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Beerkex'd
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Could anyone help me to modify the bios for my nettop? please!

I can install Leopard 10.5.8 but only with CPUS=1 fix, or give this error message:

MAC Framework successfully initialized

using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002bfafe): "Should have 2 Cores, but only found1 for Die0"

 

If you can boot an install DVD and install OS X you don't need a modified BIOS.

 

The BIOS patches that various people do (did) consists of removing the CPU aliases from your DSDT.

 

If you are able to boot and install but your hardware needs this (ie CPUS=1 works) you can do it yourself post-install by extracting and editing your DSDT. It isn't difficult, just remove a couple lines of code, recompile and put the DSDT where your bootloader looks for it.

There are many threads about it, use google or the forum search.

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Hi all. Trying to install the Kalyway 10.5.2 I get a kernel panic during the boot, something about the CPU.

My pc is an HP Pavilion p6230it and so I have an MSI MS-7613 Motherboard. Looking into the bios mods list, I only find the mod for the MS-7610 bios...Is there a bios mod to get it work? or, elsewhere, Is there a way to install the system on my pc? maybe an other version? Thx all...

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duong0912
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So if you want to get a fixed BIOS, you can PM me post your request here, included with:
  • a direct link to the BIOS file,
  • your PC specs (CPU, Chipset and Graphics Card),
  • and a description of the issues.

Don't PM me with requests, post them in this thread.

 

You will find some of the modified BIOSes here.

 

Keep in mind that I take no responsibility for a bad flash or if anything goes wrong..

 

I am in Vietnam, I only know a little English,sorry

 

You can send me Asus F9SG BIOS Modded ?

 

 

 

1. (Link)

F9S305as.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/329100975/F9S305as.zip.html

2. your PC specs

 

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 2.1 GHz 3MB On-Die L2 Cache

Mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset +ICH8M

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G, 256MB VRAM

 

I want to install OSX on F9SG ( Leopard or Snow Leopard)

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Modified BIOS for ASUS M50Vm-X1 laptop.

Specs:

CPU: Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 2233 MHz (8.5 x 263)

Chipset: Intel Cantiga PM45

BIOS Type: AMI

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS (1024 MB)

Audio Adapter: Realtek ALC663 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller

IDE Controller: Intel� ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller

Wireless Network Adapter: Atheros AR928x Wireless Network Adapter

Wired Network Adapter: Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC

FireWire Controller: Ricoh RL5C832 IEEE1394 Controller

 

 

Modified BIOS uploaded to rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.com/files/174553883/M50VAS209_modbin.7z

 

Tested distributions that seem to work now: iAtkos_10.5.5, iDeneb_10.5.5

 

Original BIOS: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M50V/M50V209AS.zip

 

I roughly followed modding instructions provided by david tsu in this forum, with some exceptions noted below.

Make sure you get the latest version of iasl compiler from here: http://www.acpica.org/downloads/binary_tools.php

 

1. mydsdt.aml block ends with an ASCII string "ATKDGENWh", not "WAKh". If iasl chokes on the error that looks like "TableHeader length [0xDEAD] greater than the input file size [0xBEEF], use the first value (in my case 0xBE46) as the offset to mark the end of the block.

 

2. Once Alias lines have been commented out, all instances of CPU0, CPU1 ... need to be replaced with P001, P002 ... as specified in the Alias lines.

 

3. If you use the 2005 version of iasl (from the link in david tsu's guide) all instances of _T_0 need to be replaced with T_0.

 

Just wanted to say you're the man for posting this. Flashed my wife's M50VM with it and the freeze up after OSX install went away and now can boot right into OSX.

 

Used a patched VoodoHDA to get the audio working on this. Still can't get wireless to work (Using ethernet fine though, will prob just buy compatible card and swap it out).

 

Thanks a million!

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Hello Kabyl,

I have installed iDeneb_v1.3 10.5.5 in my laptop LG E500K, but it freeze during initialization. I now want install the mac os x 10.6.2 in this laptop and I ask you for a modified bios.

