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Well done Kabyl. Glad to here that someone finally had the balls to fix those pesky bad bios' from Asus & co

 

I have an Asus G1S which has bios problems as well and suffers from the problems forcing you to use a single core (Just like G2S)

 

Therefore, if you have the time i would appreciate it if you could have a look at the llst 2 bios releases.

 

The latest bios fixes memory issues with 4gb ram but messes up speedstep. Therefore i think it would be good to have a mod of both (what were asus doing when they did this?)

 

anyway, here you go, here are the links:-

 

http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G1S/G1S205AS.zip

 

http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G1S/G1S300AS.zip

 

If i could have just one of these rigth now, the first would be cool but if i had 4gb...

 

Good luck with modding!!! is there a way to test the bios is good to go without flashing it?

 

Cheers Matey!! :P Hope this fixes linux issues as well

 

ps what can you fix in bios? sound, video, other things?

http://rapidshare.com/files/96377325/G1SAS.205_mod.zip.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/96377466/G1Sas.300_mod.zip.html

What Linux issues?

Hi !!

 

I wonder how can you mod a bios ? There is a software ? Or are you a God ?

Ho..if you could mod or tell me how to mod my bios, it's for an Asus Z99SC (A8SC motherboard) (I can't use irc sorry...)

 

Link to the original Bios : http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/A8E/A8SE301AS.zip

 

I use FCP, so both core could be very apprecied...

If you can do it... Thanks Thanks Thanks !!!!!!!!

 

(Sorry for bad english...)

 

ASUS Z99SC/A8SC - Leo 10.5.1 (Vanilla KAlyway)

 

* Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB - One core

* 2048MB DDR2 667MHz - working

* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive - working with no tick tick noise (search HdAPM)

* NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G with built-in 128MB VRAM - working

* Realtek ALC 660 Sound - working (no mute&kernel panic at shutdown, but not at restart) AppleHDA here

* Intel Wireless 3965AG Wi-Fi - not working

* 8-in-1 card reader - not working

* 9 Cell Li-Ion Battery - working

* Firewire - working

* Ethernet - (working)

http://rapidshare.com/files/96376069/A8SEAS.301_mod.zip.html

I'm no God, so please... I don't want to hear that again.

Here is the BIOs for Asus U6S: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/U6/U6SE204AS.zip

 

Thanks for your help!

 

 

 

 

ASUS U6S - Kalyway 10.5.1 + 10.5.2 Combo Update

 

Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz - 1 core (With cpus=1) at Darwin boot

2048MB DDR2 - Working

160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive - Working

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 128MB VRAM - Not Working (Help)

Realtek ALC880 Sound - Working (Headphone Not Working)

Intel Wireless 4965AG Wi-Fi - Not Working

8-in-1 card reader - Not Working

6 Cell Li-Ion Battery - Working (Modified PowerManagement)

Ethernet - (working)

http://rapidshare.com/files/96376484/U6SEAs.204_mod.zip.html

Done :P

Dear Kabyl,

Thanx in advance for your great work about bios on Asus laptop.

I'm trying to install Leopard Kalyway 10.5.1 on my notebook, but as all the other people, after I reboot instead of start Creating the account I'm stuck into "Mac Framework succesfully initialized using 10485 buffer headers" errors. I put here http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F7L/F7L203AS.zip my bios who is the actual revision downloaded from Asus website.

I hope i could enjoy the double core, and maybe I can see thru my monitor, because I must install using a vga external monitor because I got a blue screen.

 

Thanx a lot and keep up your great job!! :D

http://rapidshare.com/files/96376724/F7LAS.203_mod.zip.html

:D

 

And, you're welcome.

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They can use "Search", but... maybe I will do it :)

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/96096743/A1637...63_mod.zip.html

Let me know how it goes..

Kabyl: Thanks for your help of my MSI PR600 laptop.

The Good News I can use AppleACPI/APIC.kexts of 10.5.1 now and Xbench score is 20~25 % higher than before modification of BIOS. Also It can Reboot/Shutdown normally except Sleep function which I don't mind at all.

The Bad News is if I did not remove "cpus=1" in com.apple.Boot.plist, it always hangs just after Login Windows. The duo cores function is interfered by my Natit.kext which was used to activate Intel X3100 graphics. So your Modified BIOS is working for MSI PR600 without using X3100 !

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Thanx Kabyl!!!

It works flawlessly!!!! :P

Now it also recognize my laptop screen!!!

You're a legend!! I dont know how to thank you enough!!

 

THANX THANX THANX!!!!!!!!!!!!! :gathering:;):thumbsup_anim::guitar::guitar::superman::yoji:

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May we also have a version for Asus U3S?

