to patch. I followed Pacman's instructions from here (or here) very closely. I deviated from his instructions when installing pciutils required a manual download, and make, sudo make install, and sudo make install-lib. flashrom also requires manual downloading, make, and sudo make install. I did not remove the BIOS (SPI) chip, instead I soldered very thin wires to it in place. This is not necessarily good practice, but worked for me. I did not remove the motherboard cables (also not necessarily good practice), but I disconnected my computer from all external connections, especially power. With the main computer unplugged and disconnected from everything external, except the soldered wires from the raspberrypi, I booted the raspberrypi, and executed a "sudo flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -r biosbackup.rom". Took at least 5 minutes. Now we have the BIOS in a file named 'biosbackup.rom'. I copied the file biosbackup.rom from the raspberrypi to a Windows 7 VM, and ran PMPatch.exe, naming the output file biosbackup_patched.rom. (I was not able to run on OSX due to Segmentation fault: 11.) After I brought the patched file back to the raspberrypi, and I executed "sudo flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -w biosbackup_patched.rom -V". It also took at least 5 minutes. It came back verified, but before I removed the wires, I ran a second test by executing "sudo flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -r biosbackup_patched_reread.rom". I compared the files biosbackup_patched.rom and biosbackup_patched_reread.rom in OSX using Hex Fiend. They were identical. I reset the CMOS by removing the motherboard battery to be on the safe side. Removed the wires from the BIOS SPI chip. Reassembled the computer, and booted successfully. Tested with 10.8.5 and 10.9 DP8 successfully. Once again, this is your last resort, and is not recommended unless you absolutely know what you are doing. CodeRush and Fix It Felix Jr, thanks for all the support. Much appreciated. EDIT: If you are going this way, you may want to consider investing in a SOIC8 / SOP8 (or whatever matches your SPI chip) in circuit test clip instead of soldering on to your motherboard. Look for "SOIC8 in circuit" on ebay. They go for about $10. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniHack Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh my goodness - this is true hard core dedication to getting a system working. I salute you for your persistence against all the odds.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham4ever Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 i get this with GA Z87 HD3 Last login: Tue Oct 15 11:16:51 on console ham4evers-MacBook-Air:~ ham4ever$ /Users/ham4ever/Desktop/PMPatch /Users/ham4ever/Desktop/mb_bios_ga-z87-hd3_f6.exe /Users/ham4ever/Desktop/mb_bios_Patched.exe PMPatch 0.5.13 PowerManagement modules not found. PowerMgmtDxe/PowerManagement2.efi modules not found. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei modules not found. ham4evers-MacBook-Air:~ ham4ever$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTemplePilots Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 disassembled Powermanagement|018|PowerMgmtDxe |F7731B4C-58A2-4DF4-8980-5645D39ECE58|00202F6D|004585|DRVR| module attached for review, looks different than usual 47d: b9 e2 00 00 00 mov $0xe2,%ecx 482: 48 dec %eax 483: 8b 10 mov (%eax),%edx 485: 8b 7a 09 mov 0x9(%edx),%edi 488: 8b df mov %edi,%ebx 48a: 83 e7 0f and $0xf,%edi 48d: 81 e3 f0 0f ff 0f and $0xfff0ff0,%ebx 493: f6 42 01 7a testb $0x7a,0x1(%edx) 497: 75 19 jne 0x4b2 ??? patching f6 42 01 7a 75 19 to f6 42 01 7a eb 19 required ??? DON'T do so, please wait for CodeRush's response. pm.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacaman1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hi, i always patch the bios with no problem today i upgrade my Mobo to the 1301 and i follow the same procedure but no success with the ACPM.kext this is my out put PMPatch 0.5.13 PowerManagement module at 00C095B8 patched. PowerMgmtDxe/PowerManagement2.efi modules not found. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei module at 00F90748 not patched: Patch pattern not found. CpuPei module at 00FD0748 not patched: Patch pattern not found. Output file generated. and i join my original file extracted from DCPIManager any help or suggestion please After PM Patch.rom.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTemplePilots Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Open Your Eyes: PowerManagement module at 00C095B8 patched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacaman1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I know but i can't flash it back to the Mobo DCPIManager say that the flash back Task field I will try this Method to do it Flashing modified BIOS on ASUS P8xxx with FTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTemplePilots Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Due to bios lock! You can downgrade your bios to an earlier version with amiflash for aptio and then upgrade with an unlocked ROM. Or you can follow the instructions in my footer (post#775). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacaman1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Thanks Fix It Felix Jr. I will try to folow your Guide and i will report back Ok Done role back to 907 and flash after that the 1301 with the DCPIManager as usual Thanks again Fix It Felix Jr. For your Help Sacaman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRush Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 ham4ever, this board is not locked, no need to patch it. bikinifarm, good work, glad you've managet to get it working and thanks for posting such a great report. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Since I'm not sure how to do this.I would like you to post the entire procedure picturesque or video. Thanks....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 No! Bad n00b. Go to your room. Are you new to forums in general? That's not how it works. Try again. Consider asking a question rather than making a demand. Nobody can read your mind, therefore when you ask for help, it is up to you to make it clear exactly what it is you are unsure about. To most people who have visited this topic and successfully patched their BIOS, the first post was good enough, it explains everything. Nobody knows what you know, or what you don't know, so how could anybody write a personalized tutorial for you? With pictures and video, are you kidding? It works like this, it's very simple: If you are unsure about how to perform a specific step, post a specific question about it. EDIT Is this about the motherboard in your signature? If yes, what are you even doing here? You don't need to patch your BIOS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 for those that want a cheapo USB SPI programmer.. i use EN25T80 from ebay $6 .. and the POMONA or 3M SOIC8 test clip with a big rubber band to keep it attached to chip on the mainboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmano Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Hi I need know this please explan I know this is not pmpatch topic Thank you. My board is p8z77-vpro I try to enable multi monitor primary display with pcie/Auto how to enable muti monitor nvidia and intel hd 4000 windows worked but not osx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 If you know you are wrong to ask here then why are you doing it? You have been told this before, please start a new topic in post-installation. I have the same board with a 3570k CPU but I don't use the HD4000 and I only have a single display, so, no idea, I can't help you. Look for help in the HD4000 topics, we have several. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Vandijck Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) how to enable muti monitor nvidia and intel hd 4000 windows worked but not osx In order to use both you need to set the integrated graphics as primary. OS X will then see both GPUs Edited October 19, 2013 by Gringo Vermelho That's a great tip but...please let's stay on topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmano Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 In order to use both you need to set the integrated graphics as primary. OS X will then see both GPUs Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgoblin Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Asus K55VD Ivy Bridge didn't work here…. ( Actual bios is 404, tried to patch bios 411 downloaded from Asus. PMPatch 0.5.13 PowerManagement module at 001A4F08 not patched: Repacked module can't be inserted. PowerMgmtDxe/PowerManagement2.efi modules not found. AMI nest modules not found. Phoenix nest modules not found. CpuPei module at 005A18D8 not patched: Patch pattern not found. Mobile QuadCore Intel Core i7-3630QM, 3200 MHz (32 x 100) Asus K55VD Series Notebook Intel Panther Point HM76, Intel Ivy Bridge AMI (08/20/2012) Bios: American Megatrends Inc. K55VD.404 08/20/2012 6144 Ko Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS, Smart Battery DMI, ACPI PCI, USB K55VDAS411.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Public service announcement: From now on, posts that have nothing to do with pmpatch will be deleted from this topic immediately, and without warning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer2333 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hi, I succesfully applied your patch with my previous Bios version and could fix all OSX10.9 related problems thanks to your efforts. Now there's a new Bios released, and when i try to patch it i get the log in the file attached. Can you please let me know what i can conclude from it ? (either succesful or not?) Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yameen Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hello I have been trying to flash a patched version for my Asus H87 motherboard (G10AC) and is getting a secure verification failed result everytime. Can someone please help? Here is the link: http://sdrv.ms/17nSjIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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