 

My system specs:

MB MSI MS-163G

 

CPU Intel Core2Duo T5750, 2GHz clock, 667 MHz FSB

 

North bridge SIS 671/FX/DX/MX

 

South bridge SIS 968

 

Bus Master IDE Controller SIS 5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)

 

Memory 2x A-Data ADOPE1A08342, 1024 MB, DDR2 667MHz (PC2-5300)

 

Video ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 PCIe, 256 MB dedicated memory

 

Audio Realtek HD ALC883

 

LAN Realtek RTL 8139/810x Family PCIe Fast Ethernet NIC

 

WLAN Atheros AR5007EG PCIe 802.11abg

 

USB (OHCI) Controller SIS 5597/8

 

USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller SIS 7002

 

MemoryCardBus Controller O2Micro OZ711SP1

 

O2Micro Intregrated MMC/SD controller

 

O2Micro Integrated MS/MSPRO/xD controller7

 

Bluetooth Cambridge Silicon Radio

 

Touchpad mouse Synaptics PS/2 Pointing Device

 

HD Hitachi HTS542525K9A300, 250 GB, SATA

 

DVD/CD-RW Drive LG GSA-T40N, PATA

 

 

 

BIOS link

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Alan FAT
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http://rapidshare.com/files/329741854/HP_p...s_5.37.ROM.html

 

This is a HP Pavillion p6045uk model

Asus IPIBL-LB

Intel q8200 CPU 6gb Ram, ami bios, I have only got a ati 4350 pcie card at the moment

I tried using your moded 5.23 bios but I get problems with the CPU fan control for some reason.

This orig bios suffers from the standard cpu issue of crashing/restarting during installation,

I can get OSX to install with cpus=1 boot but it wont load after install.

 

Any help would be great thanks in advance.

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Alan FAT
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Does anyone know where a tutorial on how to mod my own would be? I've had a look and played with other bios mods to see how it all works but a decent tutorial or guide has yet to materialise, it all seems to be about slic mods n that

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My Specs are

 

Asus P5QL EPU

Core 2 Quad Processor

Nvidia 7300

 

Must boot with cpus=1 and DSDTpatch does not work

 

Something else is wrong then, a modified BIOS will not fix it if a patched DSDT with CPU aliases removed doesn't.

 

Check your BIOS settings.

 

Do a CMOS reset (maybe Load Setup Defaults will do) save, reboot, then enable all CPU features except CPUID limit, and enable ACPI 2.0.

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kreniosx
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Hi Kabyl !

 

I want to install snow leopard on my Asus F8Sa.

If it could at the same time allow it to boot Ubuntu 64 bits it would be amazing :D

 

Thanks in advance !

 

I tried to check if i was able to update the latest bios myself, looking at the differences between your mod for the 301 bios and the original one, but theres much more than a few bytes changed :wacko:

 

Could you please update the latest bios version for Asus F8Sa ?

 

Thanks again !

 

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F8Sp/F8SAP303AS.zip

 

My notebook specs:

 

Intel Core2 Duo T7700 2.4Ghz

ICH8

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

 

Details:

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M76 [Radeon Mobility HD 2600 Series]

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

05:00.0 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Turbo Memory Controller (rev 01)

08:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)

08:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)

08:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)

08:03.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)

08:03.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)

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hi can someone please post a bios mod for Asrock G43 twins full HD since it seems like that all links are dead from other forums and i have been searching the entire web for the past few days but still no luck!

 

Heres the link

 

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Mode...ullHD&o=All

 

Thx i really would appreciate it if someone could please help!