 

Here is the newest BIOS:

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/U3S/U3S305AS.zip

 

Thanks in advance!

http://rapidshare.com/files/96669289/u3sAS.305_mod.zip.html

 

Thanx Kabyl!!!

It works flawlessly!!!! :P

Now it also recognize my laptop screen!!!

You're a legend!! I dont know how to thank you enough!!

 

THANX THANX THANX!!!!!!!!!!!!! :gathering::D:thumbsup_anim::guitar::guitar::superman::yoji:

Cool! and you're welcome ;)

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Just toasted my board and it really does look bad...

 

If the bios is on a removabe chip like some are you might be able to get them to ship you a replacement.

 

and Kabyl,

A lot of us here are wondering about the specifics of the bios errors and how to fix it. Even a breif description or some links to info on the problem would be greatly appreciated by the community.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/96669546/A7338...10_mod.zip.html

 

Please, let us know how it goes...

 

Cool! and you're welcome :)

 

Thanks Kabyl. It didn't work. Actually, the board is not bootable anymore - no post, black screen. Either I've lost my money or (if I am lucky enough) I may get a replacement. Either way, what's the best (feature wise and hackintosh compatibility wise) to buy ?

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Just toasted my board and it really does look bad...

I'm sorry to hear that.. (I sent you a PM.. I will try to help you).

If the bios is on a removabe chip like some are you might be able to get them to ship you a replacement.

 

and Kabyl,

A lot of us here are wondering about the specifics of the bios errors and how to fix it. Even a breif description or some links to info on the problem would be greatly appreciated by the community.

Check the first post :angel:

Thanks Kabyl. It didn't work. Actually, the board is not bootable anymore - no post, black screen. Either I've lost my money or (if I am lucky enough) I may get a replacement. Either way, what's the best (feature wise and hackintosh compatibility wise) to buy ?

Another bad flash :)

I have to use other tools for the MSI P35 boards (I will remove the links).

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gorg a good board to buy is the p5k lots of open box ones on newegg atm for under 100

 

does the p5k have any compatibility problems? (sound, LAN, wifi, SATA, IDE, etc)

 

I was thinking of building a hackintosh in a few months (maybe june/july) and I was thinking about using this board... depending on if better ones come out or not

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I think MSI PR600 is also a good choice for Hacintosh too.

Up to now the only imperfection is unable to activate duo cores which is due to interference by special Natit.kext for its X3100 Graphics.

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I'll try to recover my bios (found a good old floppy... ) and let you know how it goes. I ordered a biostar p35 mobo last week anyway, so it doesn't hurt so much. gorg look at the hcl, I did and then decided for the biostar.

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I'll try to recover my bios (found a good old floppy... ) and let you know how it goes. I ordered a biostar p35 mobo last week anyway, so it doesn't hurt so much. gorg look at the hcl, I did and then decided for the biostar.

My BIOS seems dead since the Boot Block Recovery method via amiboot.rom doesn't work and the chip is soldered. It seems I was rather hasty making the decision to buy this MSI board AND trying to flash a patched rom. Not blaming anyone but myself, kabyl has been very helpful and clear. I even suspect now that there might be other issues that led to the corruption of the BIOS but I wouldn't try the patched BIOS if I were you   :hysterical:

 

 

I might need to do better research selecting the right components for building my hackintosh since I 'd like a strong machine rather than a cheap one. Relatively speaking, money is not an issue even though it hurts loosing 120euro if I can't RMA the board  :)

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the p5k is kalyways ideal mobo. i dont think you'll have problems since hes about to own one. or now its one of the best =) cheers.

how does the p5k do with other installs?

 

I will be building it for my brother, who has little or no experience with Macs.. so I want any updating procedures to be as simple as possible lol... Is the LAN, Audio, and wifi the only kexts that need replacing?

 

The thing is though, I personally didn't really like all the apps that came preloaded with Kalyway's DVD (10.5.1)... how does p5k do with other DVD's (iATKOS comes to mind)

 

Thanks!

Ant

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Here's trick I discovered a few years ago to reflash your chip if something goes wrong with your BIOS (and you don't have any restore function)

You need 2 computers with 2 removable chips of the same kind.

Be careful tho it's rather tricky and "unofficial" :

 

- Boot the working computer in DOS with the required flashing tool and ROM image available (image for the BIOS on the other computer).

- While in DOS with computer POWERED ON, remove the chip (be careful !!!)

- Put the corrupt chip (be careful again and watch out the chip orientation and alignement, it is very recommend that you do it right at the 1st time)

- Force flashing

- You can now power down

- Put the 2 chips back in their places

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