 

Motherboard Specs:

 

LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors

Solid Capacitor for CPU power

Intel® G43 + ICH10 Chipsets

Supports FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz CPUs

Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1066/800 (2 x DIMM slots) with max. capacity up to 8GB and Dual Channel DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667 (2 x DIMM slots) with max. capacity up to 8GB

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10, Max. shared memory 352MB

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode)

6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card

Supports HDCP function with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card

Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card

7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)

1 x WiFi/E header

Supports ASRock Instant Boot

Supports ASRock OC Tuner, I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)

Supports Smart BIOS, Energy Saving Design

Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card

Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready

ASRock GLAN_8CH I/O: 1 x VGA Port, 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

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DaveVegas
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Hey,

 

thank you for that nice service =)

 

Here are my pc specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (Supports SSE2, SSE3)

Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Network: Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC

Disk: ST3500620AS

Ram: 2x2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (Intel Bearlake G31)

MotherBoard: MSI G31M V2 (MS-7379)

 

Here is the direct link : http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloadf...1&type=bios

 

Thank you =)

 

Dave

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Joe Black 779
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Hi, please can you check my bios too, because i always must start with cpus=1, or when it works without cpus=1, i see core2 solo in system profiler : cores : 1

 

 

 

 

so, the bios file is : MSI P45 NEO3-FR 2.5

 

Mobo: MSI P45 NEO3-FR PCB 1.1

 

VGA: Nvidia 260GTX SP216 896MB

 

CPU: Intel Core2Duo 6550 2.33Ghz

 

 

 

 

big thanks mate !

 

Joe

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hi mate, i'm after a modded bios to suit the EEE PC 1001HA

 

when you download the bios from the ASUS support website it comes up with 1005HA so i can only assume it uses the same one

 

current unmodded bios is attatched - v1102

 

specs are:

 

ASUS EEE PC

N270

160gb HDD

Intel 950 graphics

 

thanks heaps for your help!

1005HA_ASUS_1102_same_as_1001ha.ROM.zip

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Beerkex'd
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At the risk of killing PCs of a thousand noobs all over the planet, I will share some information.

 

There's a tool called AMIModTool/AwardModTool out that's normally used to insert an OEM SLIC table into a BIOS file, allowing people to easily pirate Windows Vista and Windows 7.

 

In this tool there's a DSDT section and there you can find a checkbox next to 'remove CPU aliases'.

 

Good luck, and don't PM me if your Windows installation stopped booting, failed activation or your BIOS ROM went up in smoke.

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This is a bit off topic, just wondering if anyone knows if this is possible.

 

Is it possible to modify ICH10's SATA controller registers somehow? It seems on all Gigabyte boards PxCMD—Port [5:0] Command Register (D31:F2) bit #18 is set to 1 instead of 0. This is why all Gigabyte users need IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext to get the drive icons to show up properly. Or so I think.

 

For reference see Intel's ICH10 spec page 553.

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Hello. I've spent my two last nights making my installation working.

 

I've flashed several times my bios for P5QC but I still don't manage to get the 4 cores working. :D

 

I've spent many hours looking for modded bios for P5QC but there is pratically NOTHING about this MB.

Has anybody got this MB????????

I've found modded bios for ALL P5Q series MB except mine...

 

I'm desperate. I intend to kill myself. ;)

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Hi everybody !!!

 

I'm the newbee of the room :ninja::P

 

I need some help about my ASUS V1S bios, I found the link (rapidshare) on the forum to download the 301 mod bios for my laptop but there is only one link and it's broken now (file deleted because no download since too much time)....

 

Is there possible someone resend the file or make a new modded bios for installing OsX on my V1S please...??

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Well, I guess the title says it all, after spending a lot of time reading Documentations, Specifications, Forums.. and hunting for testers ;) , I finally got tehmachacker (thank you) to test a modified BIOS, and as expected, it worked.

 

This is the issue that intends this mod to fix:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=78235

 

Basically, what I'm doing is modifying and fixing errors in the DSDT; removing aliases for the "processor" devices, because the ACPIPlatform kext doesn't like them and treat them as other CPUs.. (it's written for Macs, and Apple doesn't use that in their Firmware's ACPI Tables, actually I don't see why we need them, well..)

I for example change this:

	Scope (_PR)
			 {
				 Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06) {}
				 Alias (P001, CPU1)
			 }

into:

	Scope (_PR)
			 {
				 Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06) {}
			 }

Sometimes I have to fix more stuff.. you should know that when you try to compile your DSDT.

 

So if you want to get a fixed BIOS, you can PM me post your request here, included with:

  • a direct link to the BIOS file,
  • your PC specs (CPU, Chipset and Graphics Card),
  • and a description of the issues.

Don't PM me with requests, post them in this thread.

 

You will find some of the modified BIOSes here.

 

Keep in mind that I take no responsibility for a bad flash or if anything goes wrong..

Hi Your inbox appears to be full...I`m trying to find a modded bios for Asus P5P4P1D Mobo presently 0207, I just want to get both of my Intel e5400 cpu cores working...any help would be greatly appreciated, Regards, Dave.

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So if you want to get a fixed BIOS, you can PM me post your request here, included with:
  • a direct link to the BIOS file,
  • your PC specs (CPU, Chipset and Graphics Card),
  • and a description of the issues.

Don't PM me with requests, post them in this thread.

 

You will find some of the modified BIOSes here.

 

Keep in mind that I take no responsibility for a bad flash or if anything goes wrong..

 

Well, I really appreciate this, since I'm stuck. Tried retail SL, retail Leopard, SL Hazard, SL Uni 3.5, iatkos v7, ideneb 1.5.1

I could all get them to install, only to kernel panic during install. Finally, I got iDeneb 1.5.1 installed (install DVD boots without flags!), but on reboot after install it won't go past "4096 cluster IO.buffer headers". Since IOAPIC is next (on the install DVDs), I assume that is the (first) problem. But no fix I could find, worked.

 

Mainboard: MSI P45T-C51 (7519 v1.1)

Intel P45 express+ICH10 chips

Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ethernet

Jmicron JMB368 IDE controller

Intel Core2 Quad Q8300

GTS 250 1 GB graphics

1 SATA disk, two partitions.

Bios link: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloadf...0&type=bios

 

Many thanks in advance,

 

regards, Erik.

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MarcusUA
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Good news for those who has corrupted BIOS in MSI P35 NEO.

I am (actually I was ;) ) one of these "lucky" guys to modify 1A BIOS by myself and flash it, which made my mobo unbootable, however I was able to recover the it.

 

Here's what I did:

1. Connected a floppy drive (I though I'd never use it anymore, but having one somewhere saved me some ;) )

2. On another computer downloaded and installed latest BIOS (I request latest beta BIOS 1B1, which has Virtualization Technology support I needed, I attached it to this post as well), you can use any version that support your CPU.

3. Extracted the BIOS file A7360IMS.1B1 to A: and renamed it to AMIBOOT.ROM

4. Inserted floppy disk to "damaged" P35 Neo and powered it on.

5. Since we didn't modify anything in bootrom part of BIOS, it can be used to blindly restore BIOS, to start this feature you have to press Ctrl + Home buttons.

Now, here is important part:

6. Yet, it didn't work for me, but I have found that pressing Reset button and then pressing Ctrl + Home does work. And it began reading

7. Next thing, ti is documented that after some reading it will beep 4 times and then you can remove your floppy and reboot - again, this is {censored} - you have to let read and beep as log as need to. Only when you see a message on your screen (Oh, Jesus! the screen now works! :) ) that BIOS flashing is complete, only then you can remove floppy and reboot.

 

And that did it! It now works... Of course, Mac OS still doesn't, however I hope that eventually there will be solution for this as well. Maybe Kabyl will find newer tools to edit new BIOSes or at least will be able to move new CPU definitions to older versions?

By the way, how come that iDeneb install DVD boots just fine, but I am not able to boot Leopard after installation? I think I have tried all of kernels and kernel flags from com.apple.boot.plist on DVD to no avail.

 

Another thing I would add: choose your CPU wisely! The only reason for me to use new BIOS is that my CPU (DualCore e6300) is supported from 1A1 BIOS ver. So cheaper and fast enough is not always the best way to go.

 

Chears,

 

Marcus

A7360IMS.rar

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